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Commercial Counsel - AMS Legal

TikTok
Los Angeles, CA
Full-time

Responsibilities

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy.

TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and its offices include New York, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, 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.

About the Team

The US Commercial, IP, and Law Enforcement Legal Team (the "Team") is part of the North America Global Business Services and Corporate Compliance legal team, primarily covering TikTok and supporting other products and services.

The Team provides key commercial, intellectual property, and law enforcement legal support for all TikTok's initiatives, state-of-the-art products, and integrated platforms servicing our global video and other markets.

We provide legal support for the following functional verticals : content, corporate services (procurement, real estate and data infrastructure), distribution and product partnerships, functional services (comms, trust and safety and public policy), intellectual property, law enforcement, and marketing (B2C).

We help our business, product, and functional teams enable their vision by providing integrated legal guidance and support.

Responsibilities :

  • Experienced commercial counsel who can handle sophisticated commercial work and counseling for content licensing and partnerships deals (e.
  • g., gaming and entertainment partner transactions);
  • Provide strategic counsel on a broad range of initiatives (partnerships, live events, integrations, creator programs, terms of service, etc.
  • and draft and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements (co-marketing agreements; studio portfolio agreements; content and data licensing;

creator agreements; master service agreements, research agreements, etc.); and

You will work cross-functionally with business and legal colleagues to support the global businesses of TikTok and our other products.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications :

  • US qualified attorney with significant experience in commercial legal matters;
  • Bachelor's degree plus a Juris Doctorate from an ABA-accredited law school;
  • A track record of closing challenging deals and advising on digital subject matter; and
  • Confident, ownership-styled personality, who is comfortable with uncertainty, high work volumes, and demanding client stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications :

  • Experience as an in-house legal counsel;
  • Experience in a high-growth technology company and fast-paced operating environment;
  • A passion for and understanding of platform technology and how it intersects with law and policy; and
  • Experience with a wide variety of commercial deal types.

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.

TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws.

If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https : / / shorturl.at / cdpT2.

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