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Commercial Regulatory Lawyer

Commercial Regulatory Lawyer

Elevate Flexible Legal ResourcingManchester, UK
30+ days ago
Job description

Elevate Flexible Legal Resourcing is seeking an experienced Commercial Regulatory Lawyer to join our customers' legal team (travel / hospitality industry) for a 12+ months contract role.

Ideal candidates will have extensive experience with UK law and regulation, consumer protection regulation, the eCommerce Directive, and the Online Safety Act.

The successful candidate will be responsible for assessing local regulatory and compliance implications, including licensing and permit requirements, and providing clear, actionable legal advice to the business.

Key Requirements :

  • 10+ years PQE (Qualified UK / EU Lawyer).
  • General commercial law experience, ideally with a background in regulatory law.
  • Experience in consumer law (NOT financial services).
  • Collaborate on UK compliance matters, including the Online Safety Act
  • Brief business, policy, and communications teams on legal developments
  • Advise on UK B2C and B2B product launches
  • Strong research skills and the ability to assess regulatory and compliance requirements.
  • In-house legal experience with the ability to influence and communicate effectively across teams.

Desirable Skills :

  • Experience within the travel, tourism, or online platform sectors is highly beneficial.
  • Prior experience with regulatory compliance in the hospitality or leisure industry is a plus.
  • Expertise in UK and EU platform liability regime
  • Experience with international digital businesses and UK short-term rental / planning regulation

    • Key Responsibilities :

  • Support a project to review and assess the regulatory and compliance implications of services that hosts may wish to list in the EMEA region.
  • Research and ensure compliance with local regulations, including licensing and permit requirements.
  • Review existing external legal advice and apply it accordingly to relevant business activities.
  • Provide strategic legal guidance to the business to ensure adherence to all necessary regulations.
  • Coordinate with external counsel as needed, especially when expanding into new regions or countries, and compile the advice into a clear, easily searchable document.

    • About Elevate

    Elevate provides consulting, technology and services to law departments and law firms across the globe. Headquartered in Los Angeles, our 1,600+ strong team of legal professionals, lawyers, consultants, project managers, and engineers operate across the United States, Europe, UK, and Asia, Hong Kong and Australia.

    ElevateFlex, is the flexible resourcing capability within Elevate, we define and support a new flexible career within the legal industry. We match exceptional legal professionals to the evolving needs of our Customers through the curation of a world-class, global Community of Talent, and advanced, technology-enabled search. We were recently proud to be assessed in Band 1 of Chamber’s Global Flexible Legal Resourcing category.

    Our Vision is a world where legal and business teams achieve incredible outcomes, together.

    Equitability and Inclusion are critical to ElevateFlex’s success. As The Law Company, changing the legal business landscape, we know a diverse, inclusive work culture is at the heart of attracting, retaining, and celebrating the industry’s most talented people. We empower our employees to bring their whole selves to work because we know that diversity of experience and perspective drive innovation and is simply good business.

    As a strong proponent of diversity, equitability, and inclusion, ElevateFlex is committed to hiring diverse candidates from all backgrounds. We invite you to apply to become part of the ElevateFlex Team – help us change the legal business landscape and make a dent in the legal universe.