Jun 16, 2011

Associate Product Counsel - Zurich


This position is based in Zurich, Switzerland.

The area: Legal

Google Legal is a close-knit team of lawyers and legal professionals who operate on a truly global stage. We take pride in working for a company with a clear mission ("to organise the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful") and a real soul ("don't be evil"). Google's innovative services raise challenging legal questions that demand creative and practical answers. We work at the crossroads of new technologies and existing laws to provide those answers, helping Google build innovative and important products for our users around the world. If this sounds like your kind of place, it probably is.

The role: Associate Product Counsel

As Associate Product Counsel, you'll develop and implement legal approaches and policies for our products, helping Product teams make decisions based on your sound legal judgment. Entrepreneurial by nature, you'll be responsible for a portfolio of products across many legal subject areas. These include privacy, security, content regulation, consumer protection and intellectual property. You'll also support your colleagues in Legal, Government Relations and Corporate Communications on a range of product matters. Please note that you will not be deeply involved with patent or transactional issues, as these are handled by other Google lawyers. Essentially, you'll perform as the general counsel for an internal business unit, which functions very much like a rapidly growing startup business whose environment is dynamic and intense, with a minimal amount of hierarchy.

Responsibilities:

  • Ensure compliance with international laws and regulations dealing with intellectual property, telecommunications, content regulation, consumer protection and advertising.
  • Provide legal advice to teams from Engineering, Product Management, Advertising Sales, Marketing and Communications from the initial stages of product development to launch.
  • Develop and maintain a repository of legal resources that are required for products, such as terms of service, privacy notices and other disclosures.
  • Respond promptly to a wide range of legal requests from Engineering, Product Management, Advertising Sales, Marketing, Client Services and other business groups

Requirements:

  • BA/BSc/LLB degree preferred with a strong academic record
  • Experience in advising technology companies with tech heavy legal issues
  • Dual qualification in a continental European jurisdiction and the US strongly preferred
  • Solid understanding of Internet architecture and operation, and genuine interest in technology, innovation, and the development of the internet.
  • Demonstrated ability to complete several simultaneous projects on deadline.
  • Exceptional interpersonal skills and a commitment to professionalism and collegiality.
  • Excellent English writing and oral communication skills and a willingness to travel. Fluency in additional European languages is preferred.
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