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Legal Counsel - Commerce & Subscriptions

LondonHybridFull-time

AI Summary

Legal Counsel advising on e-commerce, subscriptions, and payments for Spotify’s Commerce & Subscriptions products; drafts and negotiates commercial agreements and ensures regulatory compliance.

About this role

You’ll join Spotify’s Commerce & Subscriptions Legal team, part of the broader Products and Services Legal team, supporting a fast-moving part of the business focused on how users purchase, manage, and experience paid offerings. This team partners closely with product, engineering, design, and business stakeholders to enable innovative e-commerce experiences while managing legal risk in a thoughtful, pragmatic way.

What You'll Do

  • Provide practical, commercially-focused legal advice to product managers, engineers, designers, and business partners building and scaling e-commerce products and services.
  • Support the development of new monetisation models including subscription add-ons, one-time purchases, and affiliate sales channels
  • Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements with external partners
  • Advise on consumer-facing product features, including UX flows, pricing structures, and terms of service to ensure compliance with applicable laws
  • Partner with cross-functional teams exploring new ways to grow Spotify’s commerce and subscriptions offerings
  • Collaborate closely with other Legal teams to deliver consistent, joined-up legal guidance across products and services
  • Build a strong understanding of Spotify’s subscriptions business, payments systems, and customer support operations
    Contribute to scalable legal resources such as playbooks, templates, and training materials to support a growing business

    • Who You Are

  • You are qualified to practice law in the UK or an EU member state with 4+ years of relevant experience working in a law firm and/or in-house legal department
  • You have experience advising on e-commerce, digital consumer transactions and/or subscription-based products
  • You're well-versed in online commerce law, including consumer protection and payments regulation and understand digital content regulations and data privacy frameworks
  • You communicate complex legal concepts clearly and effectively to non-legal audiences
  • You are comfortable working across a variety of legal topics and enjoy learning new areas of the business. You are comfortable with ambiguity and change
  • You build strong relationships and collaborate effectively across teams
  • You bring sound judgment and a pragmatic approach to balancing legal risk with business opportunity

    • Where You'll Be

  • This role is based in London
  • We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best! There will be some in person meetings, but still allows for flexibility to work from home. We ask that you come in 2-3 times per week.

    • Skills

    Consumer Payments PlatformsConsumer ProtectionContract DraftingContract NegotiationCross-Functional CollaborationData Privacy FrameworksDigital Consumer TransactionsE-commerce LawFinancial RegulationLegal Risk AssessmentLicensing And PartnershipsMonetisation ModelsPayments RegulationPlaybooks And TemplatesPrivacy By DesignRegulatory ComplianceSubscription-based ProductsTerms Of ServiceUK And EU LawUX And Product Feature Compliance

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