Product Legal Counsel, BlaBlaCar
Spanish Speaker
Carpooling & bus service marketplace
Posted today
Carpooling & bus service marketplace
1001+ employees
Posted today
1001+ employees
Company mission
To leverage technology to fill empty seats on the road, connecting members looking to carpool or to travel by bus, and making travel more affordable, sociable and convenient.
Role
Who you are
- 6 to 8 years of experience as a qualified Spanish lawyer (with strong knowledge of EU law, and ideally familiarity with French law), 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
- Fluent in English and Spanish (fluency or working proficiency in French is a strong asset)
- Fit with our BlaBlaPrinciples
- Nice to have : Experience in the transport industry; Dual qualification in Spain and France or proven experience practicing in both jurisdictions
- BlaBlaCar is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. If you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications outlined above, tell us why you’d still be a great fit for this role in your application
What the job involves
- 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 (such as DSA), 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
- Be a trusted advisor to the carpool and energy saving certificate business teams in France, Spain and other European jurisdictions by providing creative solutions while ensuring compliance with regulations, with a specific focus on our product and platforms
- Work hand in hand with the product team and ensure compliance with evolving EU and local digital regulations affecting online marketplaces
- 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 consume
- R issues, commercial contracts, transportation regulation, e-commerce, digital law
Application process
- A 45-min video-call with your Talent Acquisition Managers Barbara to get to know you, understand your career expectations and answer your questions
- A 60-min video-call with our Head of Legal Laurène to understand your background and motivations and clarifying the position and expectations
- A fully remote exercise to evaluate your technical skills, followed by a 60-min video-call to discuss your exercise
- A 30-min min video-call with our General Counsel for values fit and closing off the process
- Usually, our hiring process lasts on average 20-25 days and offers usually come within 48 hours
Our take
Travelling can be an expensive process, with public transport and petrol costs quickly adding up. Many people choose to purchase last-minute bus tickets or travel in carpools to minimize costs and carbon emissions, but these opportunities can be difficult to find and there is no framework to locate them and assess their legitimacy.
BlaBlaCar provides an online marketplace to connect travellers with carpools and spare seats on buses in order to provide a budget alternative to traditional means of travel. Drivers can sign up to provide a carpool service, and BlaBlaCar verifies the identity and reviews of both carpool drivers and bus companies to ensure that the budget service is fully regulated.
Budget alternatives to traditional public transport and driving routes are nothing new, but BlaBlaCar has taken a unique approach by providing this regulated framework for carpooling. Furthermore, the company provides last-minute and predetermined bus seats, reducing costs for users whilst preventing buses from travelling wastefully with empty seats.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
21% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Apr 2021
$115m
CONVERTIBLE
Nov 2018
$117.5m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $568.8m
Company benefits
- Tailor-made remote policy
- Employee Stock Ownership plan
- 10 days off in addition to the legal 25 days
- Relocation package and visa sponsorship
- Parental policy (we are a signatory of the #ParentalAct)
- Trainings & career development programs
- Free carpooling & bus rides wherever whenever
Company HQ
Oberkampf, Paris, France
Leadership
Frédéric Mazzella
(President & Co-Founder)Experienced as investor and advisor for various startups in the travel industry. Co-founded BlaBlaCar in 2006 as President.
Nicolas Brusson
(CEO & Co-Founder)Experienced as investor for multiple companies such as Deliveroo and Stripe. Board Member of Fondation Pour l'Audition. Co-founded BlaBlaCar as CEO in 2016.
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