lastminute.com is hiring a Litigation & Legal Product Associate to join our Business Legal department. In this role, you will support both the Litigation department and the Legal Product team, ensuring effective case management and providing crucial legal guidance on our travel products and initiatives.
What You'll Do
- Support the Litigation department, coordinating paralegals and case management activities across different markets, with a particular focus on the UK market.
- Coordinate and liaise with external counsel to ensure effective case handling, consistency, and cost efficiency.
- Collaborate with the Legal Product team in reviewing and advising on the main legal aspects of the company’s travel products and related commercial initiatives.
- Support the implementation of internal processes involving Competition Law, Consumer Law, and Tourism Law analysis.
- Prepare and deliver guidance documents, templates, and training materials for internal teams under the supervision of the Group Legal & Litigation Counsel.
- Contribute to the development and optimization of scalable legal processes that support sustainable business growth.
- Draft and review a wide range of international contracts, including distribution, sales, agency, service, lease, sponsorship, and confidentiality agreements.
- Provide legal advice on the regulatory and contractual framework applicable to the offering and sale of online travel products.
What We're Looking For
- Degree in Law.
- Perfect knowledge of English language (mandatory).
- Demonstrated excellence in organizational and project management, consistently meeting deadlines and effectively prioritising tasks.
- Proficient drafting skills.
- Confidence in providing support to both legal teams and business units.
- Capability to showcase commercial awareness and a deep understanding of business requirements.
- Proficiency in using Microsoft Office applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and Google Suite (Google Sheets, Google Docs), maintaining a consistently high standard of knowledge and application.
- Ability to work in a precise, pragmatic, and hands-on manner; demonstrating problem-solving attitude.
- 2–3 years of prior experience.
Nice to Have
- Admission to the National Bar Association is a plus.
- Full proficiency of at least one of the following languages: Italian, German, French, or Spanish is a plus.
Technical Stack
- Microsoft Office: Word, PowerPoint, Excel
- Google Suite: Google Sheets, Google Docs
Team & Environment
You will join the Litigation and Legal Product team within the Business Legal department, reporting to the Litigation and Legal Product Counsel. You'll be part of a global team of around 1,700 people worldwide, working in an inclusive, friendly, and international environment with colleagues from 10+ countries and over 48 nationalities.
Benefits & Compensation
- Shorter working week (36h as full time), with a half working day on Fridays.
- Flexible start and end of the working day.
- Possibility to work from anywhere for a period of time per year defined according to local regulations.
- Fri-Yays: half a day on Friday morning with a no-meeting mandate and dedicated to deep work, personal growth, learning and training and/or focus time.
- Professional and managerial skills development training paths, access to e-learning platforms such as O’reilly, Udemy, Coursera (depending on the department), and to our internal platform offering bespoke training content.
- 2 paid days off per year for volunteering purposes.
- Occasional social events to foster connections among colleagues.
- Travel industry discounts and flash exclusive staff fares.
- We support our employees through life's significant moments with leave options (e.g parental responsibilities, marriages, bereavements, relocations, etc.) in line with local laws.
Work Mode
This is a full-remote position open to candidates based in Portugal.
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