Corporate Legal Counsel

Tenor Legal; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a commercial generalist attorney to join their dynamic legal team. This full-time opportunity offers the chance to provide front-line legal support to sales teams in a fast-paced environment, focusing on real-time counseling and triaging legal inquiries. The ideal candidate will thrive in high-stakes situations, leveraging strong issue-spotting skills and sound judgment to navigate complex regulatory landscapes. Join a firm known for its innovation and excellence in legal services, and make a significant impact in the tech and advertising sectors.

Benefits

Healthcare

401(k) with match

PTO

Paid holidays

Bar dues while on assignment

Paid maternity leave

Paid paternity leave

Vision insurance

Medical insurance

Qualifications

• 5+ years of legal experience with a focus on advertising law.
• Strong working knowledge of U.S. privacy laws and data use issues.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the legal point of contact for advertising sales teams.
• Triage and respond to inquiries on legal, privacy, and regulatory issues.
• Counsel internal teams on community standards and advertising guidelines.

Skills

U.S. privacy laws

Advertising regulations

Commercial advisory work

Regulatory counseling

Interpersonal skills

Issue-spotting

Education

JD and active bar license

Job description

This range is provided by Tenor Legal. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$180,000.00/yr - $220,000.00/yr

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Co-Founder & Co-CEO at Tenor Legal | Advancing Innovation in Legal Services

About Tenor Legal: Tenor is the premier legal services firm known for innovation and excellence across one of the broadest and most dynamic networks of talent in the legal industry. We work with Fortune 500 companies and top-tier law firms, offering exceptional legal professionals on both flexible secondment and permanent placements.

The Opportunity:

We’re seeking a commercial generalist attorney to serve as Digital Advertising Counsel on the global advertising legal team at one of the world’s most influential technology companies. This is a full-time secondment opportunity (1–2 years, with an expected minimum commitment of one year) providing front-line legal support to high-performing sales teams and business partners across North America.

This is not your typical commercial or product counsel role. While many legal positions supporting ad sales focus on contract negotiation—or stay purely internal as product advisors—this role bridges both worlds without sitting in either seat. There is no contract drafting involved. Instead, the focus is on real-time counseling, triaging legal and regulatory questions, and supporting advertiser engagement directly.

You’ll be at the forefront of advertiser and sales team interaction—responding directly to business partners while also collaborating closely with product, regulatory, integrity, litigation, and comms teams behind the scenes.

The role centers on triaging and responding to high-volume, time-sensitive inquiries on legal, privacy, and regulatory issues tied to advertising products and practices. The ideal candidate will bring sharp issue-spotting skills, sound judgment, and the interpersonal presence to manage direct, sometimes challenging conversations with both internal and external stakeholders—all while operating at the fast-paced intersection of advertising, privacy, and compliance.

This is an opportunity for a commercial attorney who thrives in dynamic, high-stakes environments—someone who enjoys both the strategic side of advising on complex regulatory landscapes and the real-world challenge of resolving advertiser questions. It offers the fast pace of tech and ad sales, combined with the intellectual rigor of regulatory counseling—all without being siloed into contracts, litigation, or purely internal work.

About the Client:

Our client is a global leader in the technology and digital media space, operating some of the most widely used platforms on the planet. Their legal team is known for balancing business enablement with thoughtful risk management in an environment that moves with agility and scale.

In this role, you’ll support the company’s North American advertising sales teams, providing legal guidance on issues at the intersection of advertising, privacy, regulatory compliance, and business policy. You’ll collaborate closely with product legal, integrity legal, litigation, and comms teams to help drive informed decisions across the business.

Commitment: Full-time secondment (1–2 years, minimum of one year)

Location: Remote (open to candidates across the U.S.; West Coast or D.C. area a plus but not required)

Compensation: $180,000–$220,000 (annualized)

Benefits: Healthcare, 401(k) with match, PTO, paid holidays, and bar dues while on assignment

Start Date: ASAP

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the front-line legal point of contact for advertising sales teams, primarily in North America (focused on midmarket and enterprise/global advertisers)
• Triage and respond to advertiser and sales inquiries on legal, privacy, regulatory, and business policy questions
• Identify issues that require escalation to subject matter experts (product legal, integrity legal, litigation, etc.) and handle those within scope directly
• Counsel internal sales teams on community standards, advertising guidelines, and business tools
• Provide guidance on U.S. privacy laws and regulatory developments impacting advertising (e.g., CPRA, FTC regulations, TCPA, data use and sharing)
• Engage confidently in direct, sometimes contentious conversations with sales teams and advertisers, offering practical, business-minded legal advice
• Leverage internal systems and tools to track and triage matters efficiently (e.g., legal ops platforms, sales/legal hubs)
• Collaborate across legal and business teams, including product legal, litigation, and communications
• Support regulatory inquiries and investigations (primarily U.S.-based), understanding advertiser concerns tied to enforcement actions and data privacy matters
• Build relationships across the global legal team and flex across issue areas as needed

Qualifications:

• JD and active bar license in good standing
• 5+ years of legal experience (7+ years preferred), with a focus on or commercial advisory work, regulatory counseling, privacy, or advertising law.
• Prior in-house experience strongly preferred; law firm candidates must demonstrate the ability to balance risk management with practical business judgment
• Strong working knowledge of U.S. privacy laws, data use issues, and advertising regulations
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to navigate high-stakes conversations and provide clear, thoughtful counsel
• Comfort working independently and in ambiguity within a fast-paced, high-volume environment
• Experience advising sales teams and an appreciation of advertiser business tools and the advertising ecosystem
• Strong issue-spotting instincts with a clear understanding of when to escalate to specialists
• Familiarity with digital advertising platforms and products (personal use or professional experience) is a plus

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with regulatory investigations and enforcement actions (e.g., FTC, CFPB)
• Experience counseling on personalized advertising, data sharing, privacy, and community standards
• Strong communicator who can deliver first drafts and practical recommendations (not just redlines)
• Collaborative, fast learner, and eager to grow—someone who can “flex” and build into areas they may not yet fully master

Join Us: At Tenor Legal, we're redefining the legal services industry. If you meet the qualifications and are excited about the opportunity to support our clients, we encourage you to apply. Please submit your resume your relevant experience.

Tenor Legal is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Legal

• Industries

  Legal Services, Technology, Information and Media, and Advertising Services

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