Our customer, a leading vacation retail company, is looking to hire a Commercial Regulatory lawyer Experience can be gained from either private practice or in-house legal, ideally with both regulatory and consumer experience.
Duration - 1+ years
Scope of Role
Legal Responsibilities:
Oversee all legal matters related to business, including:
* Collaborating closely with the public policy and communications teams, the tax team, other legal team members, and outside counsel to devise and implement strategic positions on new and existing regulations affecting the business and its users (e.g., short-term rental and planning regulations, tourist tax, content liability, digital regulation, and consumer protection).
* Serve as a trusted advisor to the UK business on a broad range of regulatory and general legal issues, providing business-focused and creative advice on complex matters.
* Work in close collaboration with EMEA Compliance on UK compliance issues, including the implementation of the Online Safety Act regime.
* Identify and brief the business, policy, and communications teams on relevant legal and regulatory developments. Collaborate closely with other EMEA country counsels to understand the interplay between UK and EU regulatory developments and strategies, as well as on pan-EMEA policy initiatives and regulatory issues.
* Advise on UK B2C and B2B product launches or updates, ensuring oversight over UK litigation, commercial, marketing, corporate, real estate, competition, and payments regulatory matters.
* Act as the legal point of contact for the Northern Europe, Middle East & Africa (NEMEA) Leadership Team. Attend weekly meetings and periodic team gatherings, coordinate advice from other NEMEA country counsels, and contribute to the strategic planning and execution of NEMEA business priorities.
Additional Responsibilities:
* The role may require involvement in commercial agreements, leading pan-EMEA legal projects, and overseeing junior lawyers.
Qualifications, Expertise, and Experience
Essential:
* Minimum 10 years PQE (or equivalent experience), qualified in the UK.
* Significant in-house experience advising senior business and policy stakeholders on UK law and regulation, collaborating with business and policy teams to develop strategic positions and policy/comms strategies for new and existing regulations, and advocating for specific regulatory positions.
* Excellent understanding of the UK legislative process.
* Experience working closely with colleagues in multiple jurisdictions and coordinating cross-jurisdictional advice from internal stakeholders and external counsel.
* Experience advising on UK consumer protection regulation, the eCommerce Directive, and the Online Safety Act.
* Fluent in English.
Highly Desired:
* Expertise in the platform liability regime in the UK and EU.
* Experience advising international digital businesses on the application of UK law and regulation.
* Understanding of UK short-term rental and/or planning regulations.
* Experience managing a team.
* Fluency in other European languages.
About Elevate
Elevate provides consulting, technology and services to law departments and law firms across the globe. Headquartered in Los Angeles, our 1,600+ strong team of legal professionals, lawyers, consultants, project managers, and engineers operate across the United States, Europe, UK, and Asia, Hong Kong and Australia.
ElevateFlex, is the flexible resourcing capability within Elevate, we define and support a new flexible career within the legal industry. We match exceptional legal professionals to the evolving needs of our Customers through the curation of a world-class, global Community of Talent, and advanced, technology-enabled search. We were recently proud to be assessed in Band 1 of Chamber’s Global Flexible Legal Resourcing category.
Our Vision is a world where legal and business teams achieve incredible outcomes, together.
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As a strong proponent of diversity, equitability, and inclusion, ElevateFlex is committed to hiring diverse candidates from all backgrounds. We invite you to apply to become part of the ElevateFlex Team – help us change the legal business landscape and make a dent in the legal universe.