Senior Litigation Counsel
Senior Litigation Counsel managing commercial, IP, employment and other disputes and litigation for Snowflake. Requires JD, 4+ years litigation experience, internal investigation skills, and ability to advise stakeholders on risks in a fast-paced environment.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Manage commercial-, IP-, trademark-, bankruptcy-, and employment-related disputes and litigation matters, working collaboratively with the Legal team, outside counsel, and other stakeholders.
- Manage responses to subpoenas, garnishment orders, domestic relations orders, statutory requests for information, and requests from government and law enforcement agencies.
- Lead and manage internal investigations on matters involving legal risks to Snowflake.
- Assist and lead efforts in creating, improving, and developing scalable processes and procedures related to the handling of litigation matters for a growing company.
- Advise business stakeholders on litigation risks and issues involved in business disputes.
- Pragmatically weigh legal risks and benefits of complex situations and propose practical solutions with tact and maturity.
- Review and advise on litigation-related contractual provisions in commercial agreements, including dispute resolution, governing law, venue, arbitration, limitation of liability, and indemnification clauses.
Requirements
- JD from an accredited law school.
- Membership in at least one state bar and ability to practice in the jurisdiction in which this position is located.
- Minimum of 4 years of legal experience, with substantive litigation experience.
- Experience managing complex litigation and/or class action claims.
- Experience conducting internal investigations.
- Law firm experience and in-house experience preferred.
- Ability to explain complicated concepts in simple terms.
- Strong organizational skills, flexibility, and comfortable working in an extremely fast-paced environment.
- Attitude that no project is too big or too small.
- Sense of humor and passion for the job.
Skills
Litigation Management, Internal Investigations, Class Action Claims, Commercial Disputes, Ip Disputes, Employment Disputes, Contract Review, Subpoena Responses, Legal Risk Assessment
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