Senior Legal Counsel - Regulatory Legal
Cork, County Cork, Ireland
Corporate Functions
Apple is a place where extraordinary people gather to do their best work. Together we create products and experiences people once couldn’t have imagined — and now can’t imagine living without.
Do you love tackling big challenges without precedent? Do you possess a deep knowledge of the legal field and a passion for innovation? We do, and as a part of our Legal group, you’ll help uphold Apple’s high ethical and corporate standards. Working for a company that invents entire categories and industries means you’ll be challenged to creatively apply your deep legal expertise to rare and often unexplored aspects of the law.
Together with your team, you’ll provide the critical support needed worldwide for all Apple products and businesses. We have a fantastic new opportunity for a talented lawyer to join our team of diverse, creative, and hardworking people. As a member of the Products & Regulatory Legal Group, you will work closely with Apple’s engineering, operations, government affairs and marketing teams, as well as with other teams in Apple Legal. With passion, dedication, and a desire to tackle challenges, you will play a crucial role as we provide the legal support needed for Apple to continue to build cutting-edge technologies.
Description
You will join a team of attorneys in the Products & Regulatory Legal Group who advise Apple’s engineering, business and government affairs teams on complex regulatory issues. You will analyze the applicability of regulations to various Apple services, manage and coordinate the internal workstreams within Apple Legal and interact with important stakeholders such as European Commission and other regulators. Your focus will be on platform regulations in the EMEIA region (such as the Digital Markets Act), as well as on certain other regulations such as the Data Act and the Artificial Intelligence Act. The work requires outside-the-box thinking, versatility, and creative approaches to legal issues. You will collaborate with other legal groups, Apple government affairs and cross-functional business and engineering teams. You will also advise Apple management on risk allocation/mitigation, business strategies, and policies. Location can be discussed.
Minimum Qualifications
- 5-8 years of experience on regulatory matters, such as competition law, digital markets/platform regulations or privacy/data laws, at major law firm, in-house or regulatory authority.
- Experience interpreting privacy/data laws, competition laws and European regulations is a plus.
Key Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
- Outstanding communication skills with the ability to advise and build relationships with executive management, teammates, and cross-functional partners.
- Strong analytical skills and business sense with the ability to resolve complex issues in creative and effective ways.
- Ability to develop and facilitate collaboration by cultivating relationships and effectively counseling and communicating with legal and cross-functional partners.
- Self-starter who is curious, loves technology, and thrives in a dynamic environment.
- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage a high-volume of projects