Minimum qualifications:
- JD, LL.B., equivalent degree, or equivalent practical experience.
- 3 years of experience with legal, regulatory or corporate compliance, including addressing, minimizing and avoiding regulatory risk.
- Experience in Competition/Antitrust legal practice, including digital markets regulation.
- Experience engaging with regulators, including European Commission, UK Competition and Markets Authority and global competition authorities.
- Admitted to the bar and in good standing or otherwise authorized to practice law (e.g., have registered in-house status) in the state in which the position is located.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience developing, evaluating, and maintaining programs that ensure products comply with laws, regulations, and external commitments.
- Experience working with technology companies and ability to understand complex technical issues.
- Experience with working with public company boards and their counsel, including special committees and audit committees.
- Experience with managing projects and partnering effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Excellent attention to detail, with the ability to be action-oriented and seek to meet the highest standards of integrity.
- Excellent written and verbal communication, time management, problem-solving, and investigative skills.
About the job
As Corporate Counsel at Google, you work on the most exciting legal issues as disruptive technological innovations require creative and proactive legal guidance. You're part of a whip-smart group of in-house lawyers and the projects and cases you take on challenge you to think big and differently. You are collaborative -- ready to partner in initiatives that influence all aspects of the business and work with Googlers from all over the company. As an integrated part of the team, you proactively assess legal risks and advise on products that will not only move information into the 21st century, but move information law forward as well.
As a Regulatory Counsel, you will join a Global team that provides subject matter expertise and engages with regulators, academics, and others to consider the role of competition law in the our changing economy, the development of new technology, and passage of new laws and regulations. You will interpret laws, partner with internal stakeholders across the company to mitigate risk, and help communicate our compliance externally.Responsibilities
- Interpret laws and other compliance obligations into requirements for Compliance, Business, Product, and Engineering teams.
- Provide legal advice on compliance programs and policies to help mitigate risk.
- Manage government and regulator discussions, negotiations, and disclosures on compliance readiness efforts.
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