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Senior Legal Counsel

1 month, 4 weeks ago
Europe, United States, United Kingdom
Full-time
Senior
Legal Counsel
Legal
E-commerce
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Emerging Travel Group

Emerging Travel Group

Emerging Travel Group specializes in developing advanced online booking platforms that cater to a diverse clientele, including individual travelers, travel agents, and businesses, while also providing solutions that enhance the visibility of accommodat...

Consumer Services
251-1K
Founded 2010
$64M raised
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Description

  • Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements and public-facing legal documentation.
  • Structure contractual frameworks and identify legal and commercial risks with practical solutions.
  • Support the design and launch of new travel products, booking flows, payment solutions, and commercial models.
  • Advise on booking flows, ancillary products, customer journeys, cancellation and refund mechanics, and other customer-facing features.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to design compliant business, contractual, and payment flows.
  • Support international expansion initiatives, including market entry projects and local regulatory assessments.
  • Monitor legal and regulatory developments across multiple jurisdictions and assess their business impact.
  • Advise on legal requirements for online travel businesses, including consumer protection, e-commerce, package travel, intermediary liability, payment regulation, and digital platform regulation.
  • Advise on payment flows, merchant models, PSP integrations, and cross-border payment structures.
  • Lead implementation of regulatory changes and manage external counsel across multiple jurisdictions.

Requirements

  • 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 across the EU, UK, and US.
  • Substantial in-house legal experience with an OTA, bedbank, travel marketplace, travel distribution platform, or travel technology business operating internationally.
  • Strong experience in international contracting under both common law and civil law jurisdictions.
  • Strong understanding of EU, UK, and US legal 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 and ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and manage stakeholders.
  • Fluent English, written and spoken.

Benefits

  • Flexible schedules and remote work.
  • Supportive team culture.
  • Internal programs for onboarding, training, soft skills development, and leadership development.
  • Partial reimbursement for external training and conferences.
  • Corporate English school with group and individual lessons and speaking clubs.
  • Corporate rates on hotels and travel services.
  • MyTime Day Off: one extra paid day off without loss of compensation.

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