Senior Legal Counsel, Global Competition EMEA

Our legal team provides key support for all Tik Tok’s innovative initiatives, state-of-the-art products, and platforms. We help our technological and business teams enable their vision by providing integrated legal guidance and support. The Tik Tok team is growing fast and is seeking experienced, bright and capable legal professionals to join. One of the critical challenges is the need for our team to provide exceptional legal support for Tik Tok's Antitrust/Competition and Digital Markets Act (DMA) matters.

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of antitrust/competition law and principles, and review, interpret, and analyze legal information in the subject matter area. Provide region-specific insights to Tik Tok's Global Head of Competition in the US.
• Manage governmental antitrust/competition-related inquiries including management of outside counsel.
• Act as an antitrust/competition advisor to both business and legal colleagues, including on potential investments/acquisitions (including foreign direct investment laws), product guidance, and policies.
• Identify and anticipate highly complex antitrust/competition-related legal and policy issues, including monitoring trends, cases, and regulations. Familiarity with digital platform legislation (e.g. DMA, DMCC, etc.) expected.
• Assist in the design and implementation of company-wide competition compliance programs and initiatives. Provide internal competition trainings.

Please note: to align with company standard and our continued focus on collaboration, this role will require 5 days in office.

Requirements:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Competition law experience in private practice or a corporate law department with a highly regarded firm or organization, preferably with experience in technology.
• Candidate needs to be qualified in at least one EU jurisdiction or the UK.
• Professional fluency in English is required for global collaboration.
• Experience in multi-jurisdictional practice, including dealing directly with the DG Comp, various EU member states, and other non-EU jurisdictions, etc.
• Significant experience counseling clients in all aspects of global antitrust law.
• Have a highly collaborative approach and strong inter-personal skills.
• Have strong communication skills that allow you to interact with a wide variety of individuals and to convey legal issues clearly and simply.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Top law firm experience, including representing tech clients, strongly preferred.
• Exposure to additional regulators outside of Europe is a plus.