Senior Legal Counsel

Yahoo

Taiwan
Remote
Experience
Education
Benefits
Special Commitments

Yahoo serves as a trusted guide for hundreds of millions of people globally, helping them achieve their goals online through our portfolio of iconic products. For advertisers, Yahoo Advertising offers omnichannel solutions and powerful data to engage with our brands and deliver results.

Job Responsibilities

  • Advise internal business and product teams on regulatory issues, commercial transaction structure, and company guidelines and policies.
  • Draft, review, advise, and negotiate a wide range of contracts about purchase and sell, supply, payment, employment, and services agreements, as well as other legal documents arising from the day-to-day operation of the business.
  • Identify, research, develop, and analyze company policies, regulatory change, compliance requirements, and general legal and risk management issues.
  • Manage government inquiries, dispute settlements, and litigations.
  • Manage external counsel engagements and liaise with them on a project or regulatory basis.

Qualifications and Experience

  • A law degree from Taiwan law school, LLM/JD preferred but not required
  • Be qualified to practice law in Taiwan and/or the United States.
  • 7+ years' legal experience, including 1-3 years experience in a law firm (preferably an international law firm)
  • Have a Passion for technology, and the digital and e-commerce industry and enjoy a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
  • Strong people skills and teamwork spirit.
  • Well-organized and able to manage and execute numerous projects simultaneously promptly.
  • Fluent Mandarin and English reading and writing skills in legal documents are essential.

The Good Stuff

  • Work at Yahoo - At Yahoo, We want every employee to have as much flexibility as their role allows. Working from home or working from the office? Your choice!
  • Summer Friday - We know the importance of work/life balance and realize that some working habits may not have kept up with the times.
  • Learning & Development - We have amazing programs you can enter to further grow your career, learn & develop new skills. We also provide you with a tuition reimbursement program for study.
  • Health and Wellbeing - We offer employee assistance program (EAP), health club reimbursement, employee vacation program, office massage for you to relieve from stress and release of pressure.
  • Work from Abroad Policy - the world as we know it has changed so if you need to travel back to your home country and work remotely, we have you covered.
  • Phone & Tech - We will provide all the Apple goods to do your job well.

#LI-Hybrid

Yahoo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category. Yahoo is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. If you need accessibility assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form (www.yahooinc.com/careers/contact-us.html) or call 408-336-1409. Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

Yahoo has a high degree of flexibility around employee location and hybrid working. In fact, our flexible-hybrid approach to work is one of the things our employees rave about. Most roles don’t require specific regular patterns of in-person office attendance. If you join Yahoo, you may be asked to attend (or travel to attend) on-site work sessions, team-building, or other in-person events. When these occur, you’ll be given notice to make arrangements. 

If you’re curious about how this factors into this role, please discuss with the recruiter.

Currently work for Yahoo? Please apply on our internal career site.

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