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Flipdish is a SaaS platform helping independent restaurant and takeaway owners run their businesses with powerful, simple-to-use technology. You'll join as Senior Legal Counsel, a generalist in-house role with primary focus on employment law and data protection compliance, alongside corporate, M&A, IP, and equity matters.
You'll partner closely with People, Finance, Commercial, Product, and Engineering teams to provide pragmatic, risk-aware legal guidance, shape internal processes, and ensure regulatory compliance across the business.
Key responsibilities:
- Lead employment law support across the organization, handling issues consistently with timely, well-documented advice
- Lead data protection compliance and key GDPR processes, including handling data subject requests with clear legal triage and defensible timelines
- Steward privacy policy updates and ensure direct marketing practices (including SMS compliance) are lawful
- Maintain training and standards for People, Support, and other key teams to embed practical, repeatable compliance
- Own Companies Act compliance for Irish entities alongside third-party company secretarial support
- Manage employee equity structure as a key team member
- Support Commercial team with partner contract negotiation and customer query triage
- Proactively scan for relevant legal changes and get ahead of regulatory shifts
- Challenge poor decisions and propose better ways of working—constructive challenge is a core responsibility
Success means being an involved partner who isn't confined to a legal "swim lane," strengthening compliance culture through targeted training, and being well-known across the business for pragmatic, actionable guidance.
Flipdish is AI-first, using technology to help restaurant owners achieve better outcomes, faster ordering, smarter marketing, and smoother operations. The company values ownership, clarity, transparency, and meaningful scope for growth without burnout.
Workplace: Hybrid (2 days per week in-office at Sandyford, Dublin; remainder remote). Benefits include 25 days annual leave plus public holidays, private healthcare, pension support, team meet-ups, and commuter schemes.
Requirements:
- +5 years PQE (Post-Qualification Experience) as a solicitor qualified in Ireland
- Strong experience in employment law and practical risk management
- Credible GDPR/data protection experience, including comfort engaging with regulators and leading privacy assessments
- Clear communication with non-lawyers; ability to translate legal risk into actionable next steps
- High ownership mindset; proactive approach without needing direction
- Ability to challenge decisions constructively and propose better ways of working
- Comfort embracing technology to augment work and build efficient processes
Desirable:
- In-house experience in a tech/data-driven environment
- Experience with privacy policy governance, marketing compliance, and operational DSAR oversight
- Exposure to other EU regulatory areas (digital, accessibility compliance) where privacy intersects
