Legal Counsel

MGID is one of the world's leading native advertising platforms, working with thousands of publishers and brands globally.

Join a global AdTech company as a US-qualified Senior Lawyer and become a strategic legal partner to the business.

You’ll advise on AdTech, commercial contracts, privacy, data protection, product, regulatory compliance, and disputes , while leading key negotiations and managing US legal matters.

We’re looking for a senior lawyer with strong commercial judgment, ownership and the ability to turn complex legal issues into practical business solutions.

What will you do:

US commercial and contract support:

• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements relating to MGID’s US operations, including advertiser,agency, publisher, strategic partnership, vendor, SaaS, data, technology, and service agreements.
• Lead negotiations of material or high-risk US agreements and provide clear recommendations regarding acceptable legal and commercial positions.
• Develop and maintain US contract templates, fallback positions, negotiation playbooks, and approval rules.
• Ensure that contractual arrangements appropriately address liability, indemnities, privacy, data use,intellectual property, confidentiality, compliance, payment and termination risks.
• Support Commercial and Operations teams in resolving contractual issues with clients, publishers, vendors and other business partners.

Privacy, AdTech and product counselling:

• Advise on US privacy and data-protection requirements applicable to MGID’s products, advertising technologies and business operations.
• Assess data flows, tracking technologies, targeted advertising practices, audience-related products and vendor integrations.
• Review new products, features and commercial initiatives and provide privacy-by-design and compliance recommendations.
• Support the preparation and maintenance of privacy notices, contractual privacy provisions, internal policies, consent and opt-out mechanisms and data-governance documentation.
• Work closely with the DPO, Product, Information Security, Compliance and Technology teams on privacy and data-related matters.
• Monitor relevant changes in US federal and state laws, enforcement practices and AdTech industry standards.
• Advertising and regulatory compliance:
• Advise on advertising claims, marketing practices,consumer-protection requirements and other legal issues arising from digital advertising activities.
• Assess potential unfair or deceptive practice risks and advise on appropriate disclosures and mitigation measures.
• Support responses to regulatory inquiries, complaints, subpoenas, information requests and enforcement matters.
• Prepare concise legal updates and practical implementation guidance regarding material US regulatory developments.

Disputes and external counsel management:

• Manage pre-litigation disputes, demand letters, contractual claims and settlement discussions.
• Coordinate litigation and regulatory matters with external counsel.
• Define the scope of external legal engagements, monitor performance and legal spend, and ensure that external advice is translated into practical actions.
• Maintain appropriate records regarding disputes, deadlines, legal holds, risks and settlement authority.
• Promptly escalate material claims, investigations and potential liabilities to the Chief Legal Officer.
• Corporate, employment and operational support
• Support US corporate governance, subsidiary maintenance, intercompany documentation, delegated
• authority and signing arrangements.
• Coordinate with specialist external counsel on employment, corporate, tax, litigation and other matters requiring specific local expertise.
• Advise HR on routine US employment matters within the lawyer’s competence and help identify issues requiring specialist counsel.
• Support internal investigations and sensitive employee or compliance matters when required.

Legal risk management and business partnering:

• Act as the principal US legal contact for relevant business teams.
• Maintain a structured overview of material US legal risks, disputes, regulatory developments and remediation actions.
• Prepare legal memoranda, risk assessments, management summaries, and recommendations.
• Develop training and practical guidance for business teams on contracts, privacy, advertising compliance and other relevant US legal topics.
• Contribute to global Legal Department projects, policies, reporting, and process improvements.