Meta is seeking a highly motivated team player to join the APAC legal team as Lead Counse, GCR Country and Content. The role will tackle cutting-edge issues on a global scale arising from content posted by users on Facebook, Instagram, and the company’s other services. The ideal candidate will have experience handling regulatory and/or litigation matters and will be eager to roll up their sleeves and find creative solutions to help the company manage legal and regulatory risks across the Greater China region.
This role will support our legal and policy teams in monitoring regulatory developments, shaping and developing relevant policies and our regulatory principles related to harmful content online, including our approach to intermediary liability, free expression and commerce integrity. This is a unique opportunity for an ambitious lawyer with a keen interest in learning about new technologies and areas of law to join a growing legal team and help shape Facebook’s perspective on cutting edge issues in an exciting, fast-paced environment.
This is a short term (6 month) contract position based in Singapore.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Advise on the intersection of local laws, cultural nuances and relevant political considerations in a wide range of diverse legal systems
- Help develop policies to successfully manage company’s legal risks relating to online content
- Develop regulatory positions on harmful content / e-commerce regulation, online speech and implementation strategies for regulatory developments
- Advisory and project management responsibility with respect to a broad range of legal subjects including regulatory matters
- Work closely with teams across departments and offices, including our Public Policy, Content Policy and Global Operations teams, based in offices around the world
- Close collaboration with cross functional stakeholders to coordinate and develop content processes
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of PQE and LLB, JD or equivalent degree and excellent academic credentials
- Strong experience handling complex legal issues, either in-house or at a law firm, especially the Greater China region
- Familiarity with internet laws and issues, including issues relating to online platforms, intermediary liability and e-commerce
- Experience in advising on and representing companies in significant regulatory inquiries
- Ability to manage wide diverse panel of law firms across multiple jurisdictions
- Ability to independently, quickly and accurately assess legal, practical and business risk
- Strong problem solving and organizational skills and the ability to manage several simultaneous projects under deadline pressure
- Exercise good judgment and provide practical solutions
- Able to travel as and when required
- Superior written and verbal communication skills with native or near-native verbal and written fluency in Mandarin as this role will specifically involve working with external parties in the Greater China region
Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.
