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Legal Counsel roles at U.S. corporations and law departments qualify for employment-based green card sponsorship under EB-2 or EB-3, depending on your degree level and credentials. Your employer files a PERM labor certification with the DOL before petitioning USCIS, permanently anchoring your immigration status to the role rather than a temporary visa.
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About the Team: Our legal team provides key support for all TikTok’s innovative initiatives, state-of-the-art products, and platforms. We help our technological and business teams enable their vision by providing integrated legal guidance and support. The TikTok team is growing fast and is seeking experienced, bright and capable legal professionals to join. One of the critical challenges is the need for our team to provide exceptional legal support for TikTok's competition/antitrust matters.
Responsibilities:
- Demonstrate a thorough understanding of antitrust/competition law and principles, and review, interpret, and analyze legal information in the subject matter area, reporting into TikTok's Global Head of Antitrust in New York.
- Track and synthesize antitrust developments and trends in the US and worldwide.
- Manage governmental antitrust/competition-related inquiries through direct communications with antitrust authorities and supervision of outside counsel. Should have direct experience with regulators at US DOJ, FTC, and state AGs.
- Act as an antitrust/competition advisor to both business and legal colleagues, including on potential investments/acquisitions (including foreign direct investment laws), product guidance, compliance and policies.
- Lead responses to antitrust third-party subpoenas and CIDs, actively supporting the wider litigation team.
- Support international Global Antitrust colleagues on matters in Europe and elsewhere.
- Assist in the design and implementation of company-wide competition compliance programs and initiatives. Provide internal competition trainings.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualification:
- In-depth competition law experience in private practice or a corporate law department with a highly regarded firm or organization, preferably with experience in digital platforms and other cutting-edge tech issues.
- Hold a J.D. from accredited US law school. Candidates must be admitted to the bar of at least one US jurisdiction.
- Have a highly collaborative approach and strong inter-personal skills. Exercising good judgment in a fast-paced environment is key.
- Have strong communication skills that allow you to interact with a wide variety of individuals and to convey legal issues clearly and simply.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Top-flight in-house legal experience, including representing tech clients, is strongly preferred. We are also interested in relevant experiences at US antitrust regulators (FTC, DOJ) and in top law firms.
- Interest and exposure to international antitrust practice is a plus. Preference will be given to experience counseling clients in all aspects of global antitrust law.
- Exposure to a wide range of platform issues, including artificial intelligence, advertising, app distribution, e-commerce, payments, and international developments in digital platform regulation.
About TikTok
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.
Why Join Us
Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy – a mission we work towards every day. We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.
Diversity & Inclusion
TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.
TikTok Accommodation
TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/RA-request
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually) The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $210600 - $366000 annually. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units. Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).
The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
3. Exercising sound judgment.
Responsibilities
About the Team: Our legal team provides key support for all TikTok’s innovative initiatives, state-of-the-art products, and platforms. We help our technological and business teams enable their vision by providing integrated legal guidance and support. The TikTok team is growing fast and is seeking experienced, bright and capable legal professionals to join. One of the critical challenges is the need for our team to provide exceptional legal support for TikTok's competition/antitrust matters.
Responsibilities:
- Demonstrate a thorough understanding of antitrust/competition law and principles, and review, interpret, and analyze legal information in the subject matter area, reporting into TikTok's Global Head of Antitrust in New York.
- Track and synthesize antitrust developments and trends in the US and worldwide.
- Manage governmental antitrust/competition-related inquiries through direct communications with antitrust authorities and supervision of outside counsel. Should have direct experience with regulators at US DOJ, FTC, and state AGs.
- Act as an antitrust/competition advisor to both business and legal colleagues, including on potential investments/acquisitions (including foreign direct investment laws), product guidance, compliance and policies.
- Lead responses to antitrust third-party subpoenas and CIDs, actively supporting the wider litigation team.
- Support international Global Antitrust colleagues on matters in Europe and elsewhere.
- Assist in the design and implementation of company-wide competition compliance programs and initiatives. Provide internal competition trainings.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualification:
- In-depth competition law experience in private practice or a corporate law department with a highly regarded firm or organization, preferably with experience in digital platforms and other cutting-edge tech issues.
- Hold a J.D. from accredited US law school. Candidates must be admitted to the bar of at least one US jurisdiction.
- Have a highly collaborative approach and strong inter-personal skills. Exercising good judgment in a fast-paced environment is key.
- Have strong communication skills that allow you to interact with a wide variety of individuals and to convey legal issues clearly and simply.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Top-flight in-house legal experience, including representing tech clients, is strongly preferred. We are also interested in relevant experiences at US antitrust regulators (FTC, DOJ) and in top law firms.
- Interest and exposure to international antitrust practice is a plus. Preference will be given to experience counseling clients in all aspects of global antitrust law.
- Exposure to a wide range of platform issues, including artificial intelligence, advertising, app distribution, e-commerce, payments, and international developments in digital platform regulation.
About TikTok
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.
Why Join Us
Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy – a mission we work towards every day. We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.
Diversity & Inclusion
TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.
TikTok Accommodation
TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/RA-request
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually) The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $210600 - $366000 annually. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units. Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).
The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
3. Exercising sound judgment.
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Document your bar admissions and equivalency
Foreign law degrees often require a credential evaluation before USCIS accepts them as equivalent to a U.S. J.D. Get a course-by-course evaluation from a NACES-member evaluator before your employer starts the PERM process to avoid delays at the I-140 stage.
Target in-house counsel roles at large employers
Corporate legal departments at publicly traded companies file PERM petitions routinely and have dedicated immigration counsel or HR teams who understand the process. Outside law firm associate roles are less commonly sponsored because partnership-track positions raise PERM audit concerns around job duties.
Verify the job description matches PERM requirements
PERM requires the posted job duties to reflect what you actually do daily. If your employer lists duties that are narrower than your real scope, an audit can invalidate the entire certification. Review the draft job description carefully before DOL posting begins.
Search for green card sponsoring employers on Migrate Mate
Use Migrate Mate to filter Legal Counsel roles by employers with active PERM and I-140 filing history, so you spend your job search targeting companies that already sponsor rather than asking HR departments to start from scratch.
Understand the PERM prevailing wage before negotiating
Your employer must pay at least the DOL-certified prevailing wage for your SOC code and location. Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up the Level II or Level III wage for your metro area before salary discussions so you know the floor the petition legally requires.
File the I-140 concurrently if your priority date is current
Once PERM is certified, your employer can file the I-140 immediately. If your country of birth has a current EB-2 or EB-3 priority date, you may be able to file the I-485 adjustment of status concurrently, shaving months off your total wait time.
Green Card Legal Counsel: Frequently Asked Questions
Do Legal Counsel roles qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Most in-house Legal Counsel positions qualify under EB-2 because they require a J.D. or equivalent advanced degree. If the role is classified as requiring only a bachelor's degree plus law license, EB-3 professional applies instead. Your employer's immigration attorney will determine the correct category based on the actual minimum requirements written into the PERM job description.
How does PERM green card sponsorship differ from an H-1B for a Legal Counsel role?
The H-1B visa is a temporary nonimmigrant visa capped at 85,000 annually, subject to lottery selection, and tied to a specific employer term. PERM sponsorship leads to permanent residency with no annual cap at the EB-3 level for most countries. The tradeoff is timeline: PERM labor certification alone takes six months to a year before USCIS even begins adjudicating the I-140, so total processing often runs two to five years for applicants from low-backlog countries.
Can a foreign-trained lawyer get a green card through employment as Legal Counsel?
Yes, but credential documentation matters. USCIS requires that your foreign law degree be evaluated as equivalent to a U.S. J.D. or bachelor's degree, depending on the EB category. You'll also need evidence of bar admission in at least one U.S. state or the District of Columbia if the job description requires it, since PERM regulations prohibit impossible-to-meet requirements that screen out otherwise qualified U.S. workers.
Where can I find Legal Counsel jobs that sponsor green cards?
Use Migrate Mate to search Legal Counsel positions filtered by employers with documented PERM and I-140 sponsorship history. Targeting companies that have already completed PERM filings for similar roles significantly shortens the timeline from offer to petition, because the employer's legal and HR infrastructure is already in place rather than being built around your case.
What happens to my green card process if I change employers before the I-485 is approved?
If your I-140 has been approved for more than 180 days and your I-485 has been pending for at least 180 days, AC21 portability allows you to move to a new employer in the same or a similar occupational classification without starting over. For Legal Counsel roles, moving to another in-house counsel or legal advisory position generally satisfies the same-or-similar standard, but your immigration attorney should review the new job duties against the approved petition before you resign.