Legal Counsel (12 months FTC)

Hungry for a challenge? 

That’s good, because at Just Eat Takeaway.com (JET) we have abundant opportunity or as we say, everything is on the table. We are a leading global online convenience marketplace. Our tech ecosystem connects millions of active customers with hundreds of thousands of connected partners in countries across the globe.

Our Vision? To empower everyday convenience around the world, whether it’s through customer service, coding or couriers. 

About this role: 

• Lead on commercial partnership agreements and related legal issues globally.
• Review and negotiate partner and corporate customer -facing contracts, amendments and non-standard legal requests, and escalate material risk positions when required.  
• Review and negotiate supplier and other third party contracts, including talent and sponsorship agreements, joint promotions with third parties, SaaS agreements, and strategic partnerships.
• Manage standard terms and conditions and partner policies, and provide support on the full lifecycle of the partner experience including onboarding, activation, pricing and retail media.
• Build strong relationships with commercial stakeholders, and provide strategic legal support for launches, pilots and contract implementation issues linked to the assigned portfolio.
• Manage disputes and contract interpretation matters and coordinate external counsel support where needed.
• Create and scale self-service tooling for all contracting matters, including templates, playbooks and tech/AI solutions.
• Coordinate with Platform & Consumer, Logistics & People, Competition, PA, compliance and operational stakeholders where issues have wider regulatory, reputational or cross-market implications.

Skills and Experience:

• Qualified lawyer with experience in commercial contracts and day-to-day business legal support is required.
• Ability to negotiate practical contract positions and explain legal risk clearly to commercial stakeholders is required.
• Experience handling recurring legal matters in a sales, partnerships or customer-facing environment is required.
• Drafting, organisation and issue-spotting skills are required.
• Ability to work within templates, guardrails and escalation routes while maintaining delivery speed is required.
• Experience in a multi-country consumer, marketplace or digital business is preferred
• Strong English language skills are required, and another language (e.g. Dutch, German, Italian, Polish or Spanish) is beneficial. 

Impact on organization

This role helps the local market move faster on partner and commercial activity by giving timely legal support on recurring contracts and issues. It improves execution quality, reduces contract risk and strengthens consistency between local decisions and central legal standards.

At JET, this is on the menu: 

Our teams forge connections internally and work with some of the best-known brands on the planet, giving us truly international impact in a dynamic environment. 
Fun, fast-paced and supportive, the JET culture is about movement, growth and about celebrating every aspect of our JETers. Thanks to them we stay one step ahead of the competition.

Inclusion, Diversity & Belonging 

No matter who you are, what you look like, who you love, or where you are from, you can find your place at Just Eat Takeaway.com. We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture, encouraging diversity of people and thinking, in which all employees feel they truly belong and can bring their most colourful selves to work every day. 

What else is cooking? 

Want to know more about our JETers, culture or company? Have a look at our career site where you can find people's stories, blogs, podcasts and more JET morsels.

Are you ready to take your seat? Apply now! 

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