Associate General Counsel, Security Legal, APAC
Singapore • Full Time
Meta
Legal, Finance, Facilities & Admin
Legal
We are seeking an Associate General Counsel to work on Meta’s Asia-Pacific Security Legal Team. This is a unique opportunity to have regional and global impact while working on cutting edge and novel issues in an exciting, fast-paced environment across a range of complex regulatory, safety, security, and user data disclosure issues. In this role, you will be required to demonstrate sound legal judgment and decision making, execute quickly under tight time constraints, and navigate projects with ambiguous or complex factors. You also have a keen interest in learning and working with new technologies and laws across jurisdictions and timezones.
Associate General Counsel, Security Legal, APAC Responsibilities
- Drive strategy and provide advice on matters relating to user data disclosure in response to criminal, civil, and regulatory legal process
- Develop, implement, and manage effective policies for processing legal requests for user data
- Coordinate with the global Security Legal team on regional advice on product developments and infrastructure projects
- Develop strategic approaches to managing regulatory, criminal and policy legal risks and resolving disputes in APAC
- Work closely with the company’s safety and security teams to protect the people who use our service from abuse
- Support legal and public policy teams’ engagement with regulators and legislators on safety and security policies
- Collaborate with members of Public Policy, Legal, Community Operations, Product, Engineering and others on safety and security matters
Minimum Qualifications
- J.D. or L.L.B. or equivalent degree
- 8+ years of legal experience as a practicing attorney, including at a law firm and/or in-house or government experience
- Relevant Asia-Pacific regional experience engaging with law enforcement, regulators and/or legislators on regulatory, safety, security, and/or criminal matters
- Experience regionally on issues pertaining to data disclosure and analogous international laws
- Demonstrated experience to effectively influence, communicate and collaborate cross-functionally at all levels in a time-sensitive environment
- Demonstrated experience to think strategically to solve legal challenges with attention to detail
- Experience delivering advice under pressure and experience operating within ambiguity and prioritizing work
- Meta requires all employed attorneys to have a law degree or equivalent certificate to permit the practice of law and be appropriately licensed and authorized to practice law for the company in their assigned work location. Unless prohibited under local law, an attorney must hold a current practicing certificate (including where required from the relevant authority in the jurisdiction of the assigned work location) or the local law equivalent bar registration or license as may be applicable.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience providing guidance to providers in responding to law enforcement requests or criminal matters
- Experience with U.S. law, including the Stored Communications Act, Wiretap Act, Pen Register/Trap and Trace Statute
- Experience with Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty requests, Letters Rogatory, or other forms of international cooperation
- Experience advising technology or telecommunications companies
About Meta
Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.
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Equal Employment Opportunity
Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. You may view our Equal Employment Opportunity notice here.
Meta is committed to providing reasonable support (called accommodations) in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions or sincerely held religious beliefs, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, fill out the Accommodations request form .