Elena Calavia

Experience

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  Liam Moran and Company Solicitors

  Jun 2000 - Nov 2000

  Lawyer

  Conveyancing Litigation

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  Lennon Heather Solicitors

  Nov 2000 - Jun 2001

  Lawyer

  Irish and Spanish conveyancing Commercial

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  Donal T. McCarthy Solicitors

  Jul 2001 - Dec 2001

  Lawyer

  Conveyancing Litigation Probate

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  European Consumer Centre Dublin

  Jan 2002 - Nov 2006

  European Legal Counsel and Company Secretary

  - Provision of in- house legal advice regarding Company law, Employment law and Consumer law- Responsibility for managing and supporting 4 members of staff - Cross - border cooperation, investigation and representation - Approval of material for publication - Resonsibility for web content - Responsibility for special projects such 2002 Report on Timeshare and Holidays clubs I authored- Corporate governance

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  PayPal

  Dec 2006 - Jun 2008

  European Legal Counsel

  - Provide legal advice, service and support to all business units to the European Operations Centre in Dublin- Management of European litigation including representation of the company in court in Ireland, UK, France and Spain- Advice and negotiate service contracts with external business providers- Contact point for external counsel - Advice to Directors on corporate governance- Support the regulatory transation from Ireland to Luxembourg

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  Mercer

  Jul 2008 - Dec 2015

  Legal Counsel, Ireland and Iberia

  Corporate: - advice all functions of the business- draft standard and non - standard contractual and other legal documentation- support the business in product development - regularly update of terms of business- negotiate and manage costs of external counsel- work collaboratively with European and US legal and compliance teams- overall responsability for support to Iberian market Risk:- Overall responsibility for liaising and responding to complaints issued by Public and regulatory bodies such as the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner, the Pensions Ombudsman, Financial Services Ombudsman and Central Bank of Ireland- Preparation of annual reports to the Central Bank of Ireland- Ensuring customer complaints were managed in accordance with Consumer Code- Support Board of Directors and Risk Committee in management of company's riskLitigation:- Manage E&O and non E&O claims and litigation- Select, appoint and manage outside counsel and where necessary expert witnesses- Negotiate and manage costs of outside counsel effectively Show less

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  Yapstone

  Feb 2017 - Sept 2019

  European Legal Counsel

  At its International headquarters in Ireland at Yapstone, the leading global fintech provider for the holiday industry, I managed the support to the business across EMEA in financial services law, data protection, corporate law, commercial law, employment law, regulatory compliance, litigation, customer support and product development.

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  Brown Thomas Arnotts

  Nov 2019 - Apr 2020

  Legal Counsel

  Responsibilities: - Drafting and negotiating concession and consignment contracts and supporting with legal queries that may arise; - Drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, vendor agreements, letting agreements and leases. - Providing legal advice on all commercial matters arising including GDPR compliance;- Drafting and negotiating GDPR supplier addendums, assisting with policy documents and GDPR business support;- Amending and updating commercial contracts with contractors/ vendors; - Provide support and legal advice to internal stakeholders Show less

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  SurveyMonkey

  Aug 2020 - Mar 2021

  Senior Legal Counsel
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  Lingotot Drogheda & East Meath

  Nov 2021 - now

  Managing Director and Owner

  Manage and own Lingotot franchise in Drogheda & East Meath where learning languages is made easy for kids with our multi award-winning language classes in the community, schools and nurseries. Classes are interactive and fun, yet based on sound educational research.