Counsel, Litigation & Privacy

Job Description

Wish is looking for a dynamic attorney to join our team as Counsel, Litigation & Privacy. This role will report to the Head of US Legal and will be responsible for handling both global litigation and data privacy matters.

Litigation: the attorney will handle various stages of the litigation process, including initial case assessment, factual investigation, discovery, third-party subpoenas, briefings, ADR, and supervising and collaborating with outside counsel. Privacy: the attorney will advise business stakeholders on compliance with data privacy laws and data protection strategies.

The ideal candidate is: highly organized; able to collaborate effectively with other teams and departments; able to plan and execute projects of all sizes and durations; knowledgeable in US and EU privacy law; naturally curious and a regular user of e-commerce apps; an effective researcher able to develop creative solutions to challenging issues; and comfortable pitching in on any legal task or project with a "no task is too big or small" attitude.

What You'll Do:

• Privacy

• Analyze the products, features, and systems that Wish engineering builds to help protect the privacy of Wish Merchants and Users and ensure compliance with global privacy regulations;

• Provide legal advice across subject areas including data protection, privacy, consumer protection, and advertising;

• Collaborate with commercial counsel to draft, review, and negotiate product team contracts and relevant provisions of various other contracts.

• Litigation

• Contribute to a wide range of defensive and affirmative pre-litigation and litigation issues across varied subject matters, both domestically and internationally;

• Lead and manage litigation or pre-litigation disputes, including overseeing outside counsel;

• Manage internal processes and tools related to litigation, including existing and new eDiscovery and litigation-management tools;

• Conduct legal research as needed;

• Conduct factual investigations, including witness and employee interviews as needed;

• Draft and manage litigation holds and internal tools relating to the same. Oversee document collections and manage ESI;

• Draft meet and confer letters and/or pre-litigation correspondence to opposing party and/or counsel;

• Draft, revise and manage Wish's Merchant and User Terms of Service domestic and globally. Manage case files and email correspondence.

• In House Legal Operations

• Learn the Wish business, issue-spot potential risks areas as they may arise, and communicate effectively with Legal and non-Legal teams;

• Work with internal stakeholders to identify risk areas and develop systems and procedures to manage and reduce risk;

• Educate US-based and global business partners on key commercial, legal, policy, and other considerations, including providing follow-up information to internal stakeholders to ensure timely performance and compliance with legal obligations, including under contract;

• Support the internal contract approval process and help to deliver continuous improvement of standard form agreements and legal processes.