Corporate Counsel

Job Description - Corporate Counsel (180002Q9)

Corporate Counsel - 180002Q9 )

Part of the Global Strategy & Corporate Functions legal team, this role provides legal business partnership to business lines within the CWT Global Strategy & Commerce team. We are looking for someone who champions the CWT values – Leadership, Integrity, Caring, Passion.

• Lead lawyer providing end-to-end support to our global marketing team and platform partners teams, providing strategic legal advice to support and execute against CWT’s business strategy, and negotiating commercial contracts for these business lines.
• Design, implementation, execution and improvement of CWT’s contracting processes and oversight for issues arising from these business pillars, who are driving and implementing projects to pursue and achieve the CWT 3.0 digital strategy.

Aspects of the role include:

• Legal business partner to CWT’s strategic platform partners (global distribution systems, online booking tools and third party channels) at a global and at a market level to the extent required. Anchor lead for drafting, reviewing and negotiating platform partner commercial contracts at a global level and in markets.
• Legal business partner to the marketing teams (e.g e-commerce, digital marketing, pursuit marketing etc). Anchor lead for reviewing marketing material, as well as drafting, reviewing and negotiating vendor agreements for the marketing function at a global level and in market.
• Liaison with compliance and data privacy counterparts on data protection issues, commercial negotiations or other inquiries.
• Collaborate closely with legal colleagues supporting other business functions namely products & technology, Roomit, global supplier management (airlines, rail, ground transportation etc), as well as customer and markets.
• Provide support to other team members on an as needed basis for other business lines within the Strategy & Commerce team (Global Partners Network, Corporate Development, External Communications, Global Supplier Management, Strategy).
• Provide thought leadership for legal matters at CWT, review and design new policies and procedures to ensure greater coordination / efficiency in legal support (and technology support) for the business.
• Support efforts to improve workflow, including updates to CWT’s contracts database.
• Lead initiatives to anchor relationships between CWT’s inhouse legal & compliance team and business teams to ensure strong relationships organically with clients and a solid customer experience, other than when emergencies / issues arise.
• Creatively engage with global business teams to proactively deepen responsiveness and engagement with Legal
• Train and educate on legal matters for teams working in marketing & platform partners, and provide regular updates to in-house legal team.
• Liaise with outside counsel as needed, ensuring best value advice for the business subject to budget
• Participate in and/or lead additional projects as required.

Required Qualifications:

• University degree
• Law degree
• Authorized to practice law and in good standing

Preferred Qualifications:

• Law firm experience preferred, preferably in an international firm.
• Expertise (preferred):
  Travel industry ; M&A ; IPIT ; e-commerce and marketing ; regulatory (B2B and B2C).
• At least 6 years PQE Experience
• Experience working / living in different jurisdictions where CWT operates a plus

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Location:

London, Paris

Other Locations:
London, Paris

Employment type:

Standard

Job Family:
Legal

Scope :
Global

Travel:
Yes, 15 % of the Time

Shift: Day Job

Organization:
Legal

Experience Level : 5 to 7 years

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