Legal Counsel (Regulatory and Compliance – Communications), London

Responsibilities

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok’s global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and its offices include New York, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

“Why Join Us

Creation is the core of TikTok’s purpose. Our platform is built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make TikTok possible.

Together, we inspire creativity and bring joy – a mission we all believe in and aim towards achieving every day.

To us, every challenge, no matter how difficult, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always.

At TikTok, we create together and grow together. That’s how we drive impact – for ourselves, our company, and the communities we serve.

Join us.”

The Team

The successful candidate would join the Communications Regulatory part of the “Consumer/Communications/Commercial Content Regulatory” team which plays an important role in our European Legal team. The team works on a wide range of complex and high profile issues, in a fast-paced environment, working across a range of consumer, communications and commercial content areas.

The Role

• Successful candidate will be a core part of the EU Legal team focusing on and specialising in telecoms regulatory matters, reporting into EU Legal Direct Messaging lead.

Responsibilities

• supporting business teams to ensure ongoing compliance with new and existing legislation across the Europe region;
• supporting our product legal team to review new products and features against relevant law and guidance;
• ensuring the consistent handling of regulatory enquiries and investigations; and
• assessing risk and coordinating with the wider business as a trusted adviser on compliance and risk management issues.

This is a growing team, as the business adapts to meet the challenges of an increasingly complex European legal regulatory framework.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Ability to work on a wide range of complex and high profile issues, in a fast-paced environment, working across a range of telecoms regulatory issues.
• Ability to take responsibility and drive forward matters independently (with ad hoc support from manager, as needed).
• Ability to engage and form good relationships with a wide range of other legal and business stakeholders and multi-task more generally.
• Willingness to learn and get up to speed on a wide range of EU Telecoms regulatory rules we work with day to day.

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant in-house telecoms regulatory experience for online messaging services (ideally) or traditional telecoms services.
• Relevant EEA and/or UK telecoms regulatory experience.
• Experience of having worked for a platform provider of online messaging services.
• Experience of having worked on regulatory matters across the EEA and in the UK and elsewhere in Europe.
• Experience of having worked on various types of regulatory matters – e.g., providing regulatory advice, working on regulatory enquiries and investigations, incidents.
• Experience of working across various legal frameworks in the digital space – e.g,. privacy, telecoms, security.

TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

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