Jr Legal Counsel

Welcome to TheFork We're on a mission to bring people together, feed the human spirit and champion restaurant culture because we strongly believe the best things in life happen around the table, and we want you to experience those unforgettable moments. Founded in 2007 and present in 12 countries, we are the leading restaurant booking platform across Europe and offer the broadest community of diners access to thousands of incredible restaurants. How do we make this happen? Through our exceptional lineup of products: TheFork App: our free restaurant discovery & booking app that helps you find your next table with ease TheFork Manager: our innovative software tool that digitizes restaurant operations and helps restaurateurs manage their bookings and increase their revenue TheFork PAY and TheFork Gift Card: quick and easy ways to pay directly from TheFork app, making the payment process a piece of cake. We have offices all over Europe, boasting a fully international team from all over the world. We are all foodies at heart, and work together in a flexible, multicultural and positive environment which provides everyone with space to grow, both professionally and personally. **What we do in Legal**: The Global Legal Team at TheFork is here to unlock business opportunities by empowering TheFork leaders to take informed business decisions and reasonable risks in every Country where diners and Restaurant owners meet for amazing dining experiences. Our Team is growing internationally and we don't lose our soul and goal: we strive to provide our business clients with concise, effective and down-to-earth legal advice, we are ahead of the curve in understanding the regulatory, commercial and compliance requirements, now and in the foreseeable future. ***: **What you'll do**: TheFork is recruiting a Jr Counsel for its global legal team, providing legal advice to all Countries where TheFork operates in the World, with a particular focus on key areas of the business and law. When taking on this role, you will become a trusted advisor to local leaders within TheFork Leadership and Executive teams, providing advice on a variety of matters particularly linked to Commercial contracts, Privacy, Regulatory and, Product and Litigation. Additional areas of law and of our business such as Compliance, Privacy and AI. You will work as an integral part of TheFork global legal team and will report to the Sr. Legal Counsel Product. Particularly, we foresee you to be active in the following areas, but be ready to be flexible as in Tech, business priority may change and we count on your flexibility and agility to adapt to the most current needs of our clients: - Provide legal support to the TheFork Group Sales and Product team, developing current suite of TheFork Services and its future iterations; - Oversight TheFork compliance efforts in partnership with Tripadvisor, including Privacy reviews and strategic advice; - Be an enabler, move from "no" to a "yes, but" attitude; - Draft and negotiate commercial agreements, including, data processing agreements, team up for the review of the terms of use/terms of service, subscription agreements, technology and content licenses; services agreements; and business development agreements. - Provide legal and business advice to help develop a comprehensive, long-term approach to legal issues/risks; - Help the legal team with administration and resolution of legal issues, pre-litigation & litigation disputes. - Work closely with other lawyers in the TheFork and Tripadvisor's wider Legal team, both in Europe and in the US; **Who you are**: - You gained 1-2 years of relevant experience, preferably with both law firm and in-house corporate experience, with experience in handling commercial contracts, intellectual property, advertising, marketing, privacy, and analytics-related matters. - Qualified to practice in EU preferred; - You've got a Master's degree in Law - Fluent in English as professional business language; German, French, Spanish or Italian also a plus as we are a global team ready to support one another in key geographies where TheFork is available to businesses and consumers; - Strong work ethic and ability to multi-tasking, prioritize and follow-through on numerous projects simultaneously in a dynamic environment. - Self-starter and able to work well independently and as part of a team, with strong organizational and interpersonal skills. - Effective written and oral communication skills. - Must be able to effectively frame issues to drive analysis and execution. - Excellent business judgment and strategic thinking. **What we offer you**: - An awesome team (not everybody like our jokes, but we try our best) - A Permanent contract (that can be useful in life) - ️ Flexible working environment (2 days home office per week) - Competitive fixed salary, bonus and equity (yes, equity) - Lunch vouchers available for each working day (because yes, we like to try our best restaurants