Lead Counsel, Security Legal, Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)

We are seeking a lead counsel to work on Meta's EMEA Security Legal Team to support data disclosure, security, safety, and integrity matters in the region. This is a great opportunity to join a team that works on novel issues in an exciting environment., 1. Provide advice and support the processing of legal requests for user data, and manage the litigation of matters implicating user data disclosure in criminal investigations and civil matters
2. Identify and advise business and product partners on legal obligations relating to data disclosure and platform safety and integrity, including child safety and other serious crimes
3. Develop and draft policies and accountability documentation concerning the protection and disclosure of user data
4. Work closely and creatively with cross-functional teams, including Legal, Policy, Communications, Engineering, and Business Operations in reviewing and addressing governmental regulations, guidelines, policies, including government requests for user data
5. Manage effective relationships with key government agencies, regulators, and law enforcement agencies, in close collaboration with internal cross-functional teams

6. Qualified to practice law in the UK or Ireland
7. 3+ years of Post-Qualification Experience (PQE) legal experience, including government, in-house and/or law firm experience
8. Experience working with regulators or law enforcement authorities
9. Experience with EU laws impacting data disclosures, including General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
10. Experience working with law enforcement or regulatory authorities
11. Experience prioritizing workloads effectively and managing projects to tight timeframes in evolving environments
12. Experience providing clear and concise legal advice, 13. Experience providing guidance related to law enforcement, civil, or third-party user data requests -- with a firm grasp of the regulatory landscape in the EU for service providers (e.g., GDPR, Digital Services Act, etc.) and cross-border cooperation mechanisms (e.g., prospective e-Evidence regime, mutual legal assistance, etc.)
14. Experience managing and leading cross-functional efforts, and prioritizing competing project timelines
15. Experience analyzing and reviewing emerging regulations relating to technology companies
16. Experience drafting legal policies for large or complex organizations
17. Experience working effectively with large multi-stakeholder cross-functional teams
18. Experience in legal judgment and executing quickly and under tight time constraints, solid communications skills and being proactive, collaborative, and diligent
19. Awareness of global trends impacting internet service and social media providers.