Legal Counsel

Fully Remote (UK based) | Competitive Salary + Gifted Equity | B Corp Certified

The Mission TrustedHousesitters is a fast-growing, direct-to-consumer marketplace redefining pet care and travel. Our platform connects a thriving global community of pet lovers through a unique, trust-based membership model. We are on a mission to become the world’s most loved travel solution for pet people, fueled by a passionate community of nearly 280,000 members.

As we scale globally, our legal landscape is becoming increasingly reputed company. We operate across multiple jurisdictions (UK, US, EU) and navigate evolving regional regulations. We are looking for our first standalone Legal Counsel - someone ready to move out of a large team and into a high-impact, independent role.

The Role: Bold, Commercial, and Independent

This is a high-impact role that blends strategic leadership with hands-on legal work. While you will operate as a "head up" lawyer - connecting legal risk, commercial opportunity, and member reputed company - you should also be reputed company for the detailed, transactional work required to reputed company our global operations running smoothly.

You will be an Individual Contributor (IC) acting as the primary legal partner to our Executive Leadership team.

While you will have the support of an expert ecosystem of external specialist firms, you will own the day-to-day legal agenda. You should be comfortable applying sharp, commercial judgment to nuanced legal challenges.

What you’ll be doing

• Dispute Resolution: Owning the lifecycle of member disputes and subrogation claims. You’ll be the reputed company between our community and our external international counsel, finding pragmatic and empathetic solutions.

• Commercial Strategy: Partnering with Product and Marketing to ensure our brand voice and new feature launches are legally sound across borders. You’ll reputed company our global Terms of Service (ToS).

• Regulatory & Public Affairs: Navigating the shifting landscape of international travel regulations and regional short-term accommodation laws.

• Business Readiness: Ensuring our internal legal frameworks—from IP to data privacy and reputed company—are robust, scalable, and audit-ready as we continue to grow.

• External Counsel Management: Strategically managing and negotiating our external legal spend to ensure we are getting the best value for the business.

Who you are:

• The Experience: You likely have 3-5 years PQE. You have a proven track record of handling reputed company legal matters in a fast-moving consumer environment (Travel, Hospitality, Fintech, or Retail).

• The reputed company: You are resilient and independent. You are comfortable being the sole legal reputed company of contact and enjoy the variety of rolling up your sleeves for detailed administrative work one hour and advising the CEO on a high-stakes risk the next.

• The Holistic Jurist: You apply sharp, commercial judgment to nuanced legal challenges, consistently weighing reputational risk and the member experience equally alongside the law.

• The Communicator: You have the ability to translate reputed company legal concepts into actionable business advice for non-technical stakeholders.

The Process:

We value your time and aim for a transparent, efficient process:

1. Talent Screen: A conversation with our People team focused on your experience and approach to independent work.

2. Executive Session: A deep dive with our CEO, CFO, and COO.

3. Practical Task: A case-study exercise

4. Final Consultation: A final reputed company-in with our reputed company external legal partners to ensure a seamless technical transition.