Senior Legal Counsel
Skills
Business IntelligenceEnglishInternational ExpansionLegal SolutionsNegotiationPSPRegulatory Requirements
What the job involves
The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.
Requirements
- Qualified to practise law in England & Wales the United States or an EU Member State
- 7+ years of post-qualification experience with significant in-house legal experience in international consumer technology digital platform or travel technology businesses across the EU UK and US
- Substantial in-house legal experience supporting an OTA bedbank travel marketplace travel distribution platform or travel technology business operating internationally
- Strong experience in international contracting across common law and civil law jurisdictions and cross-border commercial matters
- Strong understanding of EU UK and US legal and regulatory frameworks relevant to online travel businesses including consumer protection e-commerce package travel intermediary liability payment regulation digital platform regulation and privacy laws
- Experience supporting commercial and product legal matters across multiple European jurisdictions and North America
- Proven ability to independently manage complex international legal matters and coordinate external counsel across multiple jurisdictions
- Strong project management skills with the ability to lead cross-functional initiatives manage stakeholders and drive implementation of legal solutions
- Ability to assess communicate and mitigate legal risks in a practical and business-oriented manner
- Fluent English written and spoken
Nice to have
- Business-oriented
- Cross-functional
- International mindset
- Pragmatic
- Independent
- Detail-focused
Day to day
- Draft, review and negotiate commercial agreements and public-facing legal documents that support business operations, growth and risk control.
- Structure contractual frameworks and deliver practical business-oriented solutions by identifying legal and commercial risks.
- Support the design and launch of travel products booking flows payment solutions and commercial models across multiple jurisdictions.
- Advise cross-functional teams on booking flows ancillary products customer journeys cancellation and refund mechanics and customer-facing features from a legal and regulatory perspective.
- Monitor regulatory developments and manage external counsel to translate local legal advice into scalable business solutions for international expansion.