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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 Product & 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.
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 products and services, manage and coordinate the internal work streams within Apple Legal and interact with regulators and other external stakeholders. Your focus will be on platform regulations including in the EMEIA region (such as the Digital Markets Act) and their application to data processing. 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.
5-8+ years of experience on regulatory matters, such as competition law, digital markets/platform regulations, and privacy and data-related laws at major law firms, in-house or regulatory authorities.
Experience interpreting privacy / data laws, competition laws, and European regulations is a plus.
JD or equivalent and admission to at least one US state bar.
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
We’re a diverse collection of thinkers and doers, continually reimagining what’s possible to help us all do what we love in new ways. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, as well as with services, including iTunes, the App Store, Apple Music, and Apple Pay. And the same passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices — strengthening our commitment to leave the world better than we found it.
There’s a place here for every kind of brilliant. Everyone here is an innovator, or an innovator-to-be, no matter what your team or your role. So bring your passion, courage, and original thinking and get ready to share it, because every new product, service, or feature we invent is the result of people working together to make each others’ ideas stronger. Innovation at this level depends on people who represent the variety of the human experience and inspire us with their own fresh perspectives. Together, we’ll do amazing work that can make a difference in people’s lives. Including your own. Learn more about working at Apple.