Your space-enabled career begins here

We are looking for a dynamic Legal Counsel to support Bolt’s franchise markets all over the globe.

About Us

Bolt is one of the fastest growing startups in the world, with a presence in over 400 cities and 100 million customers across Europe and Africa. We’re building the future of transport – one platform that connects you with cars, motorcycles, scooter sharing, and anything else you need to move around in your city. Fast, convenient and affordable for everyone, as transport should be.

About The Role

This is your opportunity to be at the forefront of a fast-growing, innovative tech company. Working at the cutting edge of mobility, technology, and global expansion, your legal expertise will play a key role in shaping the future of urban transportation!

Main Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Advise on global franchise operations: tackling legal challenges in diverse markets, and providing day-to-day legal guidance to Bolt’s franchise partners, helping them operate effectively within legal and regulatory boundaries.
• Draft and manage commercial contracts across multiple business functions, incl. complex franchise agreements, ensuring seamless partnerships.
• Drive expansion into new markets, navigating legal frameworks and structuring compliant market entry strategies.
• Support potential acquisitions, conducting legal due diligence (LDD), drafting transactions documents and handling post-closing matters.
• Collaborate with internal cross-functional teams, including members of Tax, Regulatory, Privacy and Legal Team, to align legal strategies across the organization and develop proactive product-oriented relationships. As well as, manage and coordinate external legal support, ensuring Bolt has access to top-tier legal expertise.
• Review new products, features, and initiatives, providing legal and regulatory guidance that supports business growth, and stay up to date with legislative developments, anticipate legal and commercial risks and prepare the business for the upcoming changes.
  
  
  

About you:

• Qualified lawyer from a reputable law school with 4-7 years of experience, preferably at a law firm or an international company.
• Expertise in tech-enabled products across multitude of jurisdictions.
• Experience in M&A transactions, and enterprise transfers, franchise setup, expansion, and the Gig economy.
• Strong legal drafting skills, specifically complex commercial contracts.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Excellent project management and problem solving skills with structure and organised approach.
  
  
  

Experience is great, but what we really look for is drive, intelligence, and integrity. So even if you don’t tick every box, please consider applying!

Why you’ll love it here:

• Play a direct role in shaping the future of mobility.
• Impact millions of customers and partners in 500+ cities across 45 countries.
• Work in fast-moving autonomous teams with some of the smartest people in the world.
• Accelerate your professional growth with unique career opportunities.
• Get a rewarding salary and stock option package that lets you focus on doing your best work.
• Enjoy the flexibility of working in a hybrid mode with a minimum of 2 days in the office each week to foster strong connections and teamwork.
• Take care of your physical and mental health with our wellness perks.
• Some perks may differ depending on your location and role.