Senior Legal Counsel Advocacy and Industry Regulation

Employment Type: Permanent
Contract Duration:

Why you will love working here

At IATA, we represent over 350 airlines worldwide, striving to makeaviation safer, smarter, more sustainable, and inclusive.

• Our Values are not just words on a page - they are the energy behind everything we do: ONE IATA - We collaborate across teams, TRUSTED - We do the right thing, INNOVATIVE - We make tomorrow better, INCLUSIVE - We embrace diverse perspectives.
• With over 30,000 courses available, we believe in continuous learning and support your growth in an ever-changing industry.
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion are our priorities. We are certified by the Equal Salary Foundation, offering equal pay and family-friendly policies.
• We encourage community involvement through volunteering and strive to make tomorrow better for aviation and our communities. We offer time off so you can support causes important to you.
• We promote work-life balance with flexible work options, including remote and hybrid work, a generous 'work from abroad' policy, and you get your birthday off!

About the team you are joining

The Senior Legal Counsel (SLC) Advocacy and Industry Regulation is a senior legal professional with significant knowledge, skills, experience and expertise in relation to airline industry regulatory matters and is responsible for providing advice and support on a wide variety of subject areas to further IATA’s advocacy, government affairs and industry legal activities, both internally and externally. The SLC reports to the Assistant Director, Associate General Counsel, Advocacy and Industry Regulation (AIR) within the Regulatory and Governance Legal Workstream.

What your day would be like

• Provides independent advice on substantive and procedural questions of considerable complexity, which may include those related to international air law, regulatory and public law, administrative law, litigation, dispute resolution, economic and technical regulations and policy relevant to IATA’s advocacy and government affairs activity.
  
• Responds to requests for legal assistance from clients and work assignments as referred by the AD AIR, Deputy General Counsel or General Counsel.
  
• Prepares independent legal opinions, memoranda and information papers on questions concerning the interpretation or application of law, legal instruments or legal principles in relation to advocacy positions or IATA’s activities across multiple jurisdictions.
  
• Drafts appropriate responses to correspondence and communication raising legal issues or having legal implications.
  
• Peer reviews work of other team members.
  
• Participates in LSCS legal team practice groups.
  
• Mentors junior members of the team.
  
• Drafts material on legal subjects for dissemination to airline legal members including case reviews and summaries of legal developments.
  
• Delivers presentations to airline members and other external audiences in various IATA governance council meetings, task forces and working groups.
  
• Manages and instructs external counsel in accordance with LSCS team and cost control processes.
  
• Monitors and reviews the performance of external counsel.
  
• Collaborates with other team members across the work of LSCS and with IATA staff, external counsel and airline members.
  
• Communicates directly with IATA staff, external counsel, and airline members.
  
• Develops and maintains strong relationships with specialist legal communities relevant to IATA’s work.

We would love to hear from you if

• Advanced university degree in law (LLB, JD, LLM) from an internationally recognized university.
  
• Admission to practice law in a relevant jurisdiction, preferably the UK, EU member state, Canada, US, Australia or New Zealand.
  
• Minimum of seven years’ post-legal qualification experience in increasingly responsible positions in an organization, government department or law firm.
  
• Significant legal professional knowledge, skills and experience.
  
• Excellent command of English.
  
• Superior written and oral communication skills.
  
• Effective, confident communicator and a team player.
  
• Advanced time management skills.
  
• Demonstrates ownership of tasks.
  
• Demonstrates initiative.
  
• Strong legal research skills.
  
• Proactively ensures their own continued professional development.

Travel Required: 2

Learn more about IATA’s role in the industry, our benefits, and the team at . We are looking forward to hearing from you!