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Sr. Legal Counsel - Services Legal

Apple

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Location
Cupertino, CA
Schedule
Full-time
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

US State Bar AdmissionDoctorate

Job overview

The Senior Legal Counsel will support and advise Apple’s Find My team on commercial transactions, regulatory issues, and product development. The ideal candidate brings experience in licensing, intellectual property law, and product advising. The role calls for legal expertise in technology product matters, negotiation and drafting, and collaboration with legal and business colleagues across teams and geographies.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Technology Product AdvisingTechnology TransactionsNegotiationDraftingCommunicationAnalytical SkillsLegal ResearchCross-Functional CollaborationInterpersonal SkillsProblem-SolvingBusiness AcumenLicensingIntellectual Property LawProduct AdvisingTime ManagementOrganizationInternational Legal ComplianceRegulatory CompliancePrivacyOpen DataOpen Source

Qualifications

8+ Years Legal ExperienceJuris Doctor or EquivalentUS State Bar Admission

Full job description

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number: 200691090-0836

Summary

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming great products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there’s no telling what you could accomplish.

Do you love tackling big challenges without precedent? Do you possess a deep knowledge of the legal field and a passion for innovation? As a part of our Legal team, you’ll help uphold Apple’s high ethical and corporate standards, defend our intellectual property, and provide legal support for our global products and services. Working for a company that invents entire categories and industries means you’ll be challenged to creatively apply your deep legal expertise to rare and often unexplored aspects of the law. Together with your team, you’ll provide the critical support needed worldwide for Apple products and businesses. At Apple, we are dedicated to making the best products on the planet.

Description

In this role, you will be part of a team responsible for supporting and advising the Apple Find My team on a wide variety of matters, including commercial transactions, regulatory issues, and product development. The ideal candidate will bring experience in the areas of licensing, intellectual property law, and product advising. This position requires excellent communication, analytical, legal research, negotiation and drafting skills, the ability to work well with cross-functional teams, and great interpersonal skills. Successful candidates will embrace the challenge of solving complex issues and conflicting interests in creative and efficient ways and will navigate cross-functional collaboration with both legal and business colleagues.

Minimum Qualifications

  • 8+ years of relevant legal experience advising on technology product-related issues and negotiating and drafting technology transactions.

  • JD or equivalent and admission to at least one US state bar.

  • Creative problem-solver with the business acumen to resolve complex issues in creative and efficient ways and give practical product advice.

  • Strong interpersonal skills with ability to work independently and collaborate across teams and geographies.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Sound judgment, strong interpersonal skills, ability to work independently, excellent time management and organizational skills, comfortable with healthy debate, and able to handle a variety of matters at once in a fast-paced environment.

  • Ability to see beyond the detailed question asked to the larger issue and future implications.

  • Experience with international legal and regulatory compliance, privacy, regulatory, and open data and open source issues is desirable.

  • Self-starter who is curious, embraces technology, and thrives in a dynamic environment.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.

How this job compares

Set against the 2,662 open Legal Counsel jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • California median$190–257K/yr360 salary ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 422 open Legal Counsel jobs in California and 2,662 across the US. 6% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Legal Counsel postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (2,293 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a doctorate or professional degree; 1,800 of the 2,662 open Legal Counsel jobs (68%) ask for a doctorate or professional degree.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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