Legal Counsel – France – 10 Month Contract

Company Description

We are champions of rail, inspired to build a greener, more sustainable future of travel. Trainline enables millions of travellers to find and book the best value tickets across carriers, fares, and journey options through our highly rated mobile app, website, and B2B partner channels. 

Great journeys start with Trainline ???? 

Now Europe’s number 1 downloaded rail app, with over 125 million monthly visits and £5.3 billion in annual ticket sales, we collaborate with 270+ rail and coach companies in over 40 countries. We want to create a world where travel is as simple, seamless, and affordable as it should be. 

Today, we’re a FTSE 250 company driven by our incredible team of over 1,000 Trainliners from 50+ nationalities, based across London, Paris, Barcelona, Milan, Edinburgh, Berlin, Madrid, and Brussels. With our focus on growth in the UK and Europe, now is the perfect time to join us on this high-speed journey. 

Job Description

The Legal team has been instrumental in supporting the business through its continued expansion. Headed up by James Hanratty (a Legal leader in Digital & Technology), they have won several industry accolades in recent years including ‘In-House Team of the Year’ at the Lexis Nexis Legal Awards in 2019. Striking a balance between being innovative and high performing yet remaining close-knit and highly supportive of one another, this is a highly regarded team where people genuinely enjoy what they do and make a difference to the business every day! 

We are recruiting for this role on a 10 month contract, reporting into the Senior Legal Counsel (based in Milan), the focus of this role will be to provide international legal support, in particular to drive the growth of Trainline’s consumer proposition in France and Spain as well as playing a key role in the delivery of an ongoing strategy to be the go-to platform for international travelers across Europe, especially Americans. With significant business investment being put into our European business, this is an incredible opportunity to join Trainline at a time of exciting growth. 

You will act as our French market counsel lead and work closely with the Legal Consumer and Product team to provide support on Spanish and US related matters. You will be expected to have a good understanding of all areas of commercial law with a particular focus on the French market, including consumer, e-commerce, advertising and marketing, data protection, IP, and commercial contracts. 

Responsibilities 

• Providing French legal advice in respect of consumer, e-commerce, advertising and marketing, data protection and intellectual property law and overall legal support to the French brand, marketing, communications, SEO, PPC and product teams. 
• Working with the Legal, Consumer and Product team in respect of the provision of consumer and general legal advice in the Spanish market (generally advising on strategic matters such as partnerships). 
• Providing overall legal support to activities related to our international (especially US) customers, in particular-commerce, advertising and marketing and PR events. 
• Drafting, negotiating and interpreting commercial contracts, mainly in respect of Trainline acting as a customer when procuring services for the brand, comms and product and market research teams 
• Managing Trainline’s intellectual property portfolio and strategy, working closely with the Senior Legal Counsel. 

Qualifications

Essential: 

• Significant experience in a similar role in an international setting. 
• French law qualified. 
• Private practice and in-house experience preferred with a tech/online focus, ideally multi-jurisdictional. 
• Experience working in a fast-paced business. 
• Strong general understanding of consumer law, e-commerce law, advertising and marketing law, data protection law and commercial contracts. 
• Demonstrable team player and must be able to work cross functionally. 
• A significant degree of autonomy and responsibility will be expected with an ability to ‘self-start’ confidently and effectively. 
• Strong communication and influencing skills, including in respect of senior management colleagues. 
• Attention to detail and ability to carry out in depth legal analysis but deliver advice in a concise, business friendly manner. 
• Effective organisational and prioritisation skills will be required to successfully manage your own workload and the business’ expectations. 
• Commercially astute. 
• Open to travel to our London and EU offices occasionally. 
• Fluent in French and English. 

Desired 

• Other EU languages (particularly Spanish). 
• IP law experience. 
• Ideally 5+ years PQE

Recruitment Process 

• Please apply for the role with a CV written in English
• Call with Talent Acquisition to dive into your experience and discuss scope of the role 
• Skills & competencies-based assessment with Senior Legal Counsel & Legal Counsel FR. 
• Competencies-based interview with Head of Legal Consumer/Product & Deputy General Counsel 

Additional Information

Enjoy fantastic perks like private healthcare & dental insurance, a generous work from abroad policy, 2-for-1 share purchase plans, extra festive time off, and excellent family-friendly benefits. 

We prioritise career growth with clear career paths, transparent pay bands, personal learning budgets, and regular learning days. Jump on board and supercharge your career from day one! 

Our values represent the things that matter most to us and what we live and breathe everyday, in everything we do: 

???? Think Big – We’re building the future of rail 

✔️ Own It – We focus on every customer, partner and journey 

???? Travel Together – We’re one team 

♻️ Do Good – We make a positive impact 

Interested in finding out more about what it’s like to work at Trainline? Why not check us out on LinkedIn, Instagram and Glassdoor! 

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