Legal counsel, regulatory & financial crime

Established in 1996 in Amsterdam, Booking.com has grown from a small Dutch start-up to the third largest e-commerce company in the world. Booking.com is the largest business within Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG) and accounts for the vast majority of Booking Holdings’ total revenue.

With a mission to make it easier for everyone to experience the world, Booking.com invests in digital technology that helps take the friction out of travel. Booking.com connects travellers with the world’s largest selection of incredible places to stay, including everything from apartments, vacation homes, and family-run B&Bs to 5-star luxury resorts and even tree houses.

This Regulatory and FCRM legal role is responsible for providing advice and actionable guidance on emerging regulations and risk (including primarily on economic sanctions decisioning) to Booking.com’s business units and corporate functions.

We are looking for a Legal Counsel to provide Regulatory and FCRM legal advice on day-to-day matters and escalations. In this role, you will be responsible for providing real-time advice on emerging regulatory issues pertaining to Booking.com and financial crime, with specific attention to economic sanctions, export controls, money laundering, tax evasion, and bribery/corruption.

The right candidate will have substantive legal and operational experience in a broad spectrum of regulatory financial crime matters, with primary focus on economic sanctions in the EU, UK and the US.

The role reports into the Senior Managing Counsel - Regulatory & Financial Crime with flexible/remote working arrangements to be determined with the successful candidate.

Key responsibilities:

• Provide day-to-day legal advice on financial crime related matters related to EU, UK and US regulations and other sanctions regimes.
• Provide assistance to develop and maintain FinCrime related policies, procedures and processes to ensure compliance with applicable internal, legal and regulatory standards.
• Work with external and internal stakeholders to drive the FinCrime Risk Management Program.
• Provide advisory support to the Compliance & Ethics team regarding the FinCrime Program.
• Advise on financial crime related language in contracts.
• Knowledge-share with several teams across the business.

Skills and experience required:

• 3-5 years' attorney experience, preferably in both top law firm and in-house environments.
• Experience in payments industry, specifically in FinTech landscape is a plus.
• Ability to provide practical, strategic and business-oriented legal advice.
• Ability to build strong working relationships with internal stakeholders.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple time-sensitive tasks.
• Must be detail-oriented and demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• Strong organizational skills, quick learner with a strong work ethic.
• Ability to translate complex legal issues into clear and simple advice.

Booking.com ensures equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, colour, gender, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex, pregnancy and childbirth, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws and regulations.

Why join the Legal & Public Affairs Team now?

Booking.com’s Legal & Public Affairs team is on a transformational journey at a transformational time for e-commerce and travel.

Who we are

We are a team of approximately 165 professionals - representing more than 36 nationalities - with lawyers qualified in many different countries, as well as non-lawyers with public policy, economics, compliance and risk backgrounds.