Litigation & Regulatory Counsel, Brazil

Discord is used by over 200 million people every month for many different reasons, but there's one thing that nearly everyone does on our platform: play video games. Over 90% of our users play games, spending a combined 1.5 billion hours playing thousands of unique titles on Discord each month. Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming. We are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to talk and hang out before, during, and after playing games.

We're looking for an experienced Counsel located in Brazil to join our Litigation and Regulatory Legal team.  You'll use your experience handling a variety of litigation matters, process building, and taking a hands-on approach to advance Discord's interests in Brazil. From engagement with legal and regulatory bodies working cross functionally with our public policy lead for Brazil, to pre-litigation disputes to complex and business-critical litigation matters and engagement with law enforcement, you'll develop processes for handling issues in Brazil and represent the company in legal and law enforcement matters. You'll play a critical role on Discord's Legal team and collaborate with colleagues throughout the company as you successfully advocate for Discord.  

This is an international position in Brazil employed by an international PEO.

What you'll be doing

• Defend Discord in litigation and regulatory/investigatory matters in Brazil
• Draft responses to official queries from law enforcement, regulators, and other governmental entities
• Assess judicial landscape and monitor court decisions to determine impacts on Discord's legal positions and advise Discord accordingly
• Collaborate with regional public policy member on regulatory and legal engagement strategy
• Advise on what Discord's approach should be with respect to consumer complaint agencies and other similar governmental agencies (e.g. PROCON)
• Outside counsel management:  negotiate best in class engagements and fee agreements with Brazilian outside counsel
• Engage with and educate Brazilian law enforcement and other governmental entities as needed on topics including Discord's policies and practices regarding user data requests, child safety, and content moderation
• Serve as a point of contact for law enforcement and regulatory questions and escalations
• Build regional escalation and matter tracking processes
• Counsel Legal and cross-functional colleagues on Brazilian law applicable to platform liability, user data disclosure, content moderation, minor safety, data privacy and related topics.

What you should have

• Bachelor of Laws degree or Juris Doctor degree from a respected law school and license to practice law in Brazil
• 7+ years PQE combined experience at a well-respected law firm and in-house legal department for a consumer-facing technology platform
• Experience with regulatory investigations 
• Demonstrated subject matter expertise in Internet law, including for example: platform liability, minor safety, privacy, consumer protection, and other relevant areas of law for a consumer-facing technology platform 
• Strategic mindset that balances proactive action and pragmatic risk management within resource constraints
• Excellent writer and communicator who can tailor the message to the audience
• Willingness to take on any project, from large to small
• Experience with scaling processes and procedures for a fast-growing company
• Demonstrated experience managing projects, prioritizing, and consistently achieving results
• Curiosity and ability to jump into less familiar areas and learn while doing
• High emotional intelligence with an attitude of open-mindedness, collaboration, flexibility, growth-mindset, kindness, and being open and humble
• Relevant experience in Latin American countries outside of Brazil

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Why Discord? 

Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming. We're a multiplatform, multigenerational and multiplayer platform that helps people deepen their friendships around games and shared interests. We believe games give us a way to have fun with our favorite people, whether listening to music together or grinding in competitive matches for diamond rank. Join us in our mission Your future is just a click away

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