Associate legal Counsel - Fintech and HTS
Hopper
- Toronto, ON
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Navigate the intersection of travel, technological innovation, and financial services on a broad range of complex regulatory issues such as payments, lending, insurance, gaming, and strategic bank partnerships.
- Advise product teams on a range of issues in developing innovative product structures, including new and emerging legal and regulatory developments impacting fintech products.
- Help scope and build scalable and effective processes for legal review and launch of new products, including drafting and maintaining product terms and conditions.
- Draft, negotiate, advise, and close the travel partner and supplier contracts that contribute to Hopper's success. Achieve optimal across a wide range of legal topics, such as intellectual property, sanctions compliance, payments regulation and data privacy. Research indirect tax and withholding issues in domestic and foreign markets.
- Partner with the business on general commercial matters and negotiate the contracts that contribute to Hopper's success - from our biggest airline and hotel deals, to the fundamental commercial contracts that the business needs to operate.
- Advise on all issues affecting Hopper's business globally, including consumer protection, intellectual property, regulatory compliance, data privacy and information security, and corporate governance.
- J.D. or LLM in the United States; Three (3) years minimum experience in an in-house position, government and/or law firm practice advising a wide range of industries (including consumer products and technology services) on commercial contracting matters;
- Demonstrated ability to operate in unfamiliar areas of law and in new jurisdictions;
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills;
- Experience in reviewing, navigating and solving complex regulatory and/or cross-border tax issues, and in commercial contract drafting.
- Well-funded and proven startup with large ambitions, competitive salary and stock options
- Unlimited PTO
- Carrot Cash travel stipend
- WeWork All Access Pass OR Work-from-home stipend
- Entrepreneurial culture where pushing limits and taking risks is everyday business
- Open communication with management and company leadership
- Small, dynamic teams = massive impact
- 100% employer paid medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance plans
- Access to a RRSP plan