Senior Commercial Counsel, METAPSA & EECA

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TikTok is hiring a senior commercial counsel to join the Global Monetization Legal Team in Dubai, supporting METAPSA and EECA sales, marketing and monetization operations. With 5+ years PQE, the role blends private practice and in-house experience and involves negotiating with media buyers, drafting a broad range of agreements including sales, trading, sponsorships, partnerships, service provider engagements, talent and creative asset deals, and advising on regulatory and ad standards across the region. You will drive knowledge management and process improvement, lead cross-regional initiatives, and coordinate with external counsel. To excel, tailor your application to show regional deal experience, cross-functional collaboration, templates and playbook development, and a track record of fast, business-focused support. Include specific wins and relevant regional exposure.

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About the Team
An exciting and challenging new opportunity has arisen for a talented, experienced and forward-thinking senior lawyer to join our growing legal team supporting the Monetization and Sales business teams at TikTok. We are looking for a highly skilled commercial lawyer with 5+ years PQE to join the Global Monetization Legal Team and, more specifically, play a vital part supporting our operations in METAPSA (Middle East, Turkiye, Africa, Pakistan and South Asia) and EECA (Eastern Europe and Central Asia).

This role will be based in Dubai. Our ideal candidate brings private practice and in-house experience of supporting sales, marketing and commercial functions. It is a broad role serving a variety of stakeholders and provides an excellent opportunity to get close to TikTok’s business operations in the METAPSA and EECA regions.

You will thrive in an environment that asks you to deliver at pace, juggle competing priorities, work to short turnaround times and bring your energy and enthusiasm to respond quickly to a business that is scaling fast. This is a fantastic opportunity to grow your career in a company that is enjoying hyper growth on a truly international scale.

Responsibilities
- You will serve as a legal advisor and business partner to TikTok’s sales, marketing and monetization functions primarily across the METAPSA and EECA regions.
- You will lead negotiations with key media buying clients and will draft and negotiate a wide range of agreements across the METAPSA and EECA regions including, but not limited to:
- Sales contracts with media buying agencies and brands that use the TikTok platform
- Trading and partnership agreements with media buying clients
- Sponsorship agreements
- Partnership and collaboration agreements
- Service provider agreements and statements of work, including creative agency, production and event management agreements
- Agreements governing creative assets provided by our in-house team, talent agreements and image releases
- Competition T&Cs
- NDAs
- You will advise on key legal and regulatory issues relating to TikTok’s monetization and sales operations across the METAPSA and EECA regions.
- You will have an understanding for advertisement standards and compliance requirements across the METAPSA and EECA regions and advise on new laws relating to advertising, marketing and user generated content across the region.
- You will respond to ad hoc requests for legal advice from a wide range of teams across METAPSA and EECA.
- You will coordinate the legal response to advertiser and agency questionnaires.
- You will have significant responsibility for knowledge management, template development (including playbooks), process improvement and training (both within legal and the wider sales and marketing functions).
- You will instigate and lead on global streamlining and process improvement projects. You will also participate in cross-regional working groups and forums relating to the same.
- You will engage external legal counsel for advice and project management.
- You will make recommendations for legal and commercial processes and initiatives which assist the business to scale.