Counsel, Regulatory, Competition & Litigation

Responsibilities

• Primary, hands-on responsibility for a wide variety of litigation matters, pre-litigation dispute resolution, internal counseling, and other legal disputes, with an emphasis on consumer litigation, regulatory disputes, government investigations, and competition.
• Proactively handle all aspects of litigation, including discovery, motion practice, witness preparation, settlement negotiations, and trial and appellate strategies.
• Work closely with internal business partners to provide strategic and proactive legal advice on litigation and regulatory matters, including understanding, interpreting, and applying current law and regulations to Lyft’s current and prospective products and services.
• Provide strategic recommendations to a broad range of cross-functional teams addressing regulatory and other matters.
• Provide legal guidance to departments such as Compliance, Public Policy, Communications, Customer Care, Product, Marketplace, and Lyft Urban Solutions to help craft solutions to novel legal challenges.
• Manage outside counsel, including tactical guidance, staffing, case management, budgeting, and alignment with Lyft’s broader legal strategy.

Requirements

• J.D. degree from a top-tier law school and active membership in at least one state bar.
• 5+ years civil litigation experience at a mid to large size law firm and/or a regulatory agency.
• Excellent problem-solving capabilities, strategic thinking, judgment, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Detail oriented and able to see the big picture.
• Ability to operate autonomously while being a team player who brings a positive attitude.
• Executive presence and ability to communicate legal risks and recommendations to senior leaders.
• Demonstrated ability to make decisions and influence through excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to think quickly on your feet and simultaneously manage workloads, multiple client demands and shifting priorities.
• Resourceful self-starter with a passion for results.
• High standards and ethics.
• Understanding of the multi-modal transportation and ridesharing industries, as well as the sharing economy in general.
• Passion for Lyft and the ridesharing community.

Nice-to-Haves

• Prior in-house experience.
• Prior experience with regulatory disputes and government investigations, competition matters, and complex or consumer class actions.