Litigation Legal Counsel

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Paris, Île-de-France, FRA
In-Office
62K-84K Annually
Mid level
Fashion
The Role
Manage litigation and pre-litigation matters involving regulatory, consumer, platform, privacy, content, and commercial disputes. Advise management on litigation strategy and legal risks, coordinate external counsel across jurisdictions, handle authority information requests, and develop compliance processes, training, and guidelines. Collaborate with Product, PR, Customer Support, and other business teams to identify and mitigate legal risks.
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Brief info about Vinted 

Our mission is to make second-hand the first choice, and we're looking for people who want to help us get there. Every day, we work together to help our members buy and sell pre-loved clothing and lifestyle items, giving each piece a second life – or even a third.
The Vinted Group is made up of three business units that support this mission:
Vinted Marketplace is Europe’s leading platform for second-hand fashion and a go-to destination for all kinds of pre-loved items, with a growing range of categories. Our platform connects millions of members across 20+ markets, helping great items find a new life.
Vinted Go enhances the shipping experience with a vast network of over 500,000 pick-up and drop-off points, partnering with more than 60 carriers across Europe, with added services like item verification for peace of mind on high-value pieces.
Vinted Pay is the newest part of the Vinted Group, dedicated to bringing secure, reliable payments to buyers and sellers across Europe. Seamlessly integrated into the Vinted app, it helps keep every transaction safe, efficient, and easy for our members.
Founded in 2008 in Lithuania, Vinted began as a way for friends to find new homes for clothes they no longer needed. In 2019, we became Lithuania's first unicorn! Today, our headquarters remain in Vilnius, and we've grown with offices across Europe, supported by a team of over 2,000 people. 

Information about the position 

As a Litigation Legal Counsel, you’ll work on litigation and pre-litigation matters of the Vinted group and you will be part of the legal function.

In this position, you’ll 
  • Manage litigation and pre-litigation matters touching upon regulatory, consumer affairs, platform regulations, content-related matters, privacy and commercial/contractual disputes
  • Handle and streamline processes related to Request for Information received from various authorities
  • Advise management stakeholders on litigation strategy and risks
  • Develop creative approaches to managing legal risks and resolving disputes
  • Work with and coordinate outsourced legal counsels in all the jurisdictions in which we operate
  • Work closely with business teams (such as Product, PR, Customer Support, and other teams to identify and address relevant legal risks)
  • Build processes (e.g. training, guidelines, etc.) with other legal peers in order to support legal compliance across the company
About you 
  • An experienced mid-level lawyer with a litigation background in a law firm and/or as an in-house counsel (commercial, platform and consumer-related ideally) 
  • Qualification in one bar association is a plus
  • Experience managing multiple high priority projects simultaneously
  • Experience managing high stakes, complex litigation
  • Experience dealing with authorities (request for information, regulatory litigation, etc)
  • Excellent at communicating in spoken and written English
  • Platform-related litigation experience is a strong plus
  • Experience managing collective actions and/or European Court of Justice proceedings is a strong plus
  • The skills, willingness, and initiative to own legal issues across many different jurisdictions
  • Proactivity and attention to detail
  • Passionate about technology-driven businesses
Work perks 
  • The opportunity to benefit from our share options programme
  • 25 working days of holiday
  • Newest MacBook models
  • Confidential Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family
  • Home office support: we provide IT workstation equipment and a personal budget of up to €540 for home workplace furniture
  • Co-contribution meal vouchers for each workday through a convenient meal card
  • Comprehensive Medical Coverage
  • Frequent team-building events
  • A personal monthly budget for shopping on Vinted
  • A dog-friendly office
Working at Vinted 

Workation policy 

Better balance holidays with workdays by working remotely! Up to 90 days per year in the EU, of these, 21 days can be spent globally. For non-EU citizens, it's 21 days worldwide. This can be combined with time off for vacation or personal time.

Individual learning budget

Each year, you’ll be given a learning budget (starting at €3,000), and a total of up to 10 working days over a 2-year period to support your personal and professional development.

Hybrid work 

Our hybrid model, with 2 recommended office days a week, gives you and your team the flexibility to decide if and when you want to work from home, and when to catch up in person.

Equal opportunity

We welcome applications from everybody, regardless of your background, identity, or life experiences. Job openings come with guides, not checklists. If you’re excited about a role, but don’t identify with every point in the ‘About you’ section, apply anyway – you might still be the perfect match!

The annual gross salary range for this position is:
€62.300—€84.300 EUR

Skills Required

  • Mid-level lawyer with litigation experience in a law firm or in-house counsel role
  • Background in commercial, platform, or consumer-related litigation
  • Experience managing multiple high-priority projects simultaneously
  • Experience managing high-stakes, complex litigation
  • Experience dealing with authorities, requests for information, or regulatory litigation
  • Excellent spoken and written English communication skills
  • Ability to manage legal issues across multiple jurisdictions
  • Proactivity and attention to detail
  • Qualification in one bar association
  • Platform-related litigation experience
  • Experience managing collective actions or European Court of Justice proceedings
  • Passion for technology-driven businesses

Vinted Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Vinted and has not been reviewed or approved by Vinted.

  • Equity Value & Accessibility — Employees can participate in a share options program, and recurring internal secondary‑liquidity events make equity value more tangible.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth — 25 working days of holiday and a workation policy allowing up to 90 days of remote work per year (including a limited allowance outside the EU) broaden time‑away options.
  • Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is topped up to full gross salary for 20 weeks for primary caregivers and 10 weeks for secondary caregivers in Lithuania, with flexible leave until the child turns two.

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The Company
HQ: Vilniaus miesto
243 Employees
Year Founded: 2008

What We Do

We’re the world’s biggest preloved fashion marketplace. The brainchild of Milda Mitkutė and Justas Janauskas, Vinted grew from a local website into a mobile-first community of 20 million people in 10 countries which is boasting over 30 million listings in total. Our mission: make second hand the #1 choice worldwide. We do it by shaking up everyday shopping habits and creating new personalized ways of buying, selling, and swapping clothes, accessories, and lifestyle items. We’re always on the lookout for smart people who know exactly how they can contribute to making Vinted better. Join or lead cross-functional teams at a startup where your impact is never limited to your job description. Step out of your comfort zone. Grow with us. And have fun with a team of more than 200 people along the way. You can find all open positions: https://www.vinted.com/jobs If you know you belong here - tell us why! Follow us! https://www.instagram.com/weworkatvinted/

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