Legal Counsel - Platform Liability - Spotify

Job Title: Legal Counsel - Platform Liability
Job Location: Singapore
Job Listing URL: https://jobs.lever.co/spotify/af4c19dd-d503-48f7-a9cc-3f8b16bf7e5b
Job Description: Spotify’s Legal team is growing. We’re facing innovative challenges that mirror the ground-breaking industry and product at the heart of our company. As we’ve expanded into more than 184 countries and our company has grown tremendously, we find ourselves facing new and interesting legal issues every day.

As Legal Counsel, Platform Liability & Enforcement at Spotify, you will help supervise Spotify’s legal takedown practices and policies and you will provide legal support for the teams that develop, implement, and support Spotify’s content policies. You will also work directly to resolve claims related to these policies and help build out processes for scale. Your experience making risk-based assessments and proactively finding solutions to complex problems will be crucial.
What You'll Do
Advise on Spotify’s global compliance with online safety frameworks and safe harbor laws (e.g., India IT Rules, Australia Online Safety Act, MOCI Regulation No. 5)
Support managing Spotify’s legal takedown process, including by providing legal guidance on Spotify’s handling of user notices and government-issued takedown requests
Provide legal advice across Spotify on platform liability, including issue-spotting and strategizing solutions for exciting new products
Work with internal and external counsel and government affairs experts to track evolving legal requirements across the territories where Spotify operates
Collaborate with Product and Trust & Safety teams to assess and implement online safety features, including tools aimed at addressing harmful or unlawful content
Work on proactive enforcement efforts regarding potential abuse of the Spotify platform
Provide legal support for litigations and press inquiries arising out of content takedown issues
Work with operations teams within and outside the legal team to develop efficient, scalable practices around legal takedown requests
Perform rotational work as business requires
Who You Are
You come with a Law or an equivalent degree
A minimum of 5+ years of experience working in a law firm and/or in-house legal department
Deep understanding of intermediary liability frameworks, with a preference for experience litigating cases involving intermediary liability
Proven expertise in content-related legal issues
Experience in assessing and advising on a broad set of legal standards, even when those standards are new to you
Experience in partnering with global stakeholders
A passion for legal problems; you can explain legal concepts to non-lawyers
A problem solver who stays calm when problems come your way
A builder; you can work collaboratively (especially with non-lawyers) on finding practical, implementable tools and operational solutions
Self-motivated and can identify and complete work to be done without being instructed
A multi-tasker who can triage to make sure the right matters get your attention
You’re willing to really dig deep on projects
You work well as part of a team — both with other lawyers and with non-legal stakeholders
Comfortable incorporating AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Gemini) into your day-to-day work to drive efficiency, accuracy, and scalable legal support
Where you'll be
This role is based in Singapore or Sydney.
We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best! There will be some in person meetings, but still allows for flexibility to work from home.