May 2023 – Aug 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos · Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

• Legal Counsel at Vinted, playing a pivotal role in navigating the complex landscape of legal and regulatory compliance. My work is centered around ensuring that Vinted's diverse range of activities and services adhere to relevant laws and regulations. A key part of my role involves liaising with third-party providers, particularly regulated payment service providers, to maintain seamless and compliant operations. Additionally, I contribute to the Vinted marketplace initiatives, providing strategic legal guidance to support the launch and implementation of innovative product solutions and features.

Dec 2017 – Jun 2021 · 3 yrs 6 mos · London, United Kingdom

• Legal Counsel responsible for advising on a broad range of commercial and regulatory matters. Working directly with business teams, providing day-to-day advice, serving as lead counsel on new strategic deals, innovative programmes and business models, working closely with product compliance teams, resolving issues that arise in relation to brand risk exposure, existing commercial relationships, and handling pre-litigation legal disputes and inquiries.

Aug 2016 – Oct 2017 · 1 yr 2 mos

• The CMS Banking team performs a broad spread of international and domestic high profile work and has had Band 1 tier ranking in both Legal 500 and Chambers for the past ten years.
• Performing a wide range of both transactional and advisory work, including corporate lending and leveraged finance, acting for both lender and borrower clients.

Aug 2014 – Aug 2016 · 2 yrs

• Comprehensive training across a diverse range of practice areas at Erste Group Bank AG in Vienna, Standard Life plc, Corporate Banking and Energy.

Jun 2014 – Aug 2014 · 2 mos

• Assisting a team of foreign law consultants advising primarily on oil & gas/infrastructure projects, in addition to cross-border corporate and finance transactions across a range of sectors, including foreign direct investment, M&A, joint ventures, and corporate lending.

Feb 2016 – Aug 2016 · 6 mos · Vienna, Austria

• On secondment from CMS, assigned to the Banking Legal team to assist in implementing complex financing projects across various industries and regions.

Aug 2015 – Feb 2016 · 6 mos · Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• On secondment from CMS, assisting a legal team advising across the spectrum of corporate work including corporate governance, M&A and complex joint ventures.