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Director, Associate General Counsel

Rakuten Americas

E-commerce company Rakuten allows its customers to not only shop, but also make money in the process.

Job Description:

We are looking for an Associate General Counsel to join our team in our San Mateo office. You must have the ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines and exercise sound business judgment with critical thinking skills and high ethical standards. You should be a practical, clear, creative, business-focused and solution-oriented attorney, and a team player with a positive, can-do attitude.

Essential duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

  • Manage litigation and regulatory disputes with an emphasis on the formulation and implementation of corporate legal policy
  • Manage product counsel team, contract administration, litigation support team (including outside counsel) and investigations
  • Lead, motivate, and manage in-house and outside counsel to efficiently execute Rakuten Rewards’ compliance strategy
  • Develop and maintain an understanding of Rakuten Rewards’ business, product roadmaps, go-to-market strategy and competition
  • Implement practical strategies to support IP protection
  • Implement and communicate best practices and process automation
  • Advise on a range of regulations, compliance issues and industry standards with a focus on privacy, information security, consumer protection and intellectual property
  • Respond to inquiries from government investigations, answer questions through internal investigations, and assess regulatory and litigation risk
  • Oversee prosecution and management of the company’s worldwide intellectual property portfolio, specifically patents, trademark, copyrights, and privacy and publicity rights
  • Partner with other business functions including sales, marketing, engineering, finance and human resources to maintain legal compliance
  • Identify, research and analyze relevant federal, state and local laws

Required Qualifications

  • A minimum of 8+ years of relevant legal experience (with at least 3-5 years of litigation experience from a leading law firm and 2+ years of in-house experience at mid-to-large size global technology or software company)
  • J.D. degree and membership in California bar
  • 2+ years of experience successfully managing a team of four or more in an in-house environment
  • Strong management skills and a demonstrated sense of commitment to supporting a team
  • 2+ years of prior product counseling experience with focus on technology, information security and privacy
  • Significant experience with intellectual property litigation strategy, bankruptcy matters and intellectual property enforcement (i.e., (i.e., domain disputes, offensive C&D letters, and defensive C&D responses for trademark and copyright matters)
  • Prior experience handling issues relating to data privacy and protection, intellectual property, SaaS, open source software, consumer protection and technology and software licensing

Preferred Qualifications

  • Strong background in e-commerce and/or payments
  • Experience advising or working for a B2C or B2B2C global technology or software company
  • Experience with international litigation, from pre-litigation considerations (e.g., obtaining foreign counsel, jurisdiction, choice of forum) to enforcement of judgments and arbitral awards

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Rakuten Americas

E-commerce company Rakuten allows its customers to not only shop, but also make money in the process.

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