6-8 years of experience as a qualified lawyer from an EU country, with experience in startups and new technology companies (in-house or private practice)
Strong contract drafting and negotiation skills with experience handling a range of commercial agreements
Knowledge and experience dealing with platform regulation, e-commerce, and consumer protection, plus regulatory topics across multiple jurisdictions
Full working proficiency in French and English, with good knowledge of Spanish; ability to work autonomously across jurisdictions
Requirements:
Advise carpool and related energy-saving certificate business teams in France and other European jurisdictions, providing compliant, product-focused solutions
Manage pre-litigation and litigation matters
Draft and negotiate all types of contracts (commercial, partnership, marketing, license, etc.)
Collaborate with internal partners, notably the government relations team, to respond to regulator requests and handle regulatory matters across consumer issues, transportation regulation, e-commerce, and digital law
Job description
About BlaBlaCar
BlaBlaCar is the world’s leading community-based travel app enabling 27 million members a year to carpool or travel by bus in 21 countries. Our team of 800 employees counts over 50 nationalities and is spread across our 5 global offices, 30% working fully remotely.
Your mission
We are looking for a talented and business oriented tech company experienced lawyer to join the Legal team at BlaBlaCar on a permanent contract starting as soon as possible. Their mission is to support the high speed growth and international expansion of the business. As a Legal Counsel, your role will be to provide support to our carpool business teams on multiple legal practice areas such as platform regulation, e-commerce, consumer protection and commercial contracts, and marketing legal advice. You will be reporting to the Head of Legal and working with a team of approx. 10 people. This position requires the capacity of working in a fast growing tech company, of developing a high level of understanding of how our product works and of creating close connections with operational teams. Having an appetite for project management is a must.
Your Responsibilities
Be a trusted advisor to the carpool and energy saving certificate business teams in France and other European jurisdictions by providing creative solutions while ensuring compliance with regulations, with a specific focus on our product;
Managing any pre-litigations and litigations;
Drafting and negotiating all types of contracts (including commercial contracts, partnership agreements, marketing agreements, license agreements, etc);
Collaborate with internal partners, and notably government relations team, to respond to requests from regulators;
All other matters which arise in the day to day running of an expanding business;
Areas of particular relevance include consumer issues, commercial contracts, transportation regulation, e-commerce, digital law.
Your Qualifications
6 to 8 years of experience as a qualified lawyer from an EU country, with experience in start-ups and new technology companies, either in house or in private practice;
Knowledge and experience in dealing with a range of commercial issues such as e-commerce, platform regulation and consumer protection;
Knowledge and experience dealing with regulatory topics;
Comfortable working in various jurisdictions;
Strong contract drafting and negotiation skills;
Business oriented, creative and solution driven mind-set;
Experience creating and managing processes and moving large-scale project forward;
Autonomy and sense of initiative;
Ability to work fast and meet aggressive deadlines;
Flexibility and eagerness to learn new areas of law;
You have excellent communication skills, you’re humble, and you enjoy sharing & learning from others;
Full working proficiency in French, English and good knowledge of Spanish.
