Counsel II, Litigation

Snap Inc is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together.

The Company operates Snapchat, a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world, and Specs Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary dedicated to making computing more human, in addition to Bitmoji, Saturn, and other digital services.

Snap Inc. is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together. The Company’s three core products are Snapchat, a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world; Lens Studio, an augmented reality platform that powers AR across Snapchat and other services; and its AR glasses, SPECs.

We’re looking for an experienced, multidimensional litigator to join our talented and collaborative Litigation & Safety Team!  As a member of the Legal team, you’ll play a key role on Snap’s Litigation and Safety team. Snap’s Legal team helps Snap do the right thing the right way, make better decisions, understand and manage risks, and creatively navigate challenges, both external and internal. As a company, we continually strive to build an innovative and inclusive leadership culture centered on Snap's values of Kind, Smart, and Creative.

This is a hybrid in-office role under our “Default Together” policy with a preferred location of Santa Monica or San Francisco, California.

What you’ll do:

• Be an active and strategic member of a team managing a diverse range of matters within Snap’s complex litigation docket across multiple jurisdictions
• Partner with in-house and outside counsel to manage cutting-edge cases, overseeing substantive work and be a key participant in strategic decision-making
• Dive deep into substantive work on cutting-edge legal issues
• Manage and contribute to individual litigation matters across multiple jurisdictions, including working with outside counsel, managing discovery, editing legal briefs, preparing witnesses, and negotiating settlements
• Collaborate across litigation teams and cross-functionally across Snap

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Highly skilled in all aspects of litigation (e.g., brief-writing, legal strategy, discovery, deposition and trial preparation, expert witnesses); trial experience a plus
• Experience handling significant aspects of complex legal matters, including meaningfully contributing to strategic decisions
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Facility with eDiscovery, including managing voluminous document productions in a cost-effective manner
• Ability to collaborate well with colleagues
• Strong organizational and case management skills
• Sound judgment on legal and business issues
• Collaborative team player who can connect well with a broad range of people and knows how to provide solution-minded legal advice, cognizant of business objectives
• Self-starter who is able to recognize and set priorities independently
• Able to juggle multiple projects at a time in a fast-paced environment

Minimum qualifications:

• J.D. degree from an accredited law school and strong academic credentials
• Active membership in at least one state bar in good standing
• 6+ years of complex litigation experience in private practice

Preferred qualifications:

• Member of California Bar or Member of the California Bar’s Registered In-house Counsel Program (current or immediately eligible)
• Trial experience is a plus
• In-house experience is highly preferred. If you have all of that plus experience with the tech sector, we’ll be blown away.

"Default Together" Policy at Snap: At Snap Inc. we believe that being together in person helps us build our culture faster, reinforce our values, and serve our community, customers and partners better through dynamic collaboration. To reflect this, we practice a “default together” approach and expect our team members to work in an office 4+ days per week. 

At Snap, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to create innovative products that improve the way people live and communicate. Snap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. EOE, including disability/vets.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law (by example, the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, where applicable).

Our Benefits: Snap Inc. is its own community, so we’ve got your back! We do our best to make sure you and your loved ones have everything you need to be happy and healthy, on your own terms. Our benefits are built around your needs and include paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success!

Compensation

In the United States, work locations are assigned a pay zone which determines the salary range for the position. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. The starting pay may be negotiable within the salary range for the position. These pay zones may be modified in the future.

Zone A (CA, WA, NYC):

The base salary range for this position is $209,000-$313,000 annually.

Zone B:

The base salary range for this position is $199,000-$297,000 annually.

Zone C:

The base salary range for this position is $178,000-$266,000 annually.This position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs.

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