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Legal Commercial Team Lead
Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
Remote · European time zone, England & Wales
Experience
Senior · 8+ years
Job description
Lead the in-house legal team at a global travel-tech company, advising on commercial contracts, products, payments, and regulatory matters across international markets. The role combines team leadership with hands-on legal support to the business.
At a glance
- Work mode
- Remote · European time zone, England & Wales
- Languages
- English – C1 or higher, Russian
What you'll do
- Lead and develop the in-house legal team, set priorities, and ensure the business receives clear, timely advice.
- Take the lead on complex legal matters and coordinate external counsel across multiple jurisdictions.
- Support the professional development of junior and mid-level legal team members.
- Lead cross-functional legal projects and work with stakeholders across the business.
- Draft and negotiate commercial agreements, including partnership, B2B and B2C, licensing, and technology agreements.
- Advise teams on contractual structures, identify key legal and commercial risks, and recommend practical solutions.
- Support strategic transactions and international commercial arrangements.
- Work with product and business teams on travel products, booking flows, customer journeys, ancillary services, cancellations, refunds, and payment solutions.
- Advise on the legal aspects of new products and business models.
- Support market entry and international expansion, including local regulatory assessments.
- Advise on payment flows, merchant models, PSP integrations, and the legal aspects of cross-border payment structures.
- Track changes in laws and regulations and help the business understand and address their impact.
- Help ensure the company's operations comply with relevant requirements, including GDPR and ePrivacy.
- Support dispute resolution, including pre-litigation matters, arbitration, and cross-border litigation.
- Manage complex legal matters across jurisdictions, working with internal stakeholders and external counsel.
What we're looking for
- Qualified to practise law in England and Wales or an EU Member State or holds a degree from a university in one of these countries.
- 8+ years of post-qualification experience, including substantial in-house work with an international consumer technology, digital platform, or travel technology business operating across the EU and UK.
- Experience working with an online travel agency (OTA), bedbank, travel marketplace, travel distribution platform, or travel technology company.
- Experience leading or managing a legal team, or taking ownership of major cross-functional legal projects.
- Strong commercial contracting experience across common-law and civil-law jurisdictions.
- A sound understanding of the rules affecting online travel businesses, including consumer protection, e-commerce, package travel, intermediary liability, payments, digital platforms, and privacy.
- Experience advising on commercial and product matters across several European jurisdictions.
- Confidence managing complex cross-border matters and working with external counsel.
- Strong project management skills and the ability to work effectively with teams across the business.
- A practical approach to legal advice: you can explain risks clearly and help colleagues decide what to do next.
- Fluent English, both written and spoken (C1 or higher).
Nice to have
- Fluent Russian, both written and spoken.
Your team
in-house legal team
Benefits
- Flexible schedules and opportunity to work remotely.
- Ambitious and supportive team who love what they do, appreciate each other, and grow together.
- Internal programs for adaptation and training, development of soft skills, and leadership abilities.
- 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.
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About Emerging Travel Group
A global travel-tech company whose brands have been operating in over 220 source markets since 2010. We specialize in developing advanced online booking platforms for all types of clients — from individual tourists to travel agents and companies organizing business trips. Our solutions empower hoteliers to effortlessly showcase their accommodations, boosting visibility and attracting a broader audience.
Key facts
- 2010
- travel-tech
- Brands have been operating in over 220 source markets since 2010
- Develops advanced online booking platforms for individual tourists, travel agents, and companies organizing business trips
- Solutions empower hoteliers to showcase their accommodations