Export Legal Counsel

Google; Dublin; On-site; EUR 158,000 - 161,000; Full time

Job summary

Google seeks a Corporate Counsel for EMEA Export who will handle complex export control and sanctions issues across Google’s products and services. You will partner with Product Counsel, Regulatory Affairs, Policy, and Trust and Safety to ensure compliance and risk management in a fast-evolving tech landscape.

The role focuses on identifying creative legal solutions, supporting cross-functional teams, and advancing Google's export compliance program while maintaining ethical standards and global

Qualifications

• JD/LL.B. or equivalent.
• Must be admitted to the bar or authorized to practice law in the posting jurisdiction.
• At least 3 years of attorney-level experience in government, in-house, or at a law firm.

Responsibilities

• Analyze EMEA export and sanctions laws and regulate product compliance across Google.
• Provide legal guidance to logistics and operations to facilitate export of physical goods within EMEA.
• Support ad hoc export control inquiries and participate in audits of export compliance.
• Keep up to date with export control developments and implement guidance across the company.

Skills

Legal experience

Education

Juris Doctor (JD) / LL.B.

Bar admission in Ireland

Job description

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: London, UK; Dublin, Ireland.

Minimum qualifications:

• JD, LL.B., equivalent degree, or equivalent practical experience.
• Admitted to the bar and in good standing or otherwise authorized to practice law (e.g., have registered in-house status) in the state in which the position is located.
• 3 years of attorney-level experience in government, in-house, or at a law firm.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience working in house and managing outside counsel.
• Knowledge of privacy, consumer protection, antitrust, contract, content moderation/safety, or IP law issues in a technology context.
• Knowledge of and practical working experience in EMEA export controls and sanctions.

About The Job

As Corporate Counsel at Google, you work on the most exciting legal issues as disruptive technological innovations require creative and proactive legal guidance. You're part of a whip-smart group of in-house lawyers and the projects and cases you take on challenge you to think big and differently. You are collaborative -- ready to partner in initiatives that influence all aspects of the business and work with Googlers from all over the company. As an integrated part of the team, you proactively assess legal risks and advise on products that will not only move information into the 21st century, but move information law forward as well.

As EMEA Export Counsel, you will be part of a team that strives to identify and mitigate relevant legal risks in a non-traditional and ever-changing business.

As a member of Google’s Export Legal team, you will act as an advisor to cross-functional partners, such as Product Counsel, Regulatory Affairs, Policy, and Trust and Safety teams regarding applicable EMEA export control and sanctions laws and regulations. Your work will assist in navigating the uncertain aspects of our business future, identifying creative ways to solve legal problems, and staying true to Google's high ethical standards.

20th century laws don't always solve 21st century problems, and Google Legal crafts innovative approaches for working with some of the toughest legal challenges of the information age. Whether you're a patent attorney, an intellectual property expert or an engineer headed to law school, Google Legal lets you address unanswered legal quandaries and create new precedents. Our innovative services raise challenging questions that demand creative and practical answers. We provide those answers by working at the crossroads of the law and new technology, helping Google build innovative and important products for users around the world.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Ireland: €158000 - €161000 (EUR) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

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• Analyze EMEA export and sanctions laws and regulations and assess impact on products and services across the Company.
• Work closely with the Company's logistics and operations teams by providing legal advice and support to facilitate the export of physical goods from jurisdictions across EMEA.
• Provide ongoing export and sanctions support to projects and teams across the Company, including responding to ad hoc export control and sanctions queries, as well as providing EMEA export compliance support for Trade Compliance audits.
• Stay up to date on export control and sanctions developments across EMEA, assessing the implications of these developments on the Company, and working cross-functionally to implement appropriate guidance and changes to the export compliance programme.
• Prepare license applications and other governmental filings, as needed; complete exporter registrations, draft and review export related policies and procedures.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .