Legal Associate Counsel Regulatory Law

3 weeks ago


United Kingdom Hopper Full time

Hopper is seeking an attorney with a mix of regulatory and transactional experience to join its growing global legal team as Associate Counsel for its Fintech and HTS (Hopper Technology Solutions) businesses.
In this role, you will report to the Deputy General Counsel and work closely with the growing Fintech and HTS legal team, product leads, and other senior business partners to provide advice on complex regulatory matters impacting Hopper’s global business, and drive and execute bespoke and creative commercial contracts with Hopper’s HTS partners (including banks, consumer brands, airlines, hotels, and online travel agents) around the world.
You will be eager to unpack the complexities needed to close cross-border commercial transactions as a rapidly-scaling B2B business with a home base in Canada and significant operations in the U.This will include identification and implementation of innovative solutions to cross-border remittance and indirect tax (VAT/DST/sales tax) issues.
You will also assist in ensuring compliance of all Fintech and HTS product implementations with requirements in all global markets in which Hopper and its HTS partners operate.
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.
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;
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
Hopper covers 100% of the premiums for the employee for a group insurance plan through Vitality Health, coverage includes medical and dental
Unlimited PTO
WeWork All Access Pass OR Work-from-home stipend
An entrepreneurial culture where pushing limits and taking risks is everyday business
Automatic contributions when you start with Hopper through Smart Pension (up to 3% employer match)
Very generous parental leave
#At Hopper, we are on a mission to become the leading travel platform globally – powering Hopper’s mobile app, website and our B2B business, HTS (Hopper Technology Solutions). By leveraging massive amounts of data and advanced machine learning algorithms, Hopper combines its world-class travel agency offering with proprietary fintech products to bring transparency, flexibility and savings to travelers globally. We have developed several unique fintech solutions that address everything from pricing volatility to trip disruptions – helping people travel better and save more on their trips.
Ranked the third largest online travel agency in North America, the Hopper app has been downloaded over 120 million times and has become largely popular among younger travelers – with 70% of its users being Gen Z and millennials.
While everyone knows us as the Gen Z and Millennial travel app, Hopper has evolved to become much more than that. In recent years, we’ve grown into a global travel agency and travel fintech provider that powers some of the world’s largest brands.
Through HTS , our B2B division, the company supercharges its partners’ direct channels by integrating our fintech products on their sites or powering end-to-end travel portals. Today, our partners include leading travel brands like Capital One, Nubank, Air Canada and many more.
Hopper sells billionworth of travel and travel fintech every year. Our fintech products – including Price Freeze, Flexibility for Any Reason and Flight Disruption Assistance – have exceptionally strong CSAT because the terms are always clear, and customers receive instant, no-questions-asked resolutions.
Almost 30% of our app customers purchase at least one fintech product when making a booking; 6x more likely to repurchase if they add fintech to their booking vs if they booked just travel.
Given the success of its fintech products, Hopper launched a B2B initiative, HTS (Hopper Technology Solutions), which represents more than 50% of the business.
Through HTS, any travel provider (airlines, hotels, banks, travel agencies, etc.) can integrate and seamlessly distribute Hopper’s fintech or travel inventory on their direct channels. As its first HTS partnership, the company partnered with Capital One to co-develop Capital One Travel, a new travel portal designed specifically for cardholders. Featured in Apple’s Best of the App Store list of Essential Travel Apps in 2023 and recognized by the likes of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, Hopper has been downloaded over 120 million times and continues to have millions of new installs each month. Hopper is now the #3 largest online travel agency in North America and 70% of our app customers are Gen-Z and millennials travelers.
Hopper has raised over $750 million USD of private capital and is backed by some of the largest institutional investors and banks in the world. Hopper is primed to continue its acceleration as the world’s fastest-growing mobile-first travel marketplace.



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