Senior Legal Counsel
RemoteUnited Kingdom or United States
Job Summary
Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements and public-facing legal documentation supporting business operations, growth, and risk management. Structure contractual frameworks, identify legal and commercial risks, and provide practical, business-oriented solutions for new travel products, booking flows, and payment solutions across multiple jurisdictions. Advise on booking flows, ancillary products, customer journeys, and refund mechanics from a legal and regulatory perspective. Monitor legal and regulatory developments globally, assess impacts on the business, and lead implementation of regulatory changes while managing external counsel across the EU, UK, and US. Coordinate cross-functional initiatives to ensure alignment with applicable legal requirements for international expansion and market entry projects.
Required Qualifications
- Qualified to practise law in England & Wales, the United States or an EU Member State
- 7+ years of post-qualification experience
- significant in-house legal experience supporting international consumer technology, digital platform or travel technology businesses operating across the EU, UK and US
- Substantial in-house legal experience supporting an Online Travel Agency (OTA), bedbank, travel marketplace, travel distribution platform or travel technology business operating internationally
- Strong experience in international contracting, including agreements governed by common law and civil law jurisdictions, as well as 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 applicable to consumer-facing digital services
- Experience supporting commercial and product legal matters across multiple European jurisdictions (including common-law and civil-law systems) 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)
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