Legal Counsel - France - 10 Month Contract

at  Trainline

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.

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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
We are looking for a French qualified lawyer for this 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.

• 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.
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