Legal Intern, France

The community you will join:

Airbnb is seeking a Legal Intern to join the France Legal team for a 6-month internship.

The Legal team at Airbnb embodies the company’s innovative and entrepreneurial spirit. Airbnb continues to break new ground in matters of policy and law around the world. Where some see obstacles, we see opportunities to find creative and practical solutions. We’re an adventurous, fast-moving group that supports many functions and teams across the company.

The France Legal Team oversees a broad spectrum of matters, ranging from litigation to public affairs, commercial work, and regulatory compliance, amongst others. The team collaborates extensively across various departments, supporting cross-functional initiatives and ensuring alignment with both organizational objectives and legal requirements.

The difference you will make:

As an intern, you’ll be integrated into a small and dynamic team where you’ll contribute to challenging projects. Your manager, team, and our employee community will strive to be superhosts to you. We provide the support, mentorship, fun, and real world experience needed to accelerate your learning and make a real impact on our product, as Airbnb revolutionizes connection, belonging, and travel.

A typical day:

You will work with members of the legal team, including other interns, and folks from across the organization to support a variety of legal functions, which may include: Regulatory/Policy, Litigation, Commercial, Marketing, Product, Corporate, Privacy, Employment, etc. You’ll get exposure to many functional areas, and will have opportunities to work on legal questions for multiple of these teams.

As an intern, you’ll be expected to:

• Collaborate with team members to achieve project milestones


• Complete projects crossing different areas of law, balancing priorities and deadlines


• Communicate with the legal team and other stakeholders to provide project updates and share your work


• Proactively seek and provide feedback throughout the internship


• Actively participate in and contribute to the legal and broader Airbnb community

Your expertise:

This opportunity is for Master 2 student or enrolled in the bar school with the following interests and skills:

• Strong interest in learning about in-house legal practice


• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in French and English, detail-oriented and organized


• Comfortable reaching out and initiating communication with various team members


• Adaptable and able to adjust plans and manage changes effectively


• Strong interpersonal skills and interest in building relationships and collaborating with teams within and outside of Legal


• Passion for the Airbnb mission; experience with the platform is a plus!


• Work authorization for employment in France is required and must be based in the Paris region

How to apply:

In addition to your resume, please submit a cover letter that answers the following questions:

1. Which Airbnb Core Value(s) most resonates with you?


2. What do you hope to gain from this internship?


3. Why would you be a great addition to the Airbnb Legal team?

Your location:

This position is hybrid and you must be living in the Paris region and have work authorization for France to be eligible.

Our commitment to inclusion & belonging:

Airbnb is committed to working with the best and brightest people from the broadest talent pool possible. We believe a diversity of ideas fosters innovation and engagement, and allows us to attract the best people, and to develop the best products, services and solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply. If you need assistance, or a reasonable accommodation during the application and recruiting process, please contact us at: reasonableaccommodations@airbnb.com.