Senior Legal Counsel

Overview

Remote role open to candidates willing to work in the European time zone and qualified to practise law in England & Wales, the US or an EU Member State.

This position supports the legal work needed for a global travel technology business operating online booking platforms for individual tourists, travel agents, and companies organizing business trips.

Responsibilities

Commercial Contracting

• 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.

Product & Business Support

• Support the design and launch of new travel products, booking flows, payment solutions, and commercial models across multiple jurisdictions.
• Advise on booking flows, ancillary products, customer journeys, cancellation and refund mechanics, and other customer-facing features from a legal and regulatory perspective.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to design compliant business, contractual, and payment flows and ensure alignment with applicable legal requirements.
• Support international expansion initiatives, including market entry projects, local regulatory assessments, and implementation of new business models.

Regulatory, Payments & Expansion

• Monitor legal and regulatory developments across multiple jurisdictions and assess their impact on the business.
• Advise on legal and regulatory requirements applicable to online travel businesses, including consumer protection, e-commerce, travel regulation, package travel, intermediary liability, payment regulation, and digital platform regulation.
• Advise on payment flows, merchant models, PSP integrations, and regulatory implications of international payment structures.
• Lead implementation of regulatory changes, manage external counsel across multiple jurisdictions, and translate local legal advice into practical, scalable business solutions.

Requirements

• Qualified to practise law in England & Wales, the United States or an EU Member State.
• 7+ years of post-qualification experience, including 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, including 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).
• Flexible schedules and ability to work remotely.

Preferred Qualifications

• No additional preferences were specified.

Compensation & Benefits

• Partial compensation for participating in external training and conferences.
• Corporate English school: group and individual lessons, speaking clubs with colleagues from all over the world.
• Corporate prices on hotels and travel services.
• MyTime Day Off: an extra non-working day without loss of compensation.

Location

• Remote
• Candidates must be willing to work in the European time zone.