About Us
Perk (formerly TravelPerk) is the intelligent platform for travel and spend management. Built to tackle the time-consuming, manual work that gets in the way of real work, our tools automate everything from travel bookings to expenses, invoice processing, and more. By eliminating this shadow work that wastes hours, erodes morale, and saps innovation, we’re on a mission to power real work, with real impact.
We’re trusted by more than 10,000 companies worldwide, including Wise, On Running, Breitling, and Fabletics, and we’re tackling the 7 hours of lost productivity per employee each week, a $1.7 trillion problem.
Founded in 2015, Perk has grown into a global company of more than 1,800 people across 12 offices globally, with headquarters in London and Boston. We combine innovation, control, and simplicity to transform how businesses work and how people feel at work.
At Perk, we’re driven by our values, like being an owner, delivering a 7-star experience, and working as one team. We value curiosity, purpose, and mindset, not just knowledge, to unlock the power in your potential. Our talent team brings together leading minds from the travel and SaaS industries, representing over 70 countries. If you’re excited about having a real impact and shaping how millions of people experience work, we’d love you on the team.
Visit www.perk.com to learn more.
The Role
As Commercial Counsel working within our award-winning legal, privacy & compliance team, you’ll provide commercial, customer-centric outcomes to Perker's across a full range of revenue-generating deals (including partnerships) and advise on the set-up and
implementation of our more complex technology-focused supply arrangements. You will also be expected to provide support in relation to local Corporate initiatives, build key stakeholder relations, and there will be opportunities for you to broaden the remit of your work over time.
In doing all of this:
• You’ll help us build trust-based relationships with colleagues and end users of the Perk platform, and help shape the leading in-house legal team in tech.
• You’ll join a team that has zero patience for convention or bureaucracy — and channels that energy into building something genuinely different. We’ll give you the technical means to scale your contribution and impact.
• We’ll give you the resources you need to grow your own profile as a leading legal professional, with the technical and knowledge development opportunities to shape your career in whatever way interests you the most.
This role sits within Perk’s legal team and reports to the Senior Director, Legal.
What You’ll Do
• Drive standards in commercial contracting across our global team
• Be responsible and accountable for Corporate matters delegated to you by our Chief Legal Officer — Perk is a ‘start-up for grown-ups’ and, so long as you adhere to our corporate values, you’ll be given very wide latitude to run things as you see fit
• Proactively and holistically identify areas of risk, and take appropriate action to mitigate risk in collaboration with accountable team members
• Investigate, implement, and tune policy to support global business governance and compliance — using a process-minded approach and the latest technology to improve efficiency and speed-to-market
• Interact with external lawyers and advisors within the framework of Perk’s legal panel
• Develop close relationships with key business stakeholders across our global offices, acting as a business partner to understand needs and objectives, and build legal outcomes accordingly
AI Fluency: What We Expect
At Perk, AI isn’t a nice-to-have — it’s how we work. Our legal team uses frontier AI models daily to scale our impact far beyond what headcount alone could achieve. We expect every lawyer on this team to be curious, capable, and opinionated when it comes to AI.
Specifically, we’re looking for someone who:
• Has genuine curiosity about frontier model capability — you follow what’s happening with LLMs and have a view on where they’re heading
• Is comfortable working in AI tools like Claude (including building skills files and workflows) and Gemini as part of their daily practice
• Has a thoughtful opinion on how the practice of law will evolve — and is excited to be part of shaping that evolution rather than watching it happen
• Understands (or wants to understand) the regulatory landscape around AI — including the EU AI Act and emerging global frameworks
You don’t need to be a context engineer on day one. But you do need to arrive with curiosity, a willingness to experiment, and the conviction that AI will fundamentally change how legal teams operate.
What Competencies Will Help You Succeed?
During our interview process, we’ll look for your ability to demonstrate specific competencies which derive from Perk’s values. These are shown below. The winning candidate will have particularly brilliant responses ready in relation to the Continual Growth, Curiosity, and Accountability attributes.
Seven Star Service / We are owners
Proactivity
You anticipate customer needs and come up with ways to accelerate business growth.
You always, always, always move at speed, with the needs of the client and customers as your first priority.
You can sustain delivery in a hyper-speed working environment while maintaining your own satisfaction and wellbeing.
Accountability
You act as an owner and take an active role in project reviews.
You propose ways in which TK as a whole can be more effective in the future without apportioning blame.
Innovation
You do things differently and love innovation in problem-solving and process delivery.
You think in the future.
We are a team
Collaboration
You encourage innovation within teamwork and challenge the status quo amongst your working group.
You work to understand the needs and expectations of progressive in-house teams’ customers.
Honesty
You share your failures with your team to humanise failure, coach, and increase awareness.
You communicate transparently—up, down, and across—and form relationships that emphasise being direct with people in your workplace.
Communication
You enter conversations with a flexible and open mind.
You are open to listening to and understanding other people's points of view, rather than simply getting your message across.
Impact over Effort
Prioritisation
You regularly review your workload and manage up to concentrate your efforts on the most impactful matters for Perk and the Perk mission and vision.
You are realistic and do not over-promise.
Organisation
You focus on the big wins and own your workflow.
Creativity
You don’t stop communicating great ideas; you prize ambition over ease of implementation.
In seemingly intractable situations, you are able to find resolution pathways.
Be a good person
Continual Growth
You are ambitious to level up yourself and hold the people around you accountable.
You are constantly seeking new opportunities—you don't just wait for things to happen.
Curiosity
Your curiosity drives you to unpeel the layers of processes/products and work to improve them (recognising that sometimes this may mean removing or cancelling a process).
You share your influences and inspirations amongst your peers.
You nurture a sense of collaboration and cooperation amongst a team.
Integrity
You build relationships with all Perk stakeholders that are trust-based.
You give credit where it's due.
What You Bring
Our hiring decision will be led by our assessment of your competencies, as described above. If you don’t have specific technical expertise, that’s teachable. Your attitude and approach is what we’re looking to acquire.
That said, this position requires:
• Legal qualification: Qualified lawyer (Abogado/a) admitted to practice in Spain
(colegiado/a)
• Language: Minimum C1 level fluency in both Spanish and English
• Commercial expertise: Demonstrable experience in commercial contracting, whether
in a high-throughput commercial department of a law firm or an in-house legal team
• Experience: Candidates with 2–5 years PQE are likely to have the relevant skills,
knowledge, and self-confidence for this position, but we will consider any applicant
with relevant experience
• Right to work: Candidates must have an existing right to work in Spain
Where will this role take you?
We believe passionately in the importance of growth and development for lawyers, and that every lawyer is entitled to a job from which they derive high levels of personal satisfaction. Talented and driven people are entitled to expect employers to offer an employee value proposition which offers continual levelling up.
A successful occupant of this role will, after a suitable period of time, have exceptional experience of working in a fast-scaling, global SaaS & AI business. They’ll develop the tools and techniques to deliver legal capability at scale which challenges the expectations of stakeholders and drives tangible business outcomes.
In terms of promotions, the next layer up from Counsel is Senior Counsel. We have a firm policy (and track record) of promoting lawyers internally, based on impact. We expect all Counsel to grow and scale capability in their areas of expertise, and to be assertive about how their careers develop. Perk will offer you as much latitude as you want in order to deliver the best possible outcomes for your customers — micromanagement and layers of bureaucracy are not part of that process.
What We Offer:
The winning candidate will benefit from:
• A competitive salary and stock options
• A positive, “high impact not long hours” culture
• A team and company that invests in your growth, your tools, and your career
We encourage you to apply even if you don’t believe you meet every single qualification
listed here. Research shows that people from underrepresented groups are more likely to
doubt the strength of their candidacy — and we don’t want you to count yourself out
prematurely. If this role excites you, we’d love to hear from you. Perk is committed to building a team that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve, and we believe different perspectives make us stronger.
Our Benefits
Receive competitive compensation and equity ownership in Perk
Rest and recharge with our generous allocation of vacation days plus public holidays
Take control of your physical health with your choice of private healthcare or a gym allowance
Know that your loved ones are protected financially through your Life Insurance if the worst were to happen
Join our unforgettable Perk events, including our spectacular annual summer party
Always feel supported with Spring Health, our market-leading wellbeing partner, providing fast, comprehensive access to 12x therapy and 12x coaching sessions for you and your loved ones
Make your money go further with our flexible compensation plan
Focus on your family with 17 weeks’ paid parental leave during your child’s first year
Contribute to your community with 16 paid hours per year to spend volunteering for your dearest charitable causes
Broaden your horizons with up to 20 "Work from Anywhere" days per year
Nurture your language skills with in real-life English, Spanish and Catalan lessons
Follow your passions and take a four-week, fully paid sabbatical once you reach 5 years
Let us help you move to one of our hubs with relocation support
How We Work
At Perk, we take an IRL-first approach to work, where our team works together in-person 3 days a week. As such, this role requires you to be based within commuting distance of our hubs. We fundamentally believe in the value of meeting in real life to improve connectivity, productivity, creativity and ultimately making us a great place to work.
For certain roles, we can help with relocation from anywhere in the world, English is the official language at the office. Please submit your resume in English if you choose to apply. Do not forget to submit an updated portfolio and/or resume.
Perk is a global company with a diverse customer base, and we want to make sure the people behind our product reflect that. We’re an equal opportunity employer, which means you’re welcome at Perk regardless of how you look, where you’re from, or anything else that makes you, well, you.
Protect Yourself from Recruitment Scams
All official communication from Perk will always come from email addresses ending in @perk.com or @externalperk.com, our verified social media channels, or recruiters listed on our official LinkedIn page. We will never ask you to pay for equipment, training, or fees, request sensitive personal information such as bank details early in the process, or communicate through unofficial apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, or Signal. If you receive a message claiming to be from Perk that seems suspicious, please do not respond. Forward it to security [at] perk .com, and we will confirm whether it is legitimate.
