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Posted 05 August, 2026

Commercial/Regulatory Lawyer - Horizon Scanning - Social Media - London (hybrid)

Major, Lindsey & Africa
City of London, ENG, GB Full Time

Job Description

Our client is a household name in social media, and is looking for mid-level lawyers to put together a project team to run a large regulatory project.

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Responsibilities:

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  • Build and maintain a structured country-by-country legal issue list covering the full e-commerce lifecycle
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  • Synthesize advice received from local counsel in each jurisdiction, reconcile conflicting positions, and identify incremental risks not flagged by local counsel
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  • Flag gaps between baseline product/operational flows and local mandatory requirements, and propose concrete localization options to the business.
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  • Map EU-level rules (DSA, GPSR, AI Act, CRD, UCPD, GDPR, ePrivacy, P2B Regulation, geo-blocking rules, product compliance/CE marking frameworks) against Member State transposition, competent-authority guidance, and enforcement precedent.
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  • Liaise with local counsel, internal teams, business stakeholders, etc.
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Preferred skills/qualifications:

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  • Qualified in an EU jurisdiction, or in England and Wales.
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  • Have experience with advising clients on entering new markets in the EU
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  • Strong communication skills
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  • Additional EU language(s) is a plus
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For more information, please send your CV to us at MLA and we will reach out for a confidential discussion.

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