Counsel, Notion

Investigations and Litigation

$255-300k

Plus equity

Senior and Expert level
New York
San Francisco Bay Area

3+ days a week in office

Notion

Online workspace for notes, projects, and collaboration

Open for applications

Notion

Online workspace for notes, projects, and collaboration

1001+ employees

B2BInternal toolsProductivitySaaSProduct Management

Open for applications

$255-300k

Plus equity

Senior and Expert level
New York
San Francisco Bay Area

3+ days a week in office

1001+ employees

B2BInternal toolsProductivitySaaSProduct Management

Company mission

To shape both the future of work, and the future of productivity tools.

Role

Who you are

  • Admitted to the New York or California Bar and in good standing
  • 8+ years of combined experience practicing as an attorney within a law firm, software technology company, or the US government, with 2+ years in-house and/or US government experience
  • Ability to advise and manage legal requests for user data, and advising on data protection, privacy, and the Stored Communications Act
  • Ability to advise and support incident management and investigations
  • Ability to guide best practices for litigation preparedness, including information management, documentation, privilege and discovery
  • Excellent drafting, written and verbal communication skills and ability provide practical guidance in ambiguous scenarios
  • Resilience, resourcefulness, and the ability to develop trusted relationships and work highly cross-functionally to build complex processes, respond to urgent matters, and take effective action

Desirable

  • Prior legal experience in the federal or state government, such as an AUSA, DOJ attorney, FBI attorney
  • Experience engaging directly with key government agencies, regulators, and law enforcement agencies
  • Understanding of legal issues relating to user policy and legal violations in cloud-based platforms

What the job involves

  • As Investigations and Litigation Counsel, you will have the opportunity to help build the legal foundation for Notion’s approach to investigations, incident management, law enforcement and government engagement, and litigation
  • In this role, you will partner closely with internal stakeholders, such as our Security, Trust and Safety, and IT teams, to proactively build processes and prepare our teams to support high stakes situations
  • Provide legal counsel to build and support the company’s investigation processes and practices
  • Conduct legal-led investigations, such as investigations arising from law enforcement, regulatory or government inquiries
  • Support and advise cross-functional partners on other investigations, such as investigations into incidents, violations of user policies, product abuse, or illegal activities
  • During investigations, collaborate on investigation design, ensure thorough fact finding and data review, drive effective documentation, advise on legal risks, provide recommendations, guide information sharing, and support corrective or preventive actions
  • Drive the legal team’s incident management process, and serve as an legal escalation point during incidents
  • Provide legal counsel to partner teams - such as Security, Trust and Safety, and IT - during incidents
  • Advise on user data disclosure and security issues, as well as litigation risks, information management, and protection of privilege
  • Tie together incident management and investigation processes to ensure appropriate recommendations and corrective or preventive actions are taken
  • Manage engagement with law enforcement and government authorities
  • Drive effective investigations with internal partners and manage responses to legal orders and inquiries
  • Ensure compliance with company policies and relevant laws, such as the Stored Communications Act and applicable U.S. and global data privacy laws, when responding to such requests
  • Advocate for the company through external engagements and documentation
  • Work with internal stakeholders - such as Security, Trust and Safety, and Engineering - to build efficient and repeatable processes to respond to regular law enforcement and government requests
  • Advise and provide training on information management, legal privilege, discovery practices, and data retention
  • Help build and maintain a global litigation function, and manage litigations, disputes, and pre-litigation matters
  • Assess the business and legal landscape to anticipate potential litigation and disputes and provide proactive advice to the business to mitigate legal risks

Our take

Managing busy workflows using fragmented systems can be a headache for both individuals and businesses. Notion aims to combat this problem by enabling users to work from one central hub, customizing their workflows to suit their exact needs. This includes managing files, scheduling tasks, saving documents, writing to-do-lists, and setting reminders.

The company counts enterprise companies such as McDonald’s, The Wall Street Journal, Verizon, Samsung, and IBM as its customers. In spite of economic uncertainty, Notion reached a $2 billion valuation in 2020, helped by record signups as more people were forced to work from home. Its value has since risen to over 5 times this value, an impressive reflection of its success.

The company has made a number of strategic acquisitions that, coupled with its enormous market value and enviable customer list, have Notion well-placed to continue dominating the market. That being said, the launch of Microsoft-built competitor Loop at the end of 2023 will put Notion's market dominance to the test.

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183% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)

Oct 2021

$275m

LATE VC

Apr 2020

$50m

LATE VC

Total funding: $335m

Company benefits

  • Dog-friendly office
  • 401k matching
  • Parental leaave
  • Free lunches
  • Equipment stipend
  • Monthly commuter credits
  • Work from home opportunities
  • Health insurance

Company values

  • Put Users First
  • Quality With Speed
  • Dedication Is Contagious
  • Feedback Is A Gift
  • Run The Front Page Test

Company HQ

Financial District, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Ivan worked for Inkling for 2 years in Product, but was disappointed by the lack of a simple way of collaborating on projects. To fit this need, he co-founded Notion in 2013, serving as CEO since.

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