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About the Role
Meta seeks a highly motivated and experienced litigator to serve as Associate General Counsel, Civil Litigation. In this role, you will lead and manage a broad docket of complex civil disputes, with particular emphasis on privacy law and GDPR subject-matter in the context of collective redress, including class and representative-style actions, as well as multi-party and cross-border litigation. You will develop and execute litigation strategy across German courts and international forums, advise internal stakeholders on risk and coordinate closely with cross-functional partners in Legal, Compliance, Policy, and the business. The role requires demonstrated experience with German civil procedure and evidence rules, experience navigating EU-level collective redress frameworks, and a practical, business-oriented approach to resolving complex disputes in a dynamic environment with shifting priorities and time-sensitive legal deadlines.
Responsibilities
- Owning end-to-end litigation strategy and execution for complex civil matters in Germany and across jurisdictions
- Expertise in privacy and GDPR-related litigation, leading on collective actions, including representative and model proceedings, and coordinating global strategy where cases span multiple jurisdictions
- Managing outside counsel to ensure efficient, high-quality work product, align litigation strategy with business objectives, and drive consistent positions in related matters
- Advising on pre-litigation dispute resolution processes, handling interim relief and injunction practice, and structuring effective settlement strategies
- Advising internal stakeholders on litigation risk and strategy and partnering with Product, Operations, Policy and Communications teams
- Overseeing matter budgets, reporting, and governance, ensuring timely updates and clear communication to leadership
- Monitoring legal developments in German and EU civil procedure and litigation regimes, and translating those developments into actionable guidance for the business
Requirements
- Meta requires all employed attorneys to have a law degree or equivalent certificate to permit the practice of law and be appropriately licensed and authorized to practice law for the company in their assigned work location.
- Unless prohibited under local law, an attorney must hold a current practicing certificate (including where required from the relevant authority in the jurisdiction of the assigned work location) or the local law equivalent bar registration or license as may be applicable.
- Qualified to practice law in Germany, with approximately 8 years of post-qualification experience focused on complex civil litigation in Germany.
- Substantial cross-jurisdictional experience managing parallel or related proceedings in other EU or international forums.
- Fluent in German and English.
- Track record of effective written and oral advocacy.
- Experience working with cross-functional teams in a technology-driven environment with shifting priorities and time-sensitive deadlines.
Skills
- Privacy law
- GDPR
- Collective redress
- Class actions
- Representative actions
- Multi-party litigation
- Cross-border litigation
- German civil procedure
- EU collective redress frameworks
- Dispute resolution
- AI tools
- AI skill development
- Prompt engineering
- Context engineering
- Agent orchestration
- Emerging AI technologies
- Responsible AI practices
- Risk assessment
- Bias mitigation
- Quality and accuracy reviews
- In-house legal experience
- Technology client advising
Location
- Germany
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 8 years of post-qualification experience
Education Level
- Law degree or equivalent certificate
- Practicing certificate or local law equivalent bar registration or license
About the Company
- Meta