Litigation Counsel

• London UK
• Washington DC US

As the worlds first connectivity cloud Cloudflare helps connect and protect millions of customers globally. Everyone from individuals to the worlds largest enterprises use our unified platform of networking security and developer services to succeed everywhere in the world. This can sometimes make Cloudflare a target for litigation and regulation. Were looking for a Litigation Counsel to join our team responsible for managing litigation matters around the world.

The ideal candidate is comfortable confronting novel legal issues in a fast paced environment while never losing sight of Cloudflares core principles. As Litigation Counsel youll work with our internal legal team external counsel and stakeholders across the company to handle ongoing lawsuits respond to litigation threats and assist in broader legal strategy. Youll help Cloudflare navigate a diverse set of legal issues around the globe including intellectual property contracts and other business disputes regulatory issues and labor and employment matters. Cloudflare faces complex legal issues as a result of its role as an Internet infrastructure provider including litigation and regulation relating to customer content on our network (i.e. intermediary liability). These cases require a strong interest in navigating challenging technical and legal issues in order to advance Cloudflares mission to help build a better Internet. The ideal candidate has the passion to keep pace with a fast moving docket the curiosity to dive deep into evolving technology and Internet law and the initiative to help scale our litigation function alongside a fast growing company.

• Work with our existing litigation team to help formulate and implement litigation strategies;
• Evaluate and respond to litigation threats and legal matters in various jurisdictions around the world;
• Help select onboard and manage outside counsel on all aspects of litigation (including factual development briefing hearings trials appeals etc.)
• Work cross-functionally to further develop Cloudflares approach to intermediary liability AI and other emerging legal and technology issues globally;
• Assist in responding to and working with government regulators and private organizations on issues relating to Cloudflares products and services;
• Communicate with business leaders across the company about ongoing litigation and litigation threats and provide training and resources to address future legal risks.

• Been admitted to practice law in the US or the UK;
• 4 years PQE either in a law firm or in-house (preferably with technology companies);
• Experience litigating cases in one or more jurisdictions;
• Strong communication skills and cooperative team player;
• Ability to lead with empathy and understanding while embracing diverse points of view;
• Flexibility to adapt and thrive in a fast paced environment;
• Ability to work cross-functionally with lawyers and non-lawyers to establish principled thoughtful and effective solutions efficiently and in an amenable manner;
• Ability to organize prioritize and manage many tasks on complex projects;
• An ambitious mindset that enables you to successfully work independently and autonomously with limited guidance but also to use good judgment and call out issues when needed.

Compensation

Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location.

• For Washington D.C. based hires: Estimated annual salary of $150000 - $207000.

Equity

This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflares equity plan.

Benefits

Cloudflare offers a complete package of benefits and programs to support you and your family. Our benefits programs can help you pay health care expenses support caregiving build capital for the future and make life a little easier and fun! The below is a description of our benefits for employees in the United States and benefits may vary for employees based outside the U.S.

Health & Welfare Benefits

• Medical/Rx Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Commuter Spending Accounts
• Fertility & Family Forming Benefits
• On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program
• Global Travel Medical Insurance

Financial Benefits

• Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
• Life & Accident Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• Employee Stock Participation Plan

Time Off

• Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave
• Leave programs including parental pregnancy health medical and bereavement leave

What Makes Cloudflare Special

Were not just a highly ambitious large-scale technology company. Were a highly ambitious large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.

Project Galileo: Since 2014 weve equipped more than 2400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work technology already used by Cloudflares enterprise customers--at no cost.

Athenian Project: In 2017 we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project weve provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states.

1.1.1.1: We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster more secure and privacy-centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer-focused service Cloudflare has ever released. Heres the deal - we dont store client IP addresses never ever. We will continue to abide by our privacy commitment and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers.

Sound like something youd like to be a part of Wed love to hear from you!

Please note that applicants who progress to the offer stage of the interview process may be asked to attend an in-person interview within one of the Cloudflare Offices or Cloudflare Hubs. More details about this will be available at that stage of the interview process.

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