Legal Counsel - San Francisco

Required

• 3–5 years of experience in a U.S. based law firm and/or in an in-house legal role, with demonstrated experience on U.S. and cross-border commercial matters.
• Proven track record independently drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial contracts (service agreements, vendor/customer contracts, NDAs, partnership agreements) through to signature.
• Hands-on experience handling or supporting dispute resolution matters: pre-litigation assessment, evidence gathering, settlement discussions, and coordination with outside litigation or IP counsel.
• Active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction (California bar preferred)
• Demonstrated ability to work independently in a fast-paced, cross-border environment, owning matters end-to-end with minimal oversight and coordinating across stakeholders in the U.S., EU, and Asia.
• Comfortable using AI-assisted legal tools (contract review platforms, legal research tools, LLM-based drafting assistants) to work efficiently without sacrificing accuracy
• Strong business communication skills: able to deliver a one-paragraph legal opinion that a non-lawyer business lead can act on immediately, and to push back on unreasonable risk without holding up deals.
• Comfortable owning matters across a 12+ hour time difference, proactively flagging blockers and following through without needing to be chased.