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The Team
The Global Legal Product supports all user-product and feature launches globally via frontline, vertical and regional lawyers. We are a collaborative team that works closely together and with cross-functional teams.

The Role
This role supports all user product in the MENAT region but with particular emphasis on LIVE.

Responsibilities
Strategic product counsel to our LIVE teams in the MENAT region, with specific remit to support the LIVE team's business goals, objectives, timing and processes in the region. You will
- Advise Product teams on the application of laws and regulations in the MENAT region;
- Review new products, features, and initiatives and advise on legal risk mitigation strategies for TikTok and other consumer apps;
- Draft and maintain online terms related to product initiatives, interfacing with operations teams who develop policies and processes to operationalise those terms;
- Coordinate cross-functionally with other legal teams to provide legal guidance, practical solutions and external communications advice;
- Serve as a senior business partner for product legal requests;
- Demonstrate regional subject matter expertise, and keep the Product legal team updated as to developments in your region.
- Monitor, review and assess new laws that impact content platforms and provide timely advice on their implications to the business, including stakeholder training.
- Assess legal, practical and business risks in a fast-paced environment and provide actionable advice against tight deadlines;
- Demonstrate excellent communication skills to distill complex advice for business stakeholders and to update/report effectively to other legal teams and cross-functional colleagues.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications
- You will have a deep knowledge of the laws that impact user activities on a content platform like TikTok and experience in applying those laws in practical situations. In particular, you will need expertise in consumer and intellectual property laws as this will enable you to propose creative solutions that enable the business to meet its goals;
- A good understanding of laws relating to privacy, payments, electronic communications, marketing and promotions and online safety;
- A passion for and understanding of platform technology and how it intersects with law and policy;
- The ability to assess legal, practical and business risks in a fast-paced environment and provide actionable advice against tight deadlines;
- Excellent communication skills, able to distil complex advice for business stakeholders and update/report effectively to other legal teams and cross-functional colleagues;
- Experience working collaboratively with cross-functional teams to reach agreed positions swiftly and an ability to take control of matters and drive them forward to conclusion; and
- A positive, proactive and supportive approach to your stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications
- 8 years + qualified lawyer. US, UK, APAC qualification preferred;
- Prior in-house experience working with internet or technology companies is a plus.
- Fluency in Arabic is preferred.

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.