Legal Counsel Job at Tumodo, Dallas, TX

  • Tumodo
  • Dallas, TX

Job Description

Legal Counsel For U.S. Market Expansion

Tumodo Business travel is complicated; we make it simple. We're a global tech startup changing how organizations experience travel. One platform for bookings, expenses, travel policies, approvals, and insights with seamless integration into HR and Finance systems. Tumodo is growing fast by solving what slows teams down - travel friction.

About the Role

Following our growth in other markets, we're now looking for an experienced Legal Counsel to support our expansion into the U.S. market. As Legal Counsel, you'll develop and execute a robust legal strategy that enables compliant entry and expansion into the U.S. market.

You'll be at the heart of our legal operations, supporting various aspects of our business with your legal expertise. From drafting contracts and agreements to providing strategic legal advice, you'll play a crucial role in ensuring our compliance and success.

Reporting to the Global CLO, you'll support legal affairs across corporate, regulatory, and commercial domains.

What You'll Be Doing

Market Entry & Compliance

  • Guide legal structuring including U.S. entity formation and licensing requirements
  • Ensure compliance with U.S. federal/state regulations for online travel agencies (OTA), data protection (CCPA), consumer protection, labour, and immigration
  • Navigate aviation, accommodation, and transportation laws

Contracts & Commercial

  • Draft and review agreements with U.S. customers, vendors, and partners
  • Manage NDAs, procurement, SaaS, and platform integration contracts

Corporate Governance & IP

  • Advise on corporate structure, board operations, and stock/option plans
  • Manage US trademarks, patents, and technology licensing

Regulatory Affairs & Risk Management

  • Oversee compliance for anti-trust, ADA, GDPR/CCPA, and tax registrations
  • Design enterprise risk framework and mitigation policies

Disputes & Litigation

  • Manage AR/debt collection, legal disputes, settlements, and class action defence
  • Coordinate with external counsel when needed
  • Liaise with CFO and other executives for seamless legal advising

Policy & Ethics

  • Develop global legal policies
  • Train U.S. staff on key legal matters
What You Bring
  • Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited U.S. law school
  • Bar membership
  • 3+ years legal experience (international firms, domestic firms, or in-house ideally in travel, fintech, or SaaS companies)
  • U.S. business expansion experience - Must understand different legal requirements across states; experience with foreign tech companies entering U.S. market preferred
  • Strong contract drafting skills - Enterprise SaaS, partnerships, and integrations experience is a plus
  • Regulatory knowledge - Experience with multi-state regulations and geographical compliance (Knowledge in ADA, FAA, CCPA and Civil Aviation laws is highly advantageous)
  • Corporate governance experience
Nice-to-Have
  • Familiarity with MENA/EMEA legal landscape
  • Bi-lingual or Multilingual
  • Experience with data regulations (GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA)
  • Experience or knowledge in Labor Law
What We Offer
  • Competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits and flexible working arrangements.
  • Play a key role in shaping the U.S. legal strategy for a high-growth, global SaaS company.
  • Flexible, cross-cultural, fast-moving team culture.
  • High-visibility role working directly with company leadership and founding team.

At Tumodo, diversity, inclusion, and open collaboration are at our core. We believe that a team with different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences drives both innovation and long-term success.

As an equal-opportunity employer, we welcome applicants from all walks of life and foster a respectful, supportive work environment where everyone can thrive.

Job Tags

Contract work, Flexible hours

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