Job Description
Spotify’s Legal team is growing. We’re facing innovative challenges that mirror the ground-breaking industry and product at the heart of our company. As we’ve expanded into more than 175 countries and our company has grown tremendously, we find ourselves facing new and interesting legal issues every day.As Legal Counsel, Platform Liability & Enforcement at Spotify, you will help supervise Spotify’s legal takedown practices and policies and you will provide legal support for the teams that develop, implement, and support Spotify’s content policies. You will also work directly to resolve claims related to these policies and help build out processes for scale. Your experience making risk-based assessments and proactively finding solutions to complex problems will be crucial.What You'll DoAdvise on Spotify’s global compliance with platform liability frameworks and copyright safe harbor laws (, Digital Services Act, DMCA, Section 230)Support managing Spotify’s legal takedown process, across all content types, across all types of legal issuesProvide legal advice across Spotify on platform liability, including issue-spotting and strategizing solutions for exciting new productsWork with internal and external counsel and government affairs experts to track evolving legal requirements across the territories where Spotify operatesCounsel the teams responsible for building, managing, and implementing Spotify’s content policies, including the Trust & Safety team and the Content Protection teamWork on proactive enforcement efforts regarding potential abuse of the Spotify platformProvide legal support for litigations and press inquiries arising out of content takedown issuesWork with operations teams within and outside the legal team to develop efficient, scalable practices around legal takedown requestsPerform rotational work as business requires Who You Are Law degree (or equivalent)5+ years of experience working in a law firm and/or in-house legal departmentDeep understanding of intermediary liability frameworks, with a preference for experience litigating cases involving intermediary liabilityProven expertise in copyright law and other content-related legal issuesExperience assessing and advising on a broad set of legal standards, even when those standards are new to youExperience in partnering with global stakeholdersA passion for legal problems; you can explain legal concepts to non-lawyersA problem solver who stays calm when problems come your wayA builder; you can work collaboratively (especially with non-lawyers) on finding practical, implementable tools and operational solutionsSelf-motivated and can identify and complete work to be done without being instructedA multi-tasker who can triage to make sure the right matters get your attentionYou’re willing to really dig deep on projectsYou work well as part of a team — both with other lawyers and with non-legal partnersWhere You'll Be Hybrid role based in either our Stockholm or London offices (average 2-3 days a week in office required)