# Senior Counsel, Litigation & Disputes

**Company:** [Apollo](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/apollo)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Legal
**Salary:** $205k – $295k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Litigation, Outside Counsel Management, Commercial Disputes, Employment Law, Data Privacy, CCPA, GDPR, Discovery Management, E-Discovery, Legal Hold Procedures
**Posted:** 2026-06-23

> Senior litigator to own Apollo's litigation and disputes function, managing active matters, outside counsel, and building litigation infrastructure while advising cross-functional teams on risk.

## Job Description

## Key Responsibilities
- Owning Apollo's litigation portfolio end-to-end — managing active disputes, pre-litigation demand letters, regulatory inquiries, and arbitrations across commercial, employment, and data-related matters
- Serving as primary in-house point of contact with outside litigation counsel: scoping engagements, controlling spend, driving strategy, and keeping leadership informed with clear and timely updates
- Building and maintaining litigation infrastructure: legal hold procedures, matter tracking, outside counsel guidelines, and internal escalation protocols
- Partnering with Privacy, Compliance, and Security teams on data retention guidelines
- Advising cross-functional stakeholders — Sales, Product, Engineering, People — on litigation risk, preservation obligations, and dispute-avoidance strategy in plain, actionable terms
- Identifying patterns across the litigation portfolio that signal systemic product, operational, or contractual risk and surfacing those insights proactively to leadership
- Supporting the broader legal team on commercial disputes arising from customer and vendor agreements, including working closely with Commercial Counsel on escalated matters
- Managing discovery workstreams, including coordinating with internal teams on document collection and review and managing e-discovery vendors where applicable

## Qualifications
- Significant litigation experience, with a track record of managing complex commercial, data, or employment disputes as lead or co-lead counsel; in-house litigation experience strongly preferred
- Demonstrated ability to manage outside counsel effectively — scoping engagements, pushing back on strategy and spend, and maintaining appropriate in-house ownership of key decisions
- Comfort with matters at the intersection of litigation and data privacy, including consumer class actions, regulatory inquiries, and disputes involving data practices; familiarity with CCPA, GDPR, or similar frameworks is a plus
- Strong business judgment and ability to translate litigation risk into practical, risk-adjusted recommendations for non-lawyer stakeholders
- Excellent written and oral communication skills — able to distill complex matters into clear executive updates and cross-functional guidance
- Project management discipline: able to track a live docket and keep multiple matters moving simultaneously
- Prior experience building or improving litigation infrastructure (hold procedures, matter tracking, outside counsel guidelines) preferred
- Comfort with fast-paced, resource-constrained environments where scope is broad and priorities shift
- Curiosity and range — genuine interest in understanding Apollo's product, data practices, and business model as context for legal risk
- Comfortable using AI tools to enhance research, drafting, and workflow efficiency
- J.D. and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar

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