Legal Counsel

Global Affairs
- Legal Affairs
- Permanent
- Singapore or Sydney
- 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 184 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 Do
- Advise on Spotify’s global compliance with online safety frameworks and safe harbor laws (e.g., India IT Rules, Australia Online Safety Act, MOCI Regulation No. 5)
- Support managing Spotify’s legal takedown process, including by providing legal guidance on Spotify’s handling of user notices and government-issued takedown requests
- Provide legal advice across Spotify on platform liability, including issue-spotting and strategizing solutions for exciting new products
- Work with internal and external counsel and government affairs experts to track evolving legal requirements across the territories where Spotify operates
- Collaborate with Product and Trust & Safety teams to assess and implement online safety features, including tools aimed at addressing harmful or unlawful content
- Work on proactive enforcement efforts regarding potential abuse of the Spotify platform
- Provide legal support for litigations and press inquiries arising out of content takedown issues
- Work with operations teams within and outside the legal team to develop efficient, scalable practices around legal takedown requests
- Perform rotational work as business requires

Who You Are
- You come with a Law or an equivalent degree
- A minimum of 5+ years of experience working in a law firm and/or in-house legal department
- Deep understanding of intermediary liability frameworks, with a preference for experience litigating cases involving intermediary liability
- Proven expertise in content-related legal issues
- Experience in assessing and advising on a broad set of legal standards, even when those standards are new to you
- Experience in partnering with global stakeholders
- A passion for legal problems; you can explain legal concepts to non-lawyers
- A problem solver who stays calm when problems come your way
- A builder; you can work collaboratively (especially with non-lawyers) on finding practical, implementable tools and operational solutions
- Self-motivated and can identify and complete work to be done without being instructed
- A multi-tasker who can triage to make sure the right matters get your attention
- You’re willing to really dig deep on projects
- You work well as part of a team — both with other lawyers and with non-legal stakeholders
- Comfortable incorporating AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Gemini) into your day-to-day work to drive efficiency, accuracy, and scalable legal support

Where you'll be
- This role is based in Singapore or Sydney.
- We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best There will be some in person meetings, but still allows for flexibility to work from home.

Learn about life at Spotify
- Spotify is an equal opportunity employer. You are welcome at Spotify for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what’s playing in your headphones. Our platform is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all thrive, contribute, and be forward-thinking So bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It’s in our differences that we will find the power to keep revolutionizing the way the world listens.

Spotify transformed music listening forever when we launched in 2008. Our mission is to unlock the potential of human creativity by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the chance to enjoy and be passionate about these creators. Everything we do is driven by our love for music and podcasting. Today, we are the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service.

Our global benefits
- Extensive learning opportunities, through our dedicated team, GreenHouse.
- Flexible share incentives letting you choose how you share in our success.
- Global parental leave, six months off - for all new parents.
- All The Feels, our employee assistance program and self-care hub.
- Flexible public holidays, swap days off according to your values and beliefs.