Legal Counsel

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🐊 Florida – Remote

🐊 Florida – Remote

💵 $110 - $130 / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

⚖️ Legal Counsel / General Counsel

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MGID

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2008

📣 Marketing

💰 Venture Round on 2009-11

Marketing • Advertising • Digital Media

MGID is a global leader in native advertising, providing cutting-edge solutions for advertisers and publishers to drive revenue growth. As a pioneer in the field, MGID offers an all-in-one platform for monetization, audience acquisition, and engagement, reaching up to a billion people globally each month. The company is committed to redefining digital media and aiding brands in generating meaningful engagement with consumers through high-quality creatives and programmatic advertising strategies.

📋 Description

• Advise MGID, a global native advertising platform, as a strategic legal partner for US operations • Draft, review and negotiate commercial agreements for advertisers, agencies, publishers, strategic partners, vendors and SaaS/data/technology providers • Lead negotiations of material or high-risk US agreements and recommend acceptable legal and commercial positions • Develop and maintain US contract templates, fallback positions, negotiation playbooks and approval rules • Address contractual liability, indemnities, privacy, data use, intellectual property, confidentiality, compliance, payment and termination risks • Support Commercial and Operations teams in resolving contractual issues • Advise on US privacy and data-protection requirements affecting products, advertising technologies and business operations • Assess data flows, tracking technologies, targeted advertising practices, audience products and vendor integrations • Review products, features and commercial initiatives and provide privacy-by-design and compliance recommendations • Support privacy notices, contractual privacy provisions, internal policies, consent and opt-out mechanisms and data-governance documentation • Collaborate with the DPO, Product, Information Security, Compliance and Technology teams • Monitor US federal and state laws, enforcement practices and AdTech industry standards • Advise on advertising claims, marketing practices, consumer-protection requirements and digital advertising legal issues • Assess unfair or deceptive practice risks and recommend disclosures and mitigation measures • Support responses to regulatory inquiries, complaints, subpoenas, information requests and enforcement matters • Prepare legal updates and implementation guidance on US regulatory developments • Manage pre-litigation disputes, demand letters, contractual claims and settlement discussions • Coordinate litigation and regulatory matters with external counsel • Define external legal engagements, monitor performance and legal spend, and translate advice into practical actions • Maintain records of disputes, deadlines, legal holds, risks and settlement authority • Escalate material claims, investigations and potential liabilities to the Chief Legal Officer • Support US corporate governance, subsidiary maintenance, intercompany documentation, delegated authority and signing arrangements • Coordinate specialist external counsel on employment, corporate, tax, litigation and other matters • Advise HR on routine US employment matters and support internal investigations and sensitive employee or compliance matters • Act as principal US legal contact for relevant business teams • Maintain an overview of material US legal risks, disputes, regulatory developments and remediation actions • Prepare legal memoranda, risk assessments, management summaries and recommendations • Develop training and practical guidance for business teams • Contribute to global Legal Department projects, policies, reporting and process improvements

🎯 Requirements

• Law degree and active membership in good standing of the bar of at least one US state • Eligible to practise or register as in-house counsel in the state where the candidate will perform the duties • At least 8 years of relevant US legal experience • At least 3 years of in-house experience with technology, digital media, advertising, SaaS, data-driven or other international business, or equivalent experience advising such clients at a reputable law firm • Strong hands-on experience drafting and negotiating complex commercial and technology agreements, including MSAs, insertion orders, publisher and advertiser agreements, agency agreements, SaaS and vendor contracts, data processing agreements, data licensing terms, confidentiality agreements and strategic partnership agreements • Strong working knowledge of US privacy, data protection, digital advertising and consumer protection requirements, including US state privacy laws and FTC requirements • Experience advising on online advertising, tracking technologies, targeted advertising, data collection and sharing, marketing claims and digital platforms • Experience assessing product and commercial initiatives, identifying material legal risks and proposing practical risk-mitigation measures • Experience managing disputes, pre-litigation matters, regulatory inquiries, claims and external litigation counsel • Ability to independently manage material legal matters and negotiations with limited supervision and escalate high-risk issues • Ability to provide concise, practical and commercially balanced advice • Excellent legal drafting and negotiation skills • Strong stakeholder-management skills and experience working directly with senior management and cross-functional business teams • Commercial and solution-oriented mindset; strong ownership and sound professional judgment • Ability to prioritize matters according to legal and business risk • Clear and confident communication with senior stakeholders • Ability to explain complex US legal requirements to non-US and non-legal colleagues • Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced international environment • Proactive, structured and responsive working style • Ability to work independently while remaining aligned with the global Legal team • High level of integrity, professional ethics, confidentiality, ownership and accountability • Willingness to disclose ongoing external legal practice, advisory roles, board positions, clients or other professional commitments that may create conflicts of interest or affect availability • Experience working directly in the AdTech, MarTech, digital media, programmatic advertising or online publishing industry is a plus • Knowledge of NAI, DAA and IAB standards and industry practices is a plus • Experience interacting with the FTC, state attorneys general and other US regulators is a plus • Experience with CCPA/CPRA compliance is a plus • Experience advising on artificial intelligence, automated decision-making, algorithmic products or AI contracting is a plus • Experience with intellectual property, content licensing and platform-related matters is a plus • Experience advising on US employment matters and managing specialist employment counsel is a plus • Experience with corporate governance and subsidiary management is a plus • Experience with sanctions, export controls or international compliance matters is a plus • CIPP/US, CIPM or another relevant privacy qualification is a plus • Experience supporting globally distributed teams and coordinating with lawyers from multiple jurisdictions is a plus • Prior experience implementing contract templates, legal playbooks, approval matrices or contract lifecycle management tools is a plus