Senior Legal Counsel (Competition EMEA), London

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Responsibilities

TikTok
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Singapore, 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
Our legal team provides key support for all TikTok'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 Role
The TikTok team is growing fast and is seeking an experienced, bright and capable antitrust/ competition lawyer to join the Global Legal Antitrust Team. One of the critical challenges is the need for our team to provide exceptional legal support for TikTok's antitrust/competition matters. This role will be based in London.

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 TikTok's Global Antitrust Lead 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. Must have familiarity with digital platform legislation (Digital Markets Act, UK Digital Markets Unit, etc.).
- Assist in the design and implementation of company-wide competition compliance programs and initiatives. Provide internal competition trainings.
- Participate actively in litigation matters.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
- Seeking a senior lawyer with competition law experience in private practice or a corporate law department, with a highly regarded firm or organisation.
- Must be qualified in the UK or at least one EU jurisdiction.
- Experience in multi-jurisdictional practice, including dealing directly with the UK CMA, DG Comp, various EU member states, and other non-EU jurisdictions, etc.
- Significant experience counselling clients in all aspects of global antitrust law.
- A highly collaborative approach and strong inter-personal skills.
- 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 is preferred.
- Exposure to additional regulators outside of Europe is a plus.
- Additional language skills are a plus.
- Experience in technology.

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.