Spotify is a digital music service that gives you access to millions of songs. Backed by Accel, Kleiner Perkins and Norwest.
About the role
As Legal Counsel, Litigation, you will work on a variety of litigation, copyright, patent, and other contentious and advisory matters, and help craft the way our company thinks about and handles them. The work we face is constantly developing, and the workload is growing faster than we can, so we will look to you to think thoughtfully about processes and policies that will help meet our goals. Your experience making risk-based assessments and proactively finding solutions to complex problems will be crucial. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- You hold a law degree (or equivalent) from a top-flight law school and are qualified to practice law as in-house counsel in the State of New York
- You have 5+ years of litigation experience at a law firm, in-house, or both, including meaningful experience with copyright litigation
- You have experience with e-discovery and managing complex, multi-jurisdictional disputes
- You have experience contributing to teams that drive successful outcomes on complex matters
- You have a demonstrated ability to evaluate copyright claims, work with technical experts, and develop defense strategies
- You have a passion for solving legal problems and can explain legal concepts — including technical copyright issues — to non-lawyers
More about this role
Spotify's Legal team is growing. We're facing innovative challenges that mirror the groundbreaking industry and product at the heart of our company. As we've expanded into more than 180 markets and our business has grown tremendously, we find ourselves facing new and interesting legal issues every day — including an increasing volume of patent disputes alongside the copyright and content matters that have always been central to our work.
As Legal Counsel, Litigation, you will work on a variety of litigation, copyright, patent, and other contentious and advisory matters, and help craft the way our company thinks about and handles them. The work we face is constantly developing, and the workload is growing faster than we can, so we will look to you to think thoughtfully about processes and policies that will help meet our goals. Your experience making risk-based assessments and proactively finding solutions to complex problems will be crucial. Significant e-discovery experience and experience conducting confidential inquiries are a plus.
- Coordinate litigation, pre-litigation, regulatory, and other dispute matters across multiple practice areas, including copyright and patent...
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