Corporate Counsel - Litigation
About The Position
At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done. We are looking for an attorney to join Snowflake's Legal team as Corporate Counsel - Litigation. In this role, you will support and manage a variety of litigation and dispute matters, advise the business on litigation risk, and help build and improve the processes that keep our litigation function running effectively. This role will report to the Director, Assistant General Counsel - Litigation and is an in-person role based in Menlo Park, CA or Atlanta, GA. This is not a remote position.
Requirements
- JD from an accredited law school, active membership in at least one state bar, and ability to practice in the jurisdiction in which this position is located.
- Minimum of 3 years of legal experience, with substantive litigation experience at a law firm, in-house, or both.
- Familiarity with commercial disputes and contractual dispute resolution provisions.
- Ability to explain complicated legal concepts in plain language.
- Strong organizational skills and comfort working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
- Every Snowflake employee is expected to follow the company’s confidentiality and security standards for handling sensitive data.
- Snowflake employees must abide by the company’s data security plan as an essential part of their duties.
- It is every employee's duty to keep customer information secure and confidential.
Nice To Haves
- Exposure to bankruptcy matters is a plus.
- Experience managing or supporting responses to subpoenas and government inquiries preferred.
Responsibilities
- Support and manage disputes and litigation matters across their full lifecycle — from initial case assessment through resolution.
- Review and advise on litigation-related contractual provisions in commercial agreements, including dispute resolution, governing law, venue, arbitration, limitation of liability, and indemnification clauses.
- Manage and coordinate responses to subpoenas, garnishment orders, domestic relations orders, statutory requests for information, and requests from government and law enforcement agencies.
- Advise business stakeholders on litigation risks and issues involved in business disputes; pragmatically weigh legal risks and benefits of complex situations and propose practical, business-oriented solutions with tact and maturity.
- Support bankruptcy-related matters, including responses to proofs of claim, adversary proceedings, preference demand letters, and creditor inquiries.
- Assist with internal investigations on matters involving legal risks to Snowflake, coordinating with the People team, Security organization, and other relevant functions as needed.
- Partner with outside counsel on discovery, motion practice, and litigation strategy.
- Assist in developing and improving scalable processes and procedures for the handling of litigation matters, including litigation holds, matter tracking, and document management.
- Help develop and maintain internal resources, templates, and playbooks to support consistent and efficient litigation management across the team.
Benefits
- For jobs located in the United States, please visit the job posting on the Snowflake Careers Site for salary and benefits information: careers.snowflake.com
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
