Marketplace Legal and Regulatory Counsel

This is a newly created position within JD Worldwide's International Compliance Department, created to support the business as it scales across the UK and EU. Reporting to the Director of Regulation and Compliance, you will support the Director across the regulatory and compliance footprint of the business - owning defined workstreams and providing continuity across a fast-moving, cross-border remit. As the business scales, this role supports how JD manages regulatory risk and builds a resilient compliance function across Europe.

What you'll do

• Support the Director of Regulation and Compliance across multiple disciplines.
• Act as a day-to-day point of contact for the business, taking defined matters through to resolution and partnering with commercial, operational and senior stakeholders.
• Provide day-to-day regulatory advice on e-commerce operations, including pricing, promotions, and consumer rights.
• Support regulatory responses, enforcement matters, and regulator engagement across EU and UK markets, with the opportunity to take ownership of defined matters.
• Support the regulatory and compliance workstreams underpinning retail, marketplace and third-party seller activity.
• Maintain the trackers and horizon-scanning that keep a fast-moving function on top of its obligations.
• Manage IP and brand protection matters from a compliance perspective, including selective distribution, trademark and copyright issues.
• Advise on data protection and GDPR compliance across the business, building practical controls into platform and operational processes.
• Support implementation of emerging digital and AI regulation and developments in EU and UK consumer law.
• Support on ESG and sustainability matters.
• Support on trade and customs compliance across the business.

What we're looking for

• A qualified solicitor or lawyer (England & Wales or equivalent EU jurisdiction; dual qualification an advantage), with 3–6 years' post-qualification experience.
• Fluency in a second EU language, Spanish or Portuguese a strong advantage, with German, French, or Dutch also highly valued.
• A background combining contentious or regulatory work at a recognised law firm - disputes, litigation, commercial, or regulatory - with in-house experience at a scaled e-commerce, marketplace, retail, or consumer-facing business.
• Experience across regulatory enforcement, product compliance, IP/brand protection, and consumer law matters; exposure to data protection and emerging AI or digital regulation a strong advantage.
• A practical, action-oriented operator who is highly organised and able to bring structure to a fast-moving environment.
• A confident communicator, comfortable partnering directly with the business and seeing matters through to resolution.
• Resilient under pressure, comfortable dealing with external counsel, opposing parties, regulators, and senior internal stakeholders.
• Agile and sector-curious - able to get up to speed quickly across a broad remit and instruct external counsel effectively where specialist depth is required.
• Comfortable working in an environment where processes and frameworks are still developing.

Why this role

JD Worldwide is scaling fast, and the regulatory landscape is among the most demanding for any business operating across EU and UK markets. This role offers exceptional breadth, from regulatory enforcement and product compliance to marketplace, data protection, and digital regulation, with meaningful ownership of defined workstreams and direct exposure to senior leadership. For a commercially minded professional who wants to operate at the centre of a business at a pivotal moment, this is a genuine opportunity to contribute to a function that is still being built.