Senior Counsel / Director of Regulatory & Commercial, Via
Bonus + Stock options available
TransitTech platform
Job no longer available
TransitTech platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
Bonus + Stock options available
1001+ employees
Company mission
Via's mission is to use technology to transform transport.
Role
Who you are
- Attorney with minimum of 8-10 years experience, preferably at a top law firm, in-house legal department or a combination of the two, including significant commercial legal and transactional experience
- Experience advising a high-growth business in a heavily regulated industry on complex regulatory and local law compliance issues
- Strong commercial drafter and negotiator with experience in both commercial contracts and tech transactions
- Fully fluent reading/writing/speaking/contract drafting capabilities in German and English
- Meticulous and vigilant, with a keen attention to detail
- Team player who is willing to wear multiple hats and work on deals of all types
- Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills as well as commercial acumen
- An innovative thinker with the ability to devise creative and practical solutions to address challenges
- Excited by a dynamic culture, workspace, and environment
What the job involves
- As Senior Counsel / Director, you will be joining our dynamic and growing Legal Department, with a particular focus on revenue-generating commercial contracts and regulatory law in the EU (primarily Germany and France, but also in other EU jurisdictions and the UK)
- You will work closely with all members of our global Legal team, and with business and product colleagues across the organization at a fast-growing technology company
- As a legal contact for our Partnerships team, you will manage multiple deals and support commercial contracting in the DACH region and across Europe, with sound business and legal judgment and a clear sense of company priorities
- Ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations for our on-demand transit deployments, particularly in Germany
- Assist in the formulation, communication and implementation of compliance policies and procedures for a high-growth international business in a shifting regulatory space
- Draft, review and negotiate a fast-growing pipeline of complex transit tech contracts, including standard SaaS (Software as a Service) contracts and more complex deals with robust add-on services, with a wide variety of domestic and international, public and private sector customers
- Advise on contract terms and regulatory requirements for RfPs and public procurement processes across Europe
- Ensure GDPR and data privacy law compliance, overseeing Data Protection Agreements with vendors
- Respond to inquiries on contract interpretation and compliance from EU business stakeholders
- Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams on commercial and regulatory matters, providing legal advice on risks, agreement structures, approval processes, and company policies
Our take
Via is a world-leading public mobility technology provider, transforming transportation and logistics systems into highly efficient digital networks. Its TransitTech platform powers cost-effective, convenient, and equitable mobility across the globe including public transport, student transport, corporate transport, and paratransit.
The company has two smart go-to-market strategies. First, it licenses the technology to cities wanting on-demand solutions. Secondly, it provides a full solution for operators (such as TfL) including technologies, operations, marketing, and data science. After acquiring Remix, a mapping and transit-planning tool, Via combined the software with its own on-demand transit data to help cities visualize how on-demand services can become part of the public transit system.
With hundreds of partnerships in place, and operating across the globe, Via is committed to revolutionizing the way the world moves. The company has stated plans to go public, but for now, seems focussed on expanding its services - for example with the wheelchair-accessible autonomous shuttle service it launched in partnership with May Mobility. Substantial funds will enable Via to expand its suite of products and improve its services, as well as innovate and accelerate expansion across markets and verticals.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Feb 2023
$110m
LATE VC
Nov 2021
$130m
SERIES G
Total funding: $887.1m
Company benefits
- Health and wellness benefits
- Local volunteer opportunities
- Support for all new parents
- Learning opportunities through our Via-Versity
- Employee Resource Groups
Company HQ
Chelsea, New York, NY
Leadership
Daniel Ramot
(CEO)Formerly an Engineering Manager in the Israeli Air Force. Prior to founding Via, they were the Director of D.E. Shaw (research into computational biochemistry).
Oren Shoval
(CTO)Experienced Systems Engineer, with a PhD in Systems Biology from the Weizmann Institute of Science
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