Erich Andersen, general counsel for TikTok and Chinese parent company ByteDance, will step down from that role in June to focus on fighting efforts to force a sale of the video app in the U.S., the company said on Friday.

Erich Andersen, the US-based general counsel for TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance Ltd., is stepping down from that role, the social media app said.

Erich Andersen had held the legal reins of the wildly popular social media app for four years. He previously spent more than two decades at Microsoft.

Erich Andersen, general counsel for TikTok and Chinese parent company ByteDance, said on Friday he will step down from the role in June, according to a company statement. Andersen will become special

With the historic potential ban potentially vulnerable in court, the Senate has been trying to shore up its case.

Top First Amendment lawyers have begun quietly contacting creators and small businesses to join potential lawsuits aimed at thwarting a U.S. ban on TikTok.