Associate General Counsel, Regulatory Remote - Americas

Within the Shopify Legal Team, the Regulatory Affairs Team works closely with internal and external stakeholders to ensure that Shopify's platform makes commerce better and safer for everyone. We do that in a number of different ways. First, the team is responsible for engaging, proactively and reactively, with regulatory and law enforcement entities worldwide. Second, we help to set internal and external facing policies so everyone knows the rules of the road and abides by them. And third, the team works internally to develop and deploy strategies to help Shopify's business achieve its ambitious goals within existing (and future) regulatory frameworks. These aren't copy and paste legal issues - often we find ourselves working with products that didn't exist 6 months ago, in jurisdictions we've never practiced in. Creative problem solving is a must.

We're looking for an Associate General Counsel, Regulatory. This lawyer will serve as lead counsel or part of small teams handling regulatory inquiries and investigations, will represent Shopify before regulators, and will provide legal counsel to Shopify on regulatory issues and related matters including government litigation.

You must have a passion for cutting-edge platform regulation issues affecting tech companies. We don't do silos: this job is for you if you're excited about the opportunity to be responsible for a broad spectrum (both by subject matter and geography) of regulatory issues affecting Shopify's interests. You must also be a team player with strong legal analytical and communication skills; have strong judgment and instincts; be effective at building relationships and driving toward consensus internally; and be skilled at representing your client before external entities. You must also be adept at using business acumen, creativity, and collegiality (both internally and in dealing with external parties) to explain and address legal risks, while providing strong strategic counsel.

Qualifications

• A J.D. or LL.B., with a license to practice in the United States and/or Canada.

• Significant experience practicing law in government, in house, and/or at a law firm.

• Experience counseling clients on legal risks, ideally regulatory risks.

• Experience with regulatory matters, including interactions with government regulatory agencies. Bonus points for experience with analyzing statutory and regulatory requirements directed at platforms such as the Digital Services Act, Digital Markets Act, FTC Act, US INFORM Consumers Act, and UDAP/consumer protection laws.

• Top-notch oral and written communication skills.

• Exceptional business judgment, relationship-building skills, and experience thinking outside the box to identify creative solutions.

• Keen interest in creative legal problem solving, including researching novel and ambiguous areas of law.