Legal Counsel, Litigation and Copyright

Spotify's Legal team is growing. We're facing innovative challenges that mirror the groundbreaking industry and product at the heart of our company. As we've expanded into more than 180 markets and our business has grown tremendously, we find ourselves facing new and interesting legal issues every day — including an increasing volume of patent disputes alongside the copyright and content matters that have always been central to our work. As Legal Counsel, Litigation, you will work on a variety of litigation, copyright, patent, and other contentious and advisory matters, and help craft the way our company thinks about and handles them. The work we face is constantly developing, and the workload is growing faster than we can, so we will look to you to think thoughtfully about processes and policies that will help meet our goals. Your experience making risk-based assessments and proactively finding solutions to complex problems will be crucial. Significant e-discovery experience and experience conducting confidential inquiries are a plus.

What You'll Do: Coordinate litigation, pre-litigation, regulatory, and other dispute matters across multiple practice areas, including copyright and patent litigation. Work with outside counsel to develop case strategy, manage budgets, and drive efficient resolution of contentious disputes. Partner with the business on litigation and legal risk issues and work with colleagues to fashion solutions that balance legal risk with company objectives. Develop litigation case strategies, work closely with Spotify's communications team, and formulate plans to resolve disputes efficiently. Plan strategically and coordinate internally with legal and non-legal personnel on issues of the moment. Provide proactive advice to internal team members on dispute avoidance and resolution, including risk mitigation. Identify and mitigate threats against the company, whether from partners, users, content owners, or others. Handle requests for information from the company, including subpoenas and requests from law enforcement. Build scalable processes to address a growing number of claims across copyright, patent, and other areas. Train teams and draft workflows and policies to help establish effective internal risk mitigation procedures. Stay current on developments in patent and copyright law, particularly as they affect the technology and media industries.

Who You Are: You hold a law degree (or equivalent) from a top-flight law school and are qualified to practice law as in-house counsel in the State of New York. You have 5+ years of litigation experience at a law firm, in-house, or both, including meaningful experience with copyright litigation. You have experience with e-discovery and managing complex, multi-jurisdictional disputes. You have experience contributing to teams that drive successful outcomes on complex matters. You have a demonstrated ability to evaluate copyright claims, work with technical experts, and develop defen