Commercial (Travel) Lawyer

Jameson Legal is instructed on a new opportunity with our client’s Travel team in London, which is top ranked in both The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners for Regulatory and Commercial Travel work. Lawyers represent the biggest and most well-known travel companies in the world, with a particular focus on tech-enabled travel companies, such as booking platforms and online travel agents.

The Commercial work upon which the team is typically engaged includes:

• Agency Agreements between a travel supplier and an online travel agent for the sale of travel services.
• B2B Supplier Agreements – where the client is selling travel services to another company, which will then sell to the customer.
• Technology Agreements – all variety of these including for SaaS, API licences, White labelling, AI driven technologies.
• Customer terms and conditions.

The regulatory work upon which the team is typically engaged includes:

• Helping clients to navigate the applicable travel regulations and obtain the necessary travel licences, across the world.
• Advising on compliance with general consumer law e.g. website booking journeys, sales and marketing practices.
• Working on multi-jurisdictional compliance projects.
• Dealing with regulators on compliance issues, such as the CMA and CAA.

The successful candidate will:

• Have at least 2 years’ PQE in a Commercial/ Regulatory role (Travel sector experience is not expected).
• Enjoy undertaking a broad range of work.
• Have sound commercial contract experience.
• Have good problem-solving skills for resolving new and unique scenarios.
• Have a can-do attitude.