Senior Legal Counsel, Booking.com
Fintech, Partnership
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Senior and Expert level
Amsterdam
Leading travel accommodation and experiences marketplace
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Leading travel accommodation and experiences marketplace
1001+ employees
FintechHospitalityB2BTravelMarketplace
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Salary not provided
Excel
Google Sheets
GSuite
Senior and Expert level
Amsterdam
1001+ employees
FintechHospitalityB2BTravelMarketplace
Company mission
Booking.com's mission is to make it easier for everyone to experience the world. They do so by offering a platform that connects every part of a trip – from a great place to stay to getting there, getting around, seeing the sights and sampling local life.
Role
Who you are
- Experience in procurement, commercial contracting, tech agreements (SAAS), AI/GenAI is an advantage
- Knowledge in Privacy and Intellectual Property Law is an advantage
- Native or fluent English speaking and writing skills
- Excellent communication skills (written and oral), attention to detail & organisational and project management skills and ability to meet deadlines, prioritising appropriately
- Excellent legal drafting skills
- Confidence in your ability to provide assistance to the legal team and business units
- Able to demonstrate commercial awareness and understanding of the business requirements
- Professional and collaborative approach
- A high standard of knowledge and use of Microsoft Office applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and Google Suite (Google Sheets, Google Docs)
- An understanding of payments or other financial services regulatory regimes and of how Fintech firms and products are affected is required, including:-
- Foundational legal and regulatory frameworks that cover international money transfer, e-commerce, and online platforms
- Contract relationships and risk and technology (from a regulatory perspective)
- Permanent establishment and associated structuring and/or tax risks
- Familiarity with the financial service products and the Fintech space:-
- Digital Wallets such as WeChat, ApplePay, AmazonPay etc
- Card schemes (Amex, VISA, MC) and other virtual credit card products (VCC) such as those provided by WEX and/or eNett (Optal)
- Experience identifying and liaising with local counsel around the globe, identifying suitable partners, commissioning work, challenging deliverables etc
- Delivering all of the above directly and as part of a matrixed, cross-functional team
- A strong commercial instinct and helps to apply that knowledge in practical and actionable ways
- Experience in working as an individual contributor in a ‘hands-on’ legal advisory support role, embedded in the business and working closely with the product and commercial teams - or close client contact with equivalent commercial exposure in private practice
- Experience in a role with global or regional scope - the lawyer in this role should equally have a global worldview - and be capable of sourcing, critiquing and managing input form a range of internal and external stakeholders to form a view even outside of his or her direct experience
- Alignment with Booking.com’s values (Customer First, Succeed Together, Own It, Learn Forever, Do the Right Thing)
- Curiosity, flexibility, and a creative, pragmatic approach to problem-solving
- Confidence with collaboration
- Ability to influence stakeholders at all levels
- Proactivity, resilience, and a drive to deliver results
- Strong judgment with attention to both the big picture and key details
- Courage to take a stance and make tough decisions
- Team-oriented, self-aware, and a good listener
- Agility in prioritizing and meeting deadlines
- Forward-thinking, with a focus on emerging legal and policy issues
What the job involves
- Booking.com is therefore looking for a Sr Legal Counsel - Fintech (Partnerships) to join the growing Fintech legal team in the Legal & Public Affairs (LPA) department and be responsible for assessing new product proposals, identifying Fintech regulatory and other legal implications and working with the other team members to chart our path in this growing area for the business
- Supporting the negotiation and drafting of critical third party payment service provider contracts, ensuring compliance with laws, regulations and card scheme requirements and optimising for commercial outcomes whilst protecting the company from foreseeable risks and consequences
- Procuring and interpreting legal advice to the Fintech business including on payment regulatory strategy, new fintech products and partnership models, from external counsel and internal subject matter experts
- Coordinating support across different legal specialisms and areas (including Consumer, Regulatory, including as needed under the Digital Markets Act and/or Digital Services Act and other tech regulation, Data Protection, Financial Crime and Compliance) as well as outside of legal (tax, treasury, product)
- Analysing precedents/case law and proposed existing laws and regulations that may impact the new Fintech products and their growth and facilitate the implementation of any regulatory requirements
- Carrying out other tasks as required to enhance the effectiveness of the Product & Fintech legal team, and the wider Legal and Public Affairs team of Booking.com
- Provide strategic legal guidance and help issue spot on a full range of legal issues, including commercial contracts, disputes, competition/consumer law, IP law, and applicable regulations (coordinating with other subject matter experts in the legal department) to ensure the team’s activities, policies, business practices and transactions comply with all relevant laws and regulations
Our take
Booking.com has established itself as a leading digital travel company. The company reaps the benefits of its status in the market and is currently in a stronger position than its up-and-coming competitors such as Expedia, Trivago and Trip.com. Airbnb represents the sharing economy and acts as a disruptive force in this market but still has ways to go to compete with Booking.com.
In recent years, there has been considerable growth in the number of travellers wishing to travel more sustainably. Booking.com is well positioned to attract these consumers, having introduced a Travel Sustainable badge on their platform which over 100,000 properties have achieved for their sustainability efforts.
The company was originally founded with a core focus on hotels, and the platform now offers more than 28 million accommodation listings. It has also expanded into different services, including flights, car rentals, and attractions.
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Company benefits
- Headspace Subscription
- Anniversary Leave
- Travel Credit
- Unlimited e-learning
- Booking Cares Volunteer Days
- Local Benefits: vary by country, but often include flex time, vacation days, health insurance, retirement savings, and much much more!
Company values
- Succeed Together - We celebrate team success, through making connections, building trust and valuing the diverse perspectives of others
- Own It - We obsess about adding value for our customer – guests, partners, colleagues – to make it easier for everyone to experience the world
- Learn Forever - We are resilient, take time to reflect, and seek to learn – from colleagues, from the outside world and from our failures
- Think Customer First - We obsess about adding value for our customer – guests, partners, colleagues – to make it easier for everyone to experience the world
- Do The Right Thing - We get the right results the right way. For each other, our communities and the world around us
Company HQ
Grachtengordel-Zuid, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Leadership
Glenn Fogel
(CEO)Previously Vice President at Morgan Stanley. They joined Booking Holdings in 2000 and have held several high profile and executive positions since. They are currently the President and CEO
People progressing
Responsible for all aspects of our Accommodations business unit, including Product and Tech, as well as leading Customer Service, Partner Services (commercial), Customer Insights and Product UX
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Booking.com
- We’re committed to fostering a more inclusive Booking.com experience for the millions of travellers, partners and communities around the world who use our platform every day. This ongoing journey starts with our very own employees, who represent over 140 nationalities and a wide range of ethnic and social backgrounds, genders and sexual orientations
- Directly linked to our mission to make it easier for everyone to experience the world, Inclusion, Diversity, Belonging and Wellbeing (IDBW) have been a core part of our company culture since day one. Creating a workplace where everyone feels welcome and able to do their best work is no easy job. It’s one that evolves over time and will never officially be ‘done’. But that’s ok, because it’s both highly rewarding and vitally important.
- Our ambition is to achieve gender parity (45-55%) in all units and at all levels of our organisation
- To give back to the places that have given us so much, we created Booking Cares – an employee volunteer programme that empowers our workforce to drive inclusion, wellbeing, and sustainability via volunteering, donations, and more – all during working hours. Since the programme began in 2014, over 172,000 work hours have been donated, by almost 6,000 employees, across more than 2,100 projects worldwide.
- B.Champion is our learning and development program for women who want to prepare for the next step in their career. During the six-month program, participants are grouped together in a supportive community cohort, are paired with a senior-level mentor from Booking.com and follow a structured personal development program.
- Every year we celebrate the achievements of inspiring colleagues at Booking.com and give them a platform for recognition: the Playmaker & Inclusionist Awards. The awards seek to recognize colleagues who empower and inspire others and who have done much to promote the mission of Inclusion, Diversity, Belonging, and Wellbeing.
- Booking.com was recently ranked #3 in the Financial Times’ 2021 Diversity Leaders list of European employers, and we couldn’t be more proud. It’s a great recognition for our colleagues around the world, who effortlessly work to create a welcoming and open environment in which people can connect and learn from each other.
- Driven by our employees with the support of the Booking.com IDBW team, our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) are a driving force in creating the most open, welcoming and empowering work environment possible. Backed by members and allies, our ERGs not only foster inclusion, but drive our business goals and product evolution as well.
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