Senior Counsel, Europe (bilingual-French/English)

Job Description

As the world's largest car sharing marketplace, Turo is growing fast and hiring talent in the US, Canada, the UK, France, and Australia! Our driven, down to earth team empowers you to push yourself, make a huge impact, and accelerate your career growth.

We are looking for a talented lawyer who is passionate about our mission of putting the world’s 1.5 billion cars to better use and who has a demonstrated track record of excellent judgment in balancing legal risk with business strategy.

About the team

This position will report to Turo's Senior VP Legal at our headquarters in San Francisco, California, and will be Turo’s first in-house attorney outside of the USA. You will have the chance to shape the global legal department at our rapidly growing company. The successful candidate must be fluent in both English and French and able to perform written and verbal legal work in both languages with ease.

This position can be based in either our London or Paris office.

What you will do

• Provide your colleagues in France, and the UK, with business-oriented legal advice to support Turo’s rapid international growth.
• Ensure compliance with applicable laws dealing with intellectual property, privacy, content regulation, consumer protection, advertising, and industry-specific regulation.
• Advise the local trust and safety, customer support, insurance, marketing, product, communications, business development, and engineering teams on a broad range of legal and compliance issues, including litigation.
• Provide pragmatic day-to-day advice to minimize legal risks while advancing business interests and ensuring an excellent customer experience.
• Draft and/or review clear and concise contracts, marketing materials, FAQs, terms of service, and privacy policies.
• Support the government relations team on regulatory matters and advise on the legal aspects of e-commerce laws, insurance, and industry specific regulations. Help shape evolving car sharing regulation and fend off anti-competitive threats from those that would like to curtail the growth of our disruptive industry.
• Provide guidance to the HR and finance functions on the legal aspects of employment, corporate, and tax matters in close coordination with legal colleagues in the US.
• Remain up-to-date on relevant industry, consumer protection, and high-tech laws to ensure an ongoing ability to provide excellent pragmatic legal advice.
• Design, build, and improve processes and procedures to keep up with scaling growth.

Your profile

• 5+ years of relevant experience ideally with a mix of law firm and in-house technology focused experience across Europe (and the United Kingdom).
• Proven ability to get up to speed quickly, learn new areas of law, function independently, and provide pragmatic business focused advice to non-lawyers across every level of the business from recent college graduates to the country managers.
• Highly collaborative person who champions our mission and wants to win as a team.
• Superior organizational skills, attention to detail, and an offbeat sense of humor are always welcome.
• Fluent in both English and French and able to perform written and verbal legal work in both languages

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Benefits

• Competitive salary, equity, benefits, and perks for all full-time employees
• Employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance (Country specific)
• Retirement employer match
• $2,000 Learning & Development stipend to invest in your professional development
• $1,000 USD Turo host matching and $1,500 USD vehicle reimbursement program
• $100 USD Monthly Turo travel credit
• Cell phone, internet and Fringe benefit stipend
• Paid time off to relax and recharge
• Paid holidays, volunteer time off, and parental leave
• For those who are in the office full-time or hybrid we have weekly in-office lunch, office snacks, and fun activities
• Bi-annual Turbo Week (week-long, company-wide conference)

We are committed to building a diverse team. If you are from a background that's underrepresented in tech, we'd love to meet you.

Aside from an award winning work environment and the opportunity to be part of the world’s largest car sharing marketplace, we are also growing the team quickly - join us! Even if you don't meet every qualification, we are looking for people with enthusiasm for what we do and we will consider you for this and other possibilities.

Turo is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a participant in the U.S. Federal E-Verify program. Women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans are encouraged to apply. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.

Turo will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, as applicable.

We welcome candidates with physical, mental, and/or neurological disabilities. If you require assistance applying for an open position, or need accommodation during the recruiting process due to a disability, please submit a request to People Operations by emailing [email protected] .

About Turo

Turo is the world’s largest car sharing marketplace where you can book any car you want, wherever you want it, from a vibrant community of trusted hosts across the US, Canada, France, UK and Australia. Guests choose from a totally unique selection of nearby cars, while hosts earn extra money to offset the costs of car ownership. A pioneer of the sharing economy and the travel industry, Turo is a safe, supportive community where the car you book is part of a story, not a fleet.

Discover Turo at https://turo.co m , the App Store, and Google Play, and check out our blog, Field Note s .

Read more about the Turo culture according to Turo CEO, Andre Haddad.