IP and Privacy Legal Counsel at Joom

Joom Group is an international tech-centric group of e-commerce companies founded in 2016 in Latvia. We are here to transform the largest industry in the world, global trade, making it more transparent, efficient, and technology-driven.

Today, Joom Group brings together the following businesses: Joom, a platform for shopping from all over the world; JoomPro, the first end-to-end cross-border B2B marketplace, with successful operations in Brazil and plans to expand to other markets; JoomPulse, data platform that provides analytics and recommendations for marketplace sellers; and Onfy, a pharmaceutical marketplace in Germany. Joom Group’s offices are located in China, Brazil, Portugal, Latvia, and Germany, with headquarters in Lisbon, Portugal. We work as one international team, sharing knowledge and collaborating across countries, businesses, and products.

Right now we are looking for an experienced Legal Counsel (IP and Privacy) to join our legal team. You will report to the IP & Privacy Lead, taking full ownership of the IP domain and contributing to our Privacy initiatives.

Responsibilities

• IP legal support across all dimensions of marketplace operations: addressing trademark and copyright infringement in merchant-uploaded content, handling rights holder complaints and takedown requests; trademark registration, maintenance, and licensing.
• Driving privacy compliance: ensuring GDPR accountability, conducting LIAs and DPIAs, and managing data subject requests.
• Product collaboration: identifying privacy and GDPR compliance risks early and finding the least friction path to a compliant outcome - not just the theoretically cleanest one.
• Contract work: drafting and negotiating DPAs, data sharing agreements, licensing arrangements, and other IP and privacy instruments.
• Navigating new and evolving processing relationships: identifying the applicable role, translating it into the right contractual instruments, and ensuring the corresponding data protection obligations are met.
• Marketing support: legal review of marketing activities, campaigns, and initiatives.

Requirements

• 3–5 years of hands-on experience in IP and privacy.
• Strong IP (trademark and copyright) practice, with focus on counterfeit and infringing merchant content, takedown and enforcement workflows, and platform liability exposure. TRO experience is a plus.
• Deep practical GDPR experience, including familiarity with DPA enforcement practice.
• Ability to draft and negotiate agreements and build sound legal structures from scratch.
• Experience with e-commerce, marketplace, or platform businesses.
• Legal English at professional working level (C1+).
• Law degree; private law background is a plus.
• Uses AI tools as a natural part of day-to-day legal work.
• CIPP/E certificate is a plus.

Benefits

• Compensation package: base salary and performance-based bonuses
• Office-first: flexible hours with a possibility to work remotely 52 days per year
• Relocation Support: full assistance for a smooth relocation to Lisbon for the employees and their family
• Care & Wellbeing: health insurance (including dental care) for employees and their children, daily meal allowance, and 100% paid sick leave
• Team & Growth: collaboration with colleagues across Portugal, Brazil, Latvia and China, with opportunities for promotions, professional trainings, and English courses
• Community & Engagement: annual team building activities, knowledge-sharing workshops, and a strong sense of team work