Litigation Counsel

Company Description

LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We're also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that's built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.

Join us to transform the way the world works.

Job Description

At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.

This role can be based in one of India offices (Bangalore, Mumbai, or Gurgaon).

As Litigation Counsel at LinkedIn and a member of LinkedIn’s Protection, Competition, and Defense team, you will be responsible for managing all kinds of litigation and pre-litigation disputes in APAC, primarily in India.  You will coordinate with and manage external counsel, barristers, and consultants to ensure effective representation.  You will also handle responses to law-enforcement and third-party subpoenas and regulatory responses. In addition, you will provide litigation, privacy, and regulatory risk counseling related to LinkedIn business issues.  Best of all, you’ll join a fast-paced, well-rounded, collaborative Legal & Public Policy Team that values diversity, humor, and teamwork. 

Responsibilities: 

• Manage all kinds of litigation and pre-litigation disputes across India for the company.
• Dig into the business and legal context of your matters in order to drive strategic and tactical case decisions
• Develop the best possible evidentiary record for your cases by investigating sources of information available across the business
• Handle subpoenas and regulatory inquiries, and other litigation-adjacent matters
• Support and advise LinkedIn’s India Grievance and Compliance officers, particularly with government takedown requests and user disputes 
• Support and advise LinkedIn’s Nodal officer and law enforcement response team regarding Indian law enforcement requests
• Drive good business results by providing practical legal advice on a range of product issues impacted by active or threatened litigation matters 
• Engage and manage outside counsel and vendors to ensure the delivery of practical, efficient, and expert litigation advice and service
• Play an active role in fulfilling LinkedIn's mission of connecting the world's professionals to make them more productive and successful by being an integral member of our fast-paced, well-rounded, collaborative (and fun!) Legal & Public Policy Team 

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications: 

• LL.B/LL.M from a recognized university and admission to the bar (Certificate of Practice)
• 3+ years of combined litigation experience at a law firm, in-house, and/or governmental agencies 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Candidates with prior litigation experience before courts and tribunals will be preferred.
• Broad litigation experience including discovery, motion practice, oral arguments, trials, drafting compelling briefs, pre-suit activity, mediation, and settlement negotiations 
• Experience with privacy and/or technology law
• Experience and comfort with highly-technical subject matter 
• Experience working in-house at a technology company or working closely with global technology clients 
• Strong interpersonal skills with ability to work effectively both independently and in cross-functional teams to drive results
• Excellent judgment and analytical abilities, impeccable integrity, and a good sense of humor

Suggested Skills:

• Litigation
• Privacy Litigation
• Class Action Defense
• Regulatory Response

Additional Information

India Disability Policy 

LinkedIn is an equal employment opportunity employer offering opportunities to all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. For more information on our equal opportunity policy, please visit https://legal.linkedin.com/content/dam/legal/Policy_India_EqualOppPWD_9-12-2023.pdf

Global Data Privacy Notice and Compliance Posters for Job Candidates 

Please use this link to access documents that provide information about how LinkedIn handles the personal data of employees and job applicants, as well as the E-Verify Participation Notice and the Department of Justice Immigrant and Employee Rights Section Right to Work posters: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/candidate-portal.