Legal Counsel - Data Infrastructure

About the Team

This role will be in our Data Infrastructure Legal team - a global team with colleagues currently based in LA, London, Sydney, Beijing and São Paulo. We also work closely with colleagues across the wider legal team, including privacy, security, corporate services and compliance.



The team provides vital support for ByteDance’s global digital infrastructure expansion outside of China (including for TikTok and our enterprise products businesses). We enable our colleagues by providing integrated and business-oriented legal guidance. With a business that is continuing to see rapid growth, one of the most critical challenges is ensuring that our global infrastructure projects, including data center development, receive exceptional legal support.



We are looking for an enthusiastic, proactive, resilient, and business-minded lawyer who can bridge global cultural and skillset differences through expertise, insight, collaboration and strong project management skills.



Responsibilities

- Drafting, reviewing and negotiating a range of commercial/procurement and technology contracts, including software licenses, SaaS agreements, development contracts, consultancy, outsourcing and other service provision agreements, and cloud-based service model agreements.

- Drafting and negotiating contractual documentation in connection with the establishment and delivery of purpose-built data centers.

- Advising on laws and regulations relating to digital infrastructure and partnering with legal colleagues across the globe to drive the development and roll-out of standard policies and template agreements to improve efficiency and risk management.

- Distilling complex information in order to deliver clear, precise and pragmatic advice to business and cross-functional stakeholders.

- Engaging with contractors, suppliers, and internal stakeholders (including our government relations team) to advocate and represent the company's interests in relation to digital infrastructure development.