Legal Counsel (eCommerce)

TikTok

London, United Kingdom

The Team

We are seeking a mid-level lawyer to join our ecommerce legal team and support our rapidly growing ecommerce business. The ecommerce legal team supports diverse, cross functional, and multi-jurisdictional initiatives across the TikTok ecommerce business in the UK and Europe. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your career within a supportive legal team, in a division that is enjoying hyper growth on a truly international scale.

The Role

You will be a talented lawyer who will thrive in an environment that asks you to deliver to a high standard at pace, use sound judgement to effectively navigate ambiguity, juggle competing priorities and work to short turnaround times. You will bring your bias for action, strong ownership, energy and enthusiasm to respond quickly to a business that is scaling fast.

You will have experience advising consumer facing digital platforms in the UK or Europe, ideally with a focus on ecommerce, retail and online marketplaces. You will understand how European law is developing to regulate such platforms, and have the versatility to advise across a broad range of commercial, regulatory, and product workstreams, involving customers, creators, merchants, and partners.

Responsibilities:

You will join a team that is dedicated to delivering excellent stakeholder service to achieve pragmatic solutions for the business. In doing so you will:

Provide expert advice and guidance on a wide range of operational, regulatory, commercial and product counselling ecommerce matters, with a focus on consumer protection, B2B and B2C engagement, product compliance, advertising, influencer marketing and intellectual property.
Support the business in understanding and complying with European legal and regulatory requirements when launching and operating new products, features and initiatives in the EU more broadly.
Contribute to the continuous improvement of TikTok ecommerce initiatives through review of consumer and business facing disclosures, policies, and terms and conditions, and support for feature development.
Review, draft, negotiate, and manage commercial agreements relevant to digital and ecommerce platforms.
You will contribute to template development, process improvement and internal training, identifying and resolving opportunities to simplify workflows and reduce contractual friction.
Partner closely with local and international stakeholders across the eCommerce business and in cross-functional teams such privacy and public policy, to deliver projects against short timeframes, setting appropriate priorities and managing legal risk.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

Strong academic background, with legal qualifications in UK and/or Europe.
5+ years of practice with experience of advising on platform liability, intellectual property, consumer protection and other regulatory requirements - all with an ecommerce focus. We would consider applicants with the right experience and skill-set outside of this range.
Knowledge of EU laws as they apply to the retail sector, and ecommerce platforms.
Solid experience in drafting and negotiation of agreements across the retail, creative, and advertising industries.
Strong documentation, presentation, and communication skills.
Ability to work independently on many different projects at once in a fast-paced environment.
Fluent in English - European language skills a bonus

Preferred Qualifications:

Ideally some in-house experience in an international matrixed organisation.
eCommerce experience focused on platform liability, intellectual property, consumer protection and other regulatory requirements.

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