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Director and Associate General Counsel, Security, APAC
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We are seeking a talented, dedicated, and highly motivated attorney to lead Meta’s APAC Security Legal team as Director & Associate General Counsel. This is a unique opportunity to have regional and global impact while working on cutting edge and novel issues in an exciting, fast-paced environment across a range of complex regulatory, safety, security, and user data issues. The role requires the ability to manage and lead a team of senior attorneys as well as an individual who can effectively influence and work seamlessly with large multi-stakeholder teams. We require an individual with a strong work-ethic who is proactive, flexible, collaborative, and has demonstrated excellent legal and analytical skills. Strategic thinking, solid communications skills, and a keen interest in learning and working with new technologies and laws across jurisdictions and timezones are a must.
Director and Associate General Counsel, Security, APAC Responsibilities
- Lead a regional team of experienced lawyers in complex legal environments
- Drive strategy and provide advice on matters relating to user data disclosures in response to criminal, civil, and regulatory legal process
- Develop and implement effective policies for processing legal requests and protecting user data
- Coordinate with the global Law Enforcement Legal team on regional advice on product developments and infrastructure projects
- Develop strategic approaches to managing regulatory, criminal and policy legal risks and resolving disputes in APAC
- Work closely with the company’s safety and security teams to protect the people who use our service from abuse
- Support legal and public policy teams’ engagement with regulators and legislators on safety and security policies
- Collaborate with members of Public Policy, Legal, Community Operations, Product, Engineering and others on safety and security matters
Minimum Qualifications
- 15+ years of relevant experience as in-house or outside counsel advising on regulatory, safety and security, investigations and enforcement, policy matters
- APAC regional experience strategically managing and handling contentious regulatory issues and/or criminal matters
- Experience leading teams, characterized by a culture of inclusion and a growth mindset
- Ability to effectively influence and communicate cross-functionally with a strong focus on collaboration
- Ability to think strategically to solve legal challenges with attention to detail
- Experience delivering advice under pressure and experience operating within ambiguity and prioritizing work
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience regionally on issues pertaining to data protection and analogous international laws
- Regional experience engaging with regulators and legislators on regulatory, safety and security matters preferred
- Experience providing guidance to providers in responding to law enforcement requests or criminal matters
- Experience advising technology or telecommunications companies
- Experience with criminal litigation
- Experience with Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty requests, Letters Rogatory, or other forms of international cooperation
- Experience with U.S. law, including the Stored Communications Act, Wiretap Act, Pen Register/Trap and Trace Statute
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