International Commercial Legal Counsel

  • Full-time

Company Description

BlaBlaCar’s vision is to bring fairness, freedom and fraternity to the world of travel. 

BlaBlaCar was created in 2006 with one dream in mind: fill the millions of empty seats on the road to create an efficient, affordable and friendly way to travel. Today, our global, trusted community counts 75 million members in 22 countries, enabling a smarter, large scale and truly sustainable transport network. 

Born from a simple idea of people sharing their rides, BlaBlaCar’s ambition is to become the go-to marketplace for shared road mobility. We offer long distance carpooling service, a commuting carpooling service, and since 2018  a marketplace bus service too. A filled bus emits one third of the emissions per passenger kilometer as an average car. So we want to fill those seats too! 

In 2018, 84 million travellers used BlaBlaCar globally saving 1.6 million tons of CO2. Meanwhile we enabled human connections, bringing people closer together in more ways than one with 87% of members say that carpooling is an enriching experience. 

BlaBlaCar offers a truly and unique international environment with a team counting 35 nationalities,  serving a global member-base from 8 offices in Berlin, Kiev, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Paris (HQ), São Paulo, Warsaw. English is the official spoken language across BlaBlaCar. We are privately-held and founder-led. Our team of 500 employees is entrepreneurial, passionate, and fundamentally mission-driven. 

Job Description

As BlaBlaCar recently entered the bus market and has serious ambitions regarding the development of this activity both in Europe and in other markets such as Brazil, we need to strengthen our legal team to support the operations in achieving their objectives.  

You will be responsible for managing the team (currently composed on 1 team member but likely to grow in the years to come) in charge of supporting the business on all regulatory and commercial aspects related to BlaBlaCar’s bus activity, especially the B2B relations and will be reporting to the Head of Legal, while working very closely with the country managers and their teams as well as the VP Network and Ops’ team. 

What you will directly contribute to

  • Drafting and negotiating all types of contracts related to the bus activities (incl. online and offline distribution agreement, bus operators partnership agreements, etc.);
  • Ensuring compliance of  BlaBlaCar’s bus activity in all countries where we operate coaches (as of today: FR, SP, Benelux, IT, PL, DE) with respect to transportation law and competition law. This includes the management of our Pro Compliance Manager.
  • Managing any pre-litigation and litigation related to this activity;
  • Be a trusted advisor to the business, and provide critical legal and strategic input on a wide range of complex issues. Areas of particular relevance include, commercial contracts, consumer issues, transportation regulation, competition law.

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of legal experience. The ideal background includes a combination of private practice and in-house experience with an online platform or transportation or a B2B company. Familiarity with transportation law is a plus but not mandatory. Proven experience in commercial agreement negotiation is a must.
  • Highly motivated, creative, entrepreneurial, and laser-focused on the details; able to juggle multiple projects at a time in a fast-paced environment, while collaborating as a team to stay in sync and working independently to get the job done.
  • Fluent in written and spoken English & French. Polish, Italian or German language/legal qualification being an advantage.
  • Strong cross-functional leadership skills.
  • Proactive, hard-working and solutions-oriented
  • Excellent business judgment

 

Additional Information

A few practical details about the role

  • Start: As soon as you are ready!
  • Location: Paris HQ
  • Contract: Permanent contract (CDI)
  • Salary: Competitive package based on experience

What we offer all of our employees

  • The opportunity to have a meaningful impact, building a CO2-saving global travel network enabling strong human connections too. 
  • A strong “Fun & Serious” company culture  
  • An international environment with a team counting 35 nationalities,  serving a global member-base from 8 offices around the world (Berlin, Kiev, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Paris (HQ), São Paulo, Warsaw)
  • State-of-the-art office spaces, in a great location
  • A start-up spirit grounded in agility & teamwork 
  • Challenging career opportunities in a high-growth and fast-paced environment 
  • Bi-Weekly team-all BlaBlaTalks to learn from each other
  • Weekly Tech Demos, so that we’re all up to date with where our product stands

And some other great perks!

  • Free carpooling to live our value “Be The Member”. 
  • Annual BlaBlaBreak which takes us all for an unforgettable weekend
  • Possibility to work from another BlaBlaOffice abroad for a week once a year (BlaBlaSwap)

What is next

If you are ready to join our exciting journey, please apply below: upload your resume in English (PDF format) and answer our questions in English.

Kindly note that only complete applications will be reviewed by our hiring team and that all your information will be kept confidential.

You can expect us to review your application within the following 3 weeks. If your application fits our requirements, we will invite you to take a short analytical online test. This step is followed by an analytical test, several face to face interviews and a case study.

BlaBlaCar is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.