Senior Legal Counsel

Summary

Join BlaBlaCar as a Senior Legal Counsel in Brazil and become a key member of the global legal team. You will provide comprehensive legal support for BlaBlaCar's Brazilian operations, working closely with local and global teams. Responsibilities include managing disputes, developing legal strategies, advising on various legal matters, and ensuring compliance with Brazilian law. This role requires significant litigation experience, fluency in English and Portuguese, and a strong understanding of Brazilian commercial, competition, and consumer protection law. BlaBlaCar offers a competitive compensation package including additional maternity leave, financial support for home office equipment, and various other benefits.

Requirements

• Law degree in Brazil
• At least 8 years post-qualification experience, with significant relevant litigation experience at a law firm or in-house in Brazil
• Fluency in English and Portuguese
• You have a results-driven and impact-oriented mindset
• You are able to juggle multiple projects at a time in an exciting, fast-paced environment
• You have strong interpersonal skills and highly collaborative with both business leaders and cross-functional partners, with a strong ability to build relationships, gain credibility, and partner with others
• You have strong affinity for strategic problem solving, and driving action, go-getter mentality

Responsibilities

• Manage and resolve B2C and B2B disputes and litigations, mostly commercial and regulatory, working with external counsel
• Serve as a front-line counsel, identifying and resolving issues impacting local business operations
• Develop legal strategies for acceleration of BlaBlaCar in Brazil notably by working hand in hand with our Brazilian Head of GR
• Cooperation with PR team (revising statements, articles, etc.)
• Provide legal advice on different matters such as civil law, media/marketing/advertising regulation, consumer regulation, digital law, contracts/commercial law, transport regulation
• Monitor and draft analysis of upcoming regulations
• Support central data protection and corporate legal teams with Brazilian specificities
• Collaborate on cross-functional projects with other departments notably product and business to provide comprehensive advice and create solutions
• Revising advertising materials, CRM, product flow, as well as T&Cs and PP
• Draft, review and negotiate various types of contracts supporting BlaBlaCar in Brazil

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience in competition law, CADE proceedings
• Previous experience in the tech ecosystem

Benefits

• 4 additional weeks on top of legal maternity leaves
• Financial support for home office equipment
• 30 days holiday after 12 months
• Local meal plan policy with the CAJU Card (R$ 37.00 per day)
• Transportation assistance with the CAJU Card (from R$ 10.00 to R$ 61.70 per day)
• Free unlimited carpooling & bus rides
• Personal growth via trainings, mentorship, and internal mobility programs
• Employee Stock ownership plan
• Regular team building events
• Mental health support through Moka .care
• 1 day off per year to test our product
• Full remote possible in the country of employment