Senior Legal Counsel - Brazil

About BlaBlaCar
BlaBlaCar is the world’s leading community-based travel app enabling 26 million members a year to carpool or travel by bus in 21 countries. Our team of 800 employees counts over 50 nationalities and is spread across our 5 global offices, 30% working fully remotely.
Your Mission
As a Senior legal counsel in Brazil, you will be a key member of the global legal team providing comprehensive legal support to our activities in Brazil, one of BlaBlaCar’s key markets. Reporting to the group Associate General Counsel, you will work closely with the local General Manager, the local business teams and the central product teams, advising on a broad range of legal matters and ensuring compliance with Brazilian law. You will also play a decisive role in our litigation strategy in the country. In doing so, you will drive innovative solutions in close coordination with many internal stakeholders but also local outside counsels. This role requires a highly motivated and experienced legal professional with a strong understanding of Brazilian commercial law, competition law and consumer protection law. Experience as a litigator is a must.

Your 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

Your Qualifications:

• 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
• Nice to have:
• previous experience in competition law, CADE proceedings
• previous experience in the tech ecosystem

What we have to offer:

• 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

Interested in joining the ride?

• a 45-min video-call with your Talent Acquisition Manager, Marieta Tonoyan to get to know you, understand your career expectations and answer your questions
• a 60-min video-call with our Associate General Counsel, Judith Lavedrine
• at home case study followed with a 60-min video call with our Head of Brazil Tatiana Mattos and our Head of Business Affairs Maria Sedykh
• a 30-min video-call with our General Counsel, Frederic Altenbourger for vision fit and rounding off the process

Our hiring process lasts on average 25-30 days, offers usually come within 48 hours.

BlaBlaCar is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. If you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications outlined above, tell us why you’d still be a great fit for this role in your application.