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# Legal Counsel (Commercial) at Duffel

- **Company:** Duffel
- **Location:** London, United Kingdom
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-09-25
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-16
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/duffel/cbc65e80-1e4d-496a-86d2-e32c4acd0952

## Job description

📍 London (Hybrid — 2 days onsite) 🕒 Permanent | Start ASAP

We’re Making Travel Effortless. Join Us. Travel is essential, whether it’s visiting family, starting a new adventure, or taking a career defining trip. Yet today, over 4 billion airline passengers rely on tech that hasn't changed in decades. At Duffel, we’re rebuilding the infrastructure underpinning the global travel industry. Backed by top-tier investors (Benchmark, Blossom, Index Ventures, and Kima Ventures) and born out of Y Combinator (S18), we’re simplifying complex systems to build the future of travel.

Legal at Duffel Reporting into the Head of Legal & Compliance, you will be our second in-house legal employee. We are looking for someone who is excited to work at the intersection of technology and travel and to play an integral part in our Legal function. You’ll have the opportunity to work closely with key stakeholders across the business and assume a broad range responsibilities.

## About the role

You will be supporting the business with the full range of legal matters.

- Drafting, reviewing, negotiating and advising on a range of commercial agreements.
- Supporting and advising on data protection, including GDPR compliance.
- Partnering with the People team on employment-related legal matters.
- Developing and maintaining practical legal guidance and efficient processes.
- Researching regulatory developments and identifying necessary changes to our systems and procedures.
- Acting as a trusted advisor and providing clear and timely legal advice to multiple stakeholders.
- Assessing risk factors regarding business decisions and operations, and offering creative solutions.
- Managing a varied workload in a fast-paced environment.

What we're looking for:

- 2-4 years PQE. English law qualified solicitor with a SRA practising certificate.
- Experienced in commercial contracts, particularly in the tech industry, with an understanding of data protection.
- Highly organised and analytical, enabling clear prioritisation and escalation.
- Strong commercial acumen: able to assess risk effectively and recommend solutions that balance business and risk perspectives.
- Collaborative team player, adept at working with multiple stakeholders.
- Comfortable handling a broad range of legal issues, even if outside your core area of expertise.
- A confident communicator, able to demystify complex legal concepts into understandable language.
- Nice to have: exposure to the travel industry.
- Nice to have: mix of private practice and in-house experience.

## Why You’ll Love Working at Duffel

We believe in true ownership. That’s why every permanent employee gets equity in the business. Perks That Actually Matter: ✈️ Travel Allowance: We literally pay you to get out of town and explore the world. 🏝️ Work From Anywhere: Flexibility is built in. Work remotely, or take advantage of our Sabbatical Policy. ⚡ Electric Car Scheme: Roll up in a brand-new EV with eco-friendly tax savings. ⚖️ Work-Life Harmony: Flexible bank holidays, generous family leave, and a dedicated volunteering day. 📚 Growth Tools: Paid study days to level up your skills, plus a solid pension and cycle-to-work scheme. 🏥 Health & Wellbeing: Private healthcare, eye test cover, and season ticket loans. 🏡 Family Leave (maternity, paternity and adoption): Big support for life’s biggest moments, 26 weeks fully paid. The Details 📍 Location: Shoreditch, London (Hybrid: In-office Tuesdays & Thursdays). 🧠 Interview Process: Simple & transparent: (change accordingly to role)

- Recruiter Screen
- Hiring Manager Chat
- Technical Case Study
- Final Stage Interview.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We believe that the key to our success is employing a diverse team, that's why recruitment decisions are only based on your experience and skills. We value your ability to problem solve and build amazing things so we welcome applications for everyone - regardless of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief.

Note to recruitment agencies Duffel does not accept speculative CV's from external parties. Any unsolicited CV's sent to us will be treated as property of Duffel, and any attached terms and conditions associated with these CV's will be null and void.

## About Duffel

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Duffel provides easy-to-use APIs and software tools that allow any business to shop, book, and manage flights, hotel stays, and travel extras without the complexity of legacy travel infrastructure.
- **Entity Type**: Private (VC-backed; Series B)
- **Headquarters**: London, United Kingdom
- **Founded**: 2017
- **Founders**: Not publicly available (CEO is Steve Domin)

## Core Business
- **Primary Industries**: Travel technology, SaaS / API infrastructure
- **Target Customers**: B2B – startups, challenger banks, spend management platforms, and large enterprises that want to sell travel online
- **Mission / Purpose**: "To make travel effortless" by rebuilding the software layer that underpins the global travel industry [duffel.com/about-us](https://duffel.com/about-us)

## Products & Services
- **Flights API**: Complete flight shopping, booking, order management, and ancillaries (seats, bags) with access to global airline content via Duffel’s own accreditation and ticketing authority.
- **Stays API**: Earn commission on over 1 million properties worldwide; build hotel shopping experiences with rich content and loyalty benefits.
- **Ancillaries Component**: Pre-built UI for seat selection and baggage (and more) that can be dropped into any web or mobile experience.
- **Loyalty & Payments**: Features to offer loyalty programme perks and integrated payment flows.
- **Front-end Components**: Customisable, ready-made shopping interfaces (e.g., autocomplete flight search) for rapid integration.

All products are delivered as RESTful APIs with client libraries in Node.js, Python, and Ruby, plus comprehensive documentation and user guides [duffel.com](https://duffel.com/).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total funding – **$56.3M** raised across four rounds:
  - Seed (Aug 2018): $4.8M led by Blossom Capital
  - Series A (Jun 2019): $21.5M led by Benchmark
  - Series B (Oct 2019): $30M led by Index Ventures
  - An earlier $125K seed round (Sep 2018) also noted [linkedin.com](https://uk.linkedin.com/company/duffelhq)
- **Estimated Annual Revenue**: $1.4M (private company estimate, per LinkedIn data)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Benchmark, Index Ventures, Blossom Capital, Y Combinator (S18), Kima Ventures; partners include some of the world’s leading airlines.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Headcount of ~41 employees (+16.1% YoY)
  - Active hiring in Engineering, Customer Success, and Partnerships (12 open positions as of mid-2026)
  - Operating in 5 countries (UK, US, Spain, South Africa, Denmark)
  - New product launches (Ancillaries component, Stays API, loyalty features) [linkedin.com](https://uk.linkedin.com/company/duffelhq)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Proprietary accreditation & ticketing authority** – enables direct access to global airline content without each customer needing their own license.
- **Developer-first approach** – modern, well-documented APIs with client libraries in multiple languages and pre-built UI components.
- **Full-stack travel platform** – covers flights, stays, ancillaries, and payments in a single integration.
- **Focus on rewriting legacy infrastructure** – removes the archaic software hurdles that have historically blocked new entrants from selling travel.

## Strategic Focus
- Deepen the product suite (rooms, ancillaries, loyalty) to become the single API layer for all travel.
- Expand into verticals like challenger banks and spend management (e.g., “Duffel for Spend Management”).
- Scale partnerships with more airlines and property providers globally.
- Continue hiring engineers and customer success teams to support enterprise clients and geographic expansion.

## Why Work Here
- **Hybrid & Flexible**: Office two days per week in London; 60 days per year work from anywhere globally.
- **Time Off & Leave**: 27 days annual leave plus public holidays; 26 weeks fully paid parental/adoption leave; 12-week sabbatical after 4 years.
- **Compensation & Equity**: Competitive base salary reviewed annually, stock options, pension match up to 5%.
- **Perks**: Duffel Travel Allowance (stipend to spend on flights), private healthcare, learning & development budget, up to 4 study days per year, paid volunteering day.
- **Engineering Culture**: Modern stack (Node.js, Python, Ruby, APIs), focus on AI and backend roles. Team alumni from Monzo, Deliveroo, GoCardless, and Paddle.
- **Interview Process**: Online application → recruiter call → first interview → final-stage interviews (typically a half-day on Zoom) [duffel.com/careers](https://duffel.com/careers).

## Sources
1. [duffel.com/about-us](https://duffel.com/about-us)
2. [duffel.com/careers](https://duffel.com/careers)
3. [duffel.com](https://duffel.com/)
4. [linkedin.com/company/duffelhq](https://uk.linkedin.com/company/duffelhq)
5. [jobs.lever.co/duffel](https://jobs.lever.co/duffel)

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