Lead Counsel Jobs

This is a senior attorney role to lead the negotiation and execution of derivatives documentation supporting our global Markets trading activities. This role will serve as a key partner to front office, risk, and legal teams, managing complex master trading agreements, such as ISDA and Futures Clearing agreements, and advising on legal and regulatory risk across OTC derivatives transactions. The position requires deep expertise in ISDA Master Agreements, collateral documentation, and derivatives market practice, along with strong stakeholder management and negotiation capabilities. Responsibilities: Serve as lead negotiator and subject matter expert for ISDA Master Agreements, Schedules, Credit Support Annexes (CSAs), and related derivatives and collateral documentation; manage complex, bespoke negotiations across the full documentation lifecycle Provide legal counsel and guidance to Markets business stakeholders, interpreting applicable laws, rules, regulations, and industry practices and delivering commercially practical, risk-appropriate solutions Advise senior management on legal matters impacting trading activities, client relationships, and strategic initiatives, contributing informed, business-oriented perspectives to decision-making Identify, evaluate, and manage legal, regulatory, and reputational risk in coordination with Legal, Risk, and ICRM; ensure alignment with internal policies and applicable regulatory requirements Objectively assess business proposals against institutional risk appetite, regulatory frameworks, and market standards, escalating issues as appropriate Collaborate closely with Trading, Sales, Credit, Risk, Operations, and Legal teams across regions to deliver coordinated, efficient, and consistent outcomes Oversee day-to-day legal and documentation activities as a subject matter expert, ensuring tim

Come join our legal team to work on the most exciting legal, policy, and operational issues at the leading edge of AI. We're seeking strong product lawyers with specialized expertise in intellectual property law. As product counsel, you will advise on all legal aspects of product development, launch, and operations - including regulatory compliance, user terms, and risk management - while bringing deep expertise in your specialized legal area. The ideal candidate will have deep subject matter expertise in intellectual property law, a technology background, and a demonstrable history of providing practical product counsel to solve complex, time-sensitive problems in close partnership with cross-functional teams. This role reoprts to the Associate General Counsel, IP & Product. You will: Strategic Product Advice: Lead IP strategy for product development, embedding IP protection into the full product lifecycle from conception to commercialization, while also advising on related product and regulatory matters in collaboration with the broader legal team. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Research, Product, Engineering, Operations, Communications, and Marketing teams to mitigate IP risks in product development, data licensing, and open-source governance. IP Counsel: Support management of Scale's worldwide IP portfolio including patents and trademarks; assist with patent prosecution and trademark registration and enforcement. Risk Mitigation: Advise on third-party, synthetic, and open-source data and models, ensuring compliance with licensing requirements; design open-source governance policies. Agreements: Support drafting and negotiation of commercial agreement provisions involving intellectual property. Specialized Expertise: Provide counsel on machine learning, robotics, and other technical areas, with ability to engage effectively with technical teams on complex engineering and product issues. Training: Develop and deliver IP and data licensing trainin

About Ramp Ramp is building the smart infrastructure for finance teams, embedded in the transaction flow of every dollar a business spends. We automate how over $200B in annualized spend flows in and out of 70,000+ companies: authorizing payments, flagging risk, categorizing spend, and closing books. The problems are high-stakes, data-dense, and unforgiving. We hire people with high agency and high urgency. We look for slope over intercept. We care less about where you trained and more about what you’ve built. At Ramp, everyone is a builder who owns problems end to end and makes consequential decisions that shape the outcome. The median Ramp customer saves 5% and grows revenue 16% in their first year – far in excess of businesses operating without Ramp. We believe every ambitious company deserves the same. If you want to build systems that directly shape how companies move and manage billions, Ramp is the place to do it. About the Role This role will serve as Ramp's first international legal counsel in London, providing day-to-day support on product, regulatory, commercial, employment, corporate, and operational issues as Ramp builds out its European presence. They will partner closely with the U.S. Legal and Compliance teams to ensure consistency across jurisdictions while adapting Ramp's approach to local law and market practice. This is a hybrid role suited to someone comfortable moving between regulatory work and broad-based business/operational counsel in a fast-moving environment. What You'll Do Advise on legal and regulatory matters across Ramp’s UK and EU financial technology operations, including payment services licensing, commercial, and data protection matters. Negotiate and draft commercial agreements supporting European operations, including bank-partner arrangements and customer-facing terms tailored to local law requirements. Partner with Product, Compliance, Risk, Finance, and Marketing teams to structure and launch new products, payment flows, and

Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way. Airbnb’s Legal Department is a global team that will require working with diverse international colleagues around the world. The successful candidate will be someone who is adaptable, collaborative and embodies Airbnb’s Core Values. Candidates will be required to approach complex legal issues with a balance for local and global perspectives, while being adaptable to cultural differences and nuances. A genuine and demonstrated interest in Airbnb and a commitment to ethics, integrity and fostering a workplace that emphasizes diversity and belonging is a must. The Community You Will Join: Airbnb’s Legal team embodies the company’s innovative, forward-thinking spirit. At the frontier of the new sharing economy, Airbnb is breaking new ground in matters of policy, law, and government relations. Where some see obstacles, we see the opportunity to find creative, practical solutions, right at the cutting edge. Our adventurous, fast-moving legal team is committed to building a team of talented, collaborative and self-motivated legal professionals across the globe who believe in Airbnb’s mission and leading as a 21st century company. The Difference You Will Make: Airbnb is looking for an experienced litigator to join our Risk and Regulatory group. Reporting to Airbnb's Lead Counsel, Litigation, Risk and Regulatory, the Senior Counsel, Litigation will own high-stakes disputes, investigations, and strategic counseling from first assessment through resolution, directing outside counsel and shaping our approach at every stage. This role is for you if you work well with business partners, bring a steady and positive presence,

Strength in Trust OneTrust’s mission is to enable innovation through the responsible use of data and AI. We believe that ensuring data is trusted shouldn’t slow teams down—it should accelerate what’s possible. This led us to develop the first technology platform for responsible data use in 2016. Today, with AI representing the latest and most impactful expansion of data yet, OneTrust is once again redefining what responsible innovation looks like. OneTrust, the AI‑Ready Governance Platform™, unifies regulatory intelligence, automation, and connected governance workflows so businesses can continue to move at the speed of AI while ensuring good governance to prevent data misuse at scale. Trusted by thousands of organizations worldwide, OneTrust is shaping the future where trusted data becomes a transformative force for business and society. The Challenge Due to increased customer demand for the AI-Ready Governance Platform, we’re looking to hire a lead corporate counsel to provide transactional support on commercial contracts. The successful candidate will be part of the Commercial & Product Support team. Your Mission Independently review and negotiate a high volume of complex SaaS contracts through the contract lifecycle to execution Handle ad-hoc legal requests for support from the sales function Understand key IP, commercial, and finance requirements Keep up-to-date on applicable laws, regulations, and industry guidance Drive compliance in day-to-day sales activities, including providing training Support updates to legal team templates & precedents Assist with wider company projects assigned to the Commercial & Product Support team You Are An excellent communicator and negotiator Self-motivated Able to work independently, multi-task and prioritize your workload Able to quickly shift priorities t

GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps. GitLab enables organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation. More than 50 million registered users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100* trust GitLab to ship better, more secure software faster. The same principles built into our products are reflected in how our team works: we embrace AI as a core productivity multiplier, with all team members expected to incorporate AI into their daily workflows to drive efficiency, innovation, and impact. GitLab is where careers accelerate, innovation flourishes, and every voice is valued. Our high-performance culture is driven by our values and continuous knowledge exchange, enabling our team members to reach their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to solve complex problems. Co-create the future with us as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software. * Fortune 500® is a registered trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, used under license. Claim based on GitLab data. Fortune 100 refers to the top 20% ranked companies in the 2025 Fortune 500 list, published in June 2025. Fortune and Fortune Media IP Limited are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of GitLab. An overview of this role This position is remote and ideally based in the United Kingdom or Ireland. As Lead Legal Counsel, Employment, you’ll serve as a senior legal advisor to GitLab on matters spanning the full employment relationship, from recruiting and onboarding through compensation, performance, leave management, separation, and, when necessary, litigation. You’ll provide practical, business-focused guidance that helps GitLab manage legal risk and meet business needs across a globally distributed, all-remote organization. You’ll independently lead complex employment-law matters, serve as a trusted advisor to senior stakeh

We’re looking for a Lead Commercial Counsel to join our Commercial Legal team and work closely with sales teams and cross-functional stakeholders with a primary focus on providing commercial legal support relating to Asana’s StackAI business . In this role, you will report directly to the Global Head of Commercial Legal . The Legal team at Asana works collaboratively across functions to achieve our ambitious mission of fostering effortless teamwork for everyone . We are a tightly-knit group committed to supporting teams throughout the organization, ensuring they have the necessary resources for success while protecting Asana's core values and interests . This role can either be fully remote depending on which US state you live in, or based in our New York office with an office-centric hybrid schedule . If based in-office: The standard in-office days are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday . Most Asanas have the option to work from home on Wednesdays . Working f rom home on Fridays depends on the type of work you do and the teams with which you partner . If you're interviewing for this role, your recruiter will share more about the in-office requirements . What you’ll achieve Partner closely with sales teams and cross-functional stakeholders—including Finance, Deal Desk, Privacy, and Security—to support high velocity deal cycles . Draft, negotiate, and advise on outbound commercial agreements and strategic partnership agreements with enterprise customers, including SaaS agreements and related agreements such as DPAs, BAAs, Product-Specific Terms, and AI terms . Provide dedicated commercial legal support for Asana's recently acquired StackAI business, bringing creative problem-solving to complex deals and new business issues . Act as a trusted legal advisor to sales teams, delivering timely and practical guidance, and driving transaction structures that align with Asana’s policies and business objectives. Train sales teams on common commercial issues and best practices in s

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About the Role We’re seeking an Associate General Counsel to lead commercial legal strategy and execution for OpenAI’s silicon initiatives and the semiconductor ecosystem that supports our AI infrastructure. This is a senior, highly cross-functional role for a lawyer who can advise business and technical leaders across the semiconductor development, manufacturing, and supply lifecycle. The role will partner closely with silicon engineering, infrastructure, strategic sourcing, supply chain, manufacturing, finance, partnerships, IP, policy, regulatory, and trade compliance teams to structure and negotiate strategic arrangements with semiconductor ecosystem partners, technology providers, and critical suppliers. This person will help establish the commercial frameworks needed to protect OpenAI’s technology and support resilient, scalable commercial arrangements. We’re looking for an experienced technology transactions lawyer with meaningful semiconductor industry experience who can translate highly technical and operational issues into practical commercial structures. The ideal candidate combines strong judgment, commercial creativity, and the ability to lead complex, high-value transactions in a fast-moving and complex global ecosystem. This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3-days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees. This role will: Lead commercial legal strategy and risk management for OpenAI’s silicon and related technology initiatives. Advise senior business, engineering, sourcing, and operational stakeholders on strategic relationships, commercial priorities, and complex transactions. Draft, negotiate, and advise on sophisticated development, manufacturing, supply, licensing, services, and strategic partnership agreements. Structure commercial arrangements that support long-term business and operational requirements. Advise on the commercial and operational issues that arise across the developmen

About the Team OpenAI's Legal team plays a crucial role in furthering OpenAI's mission by tackling innovative, fundamental legal issues in AI. If you're passionate about doing significant and unique work as a technology lawyer, this team is for you. The team comprises legal professionals from diverse fields, including technology, privacy, IP, corporate, cybersecurity, employment, tax, regulatory, and litigation. About the Role We’re growing our Litigation and Regulatory team and seek an experienced counsel to lead high-stakes regulatory investigations, enforcement matters, and related litigation involving AI. You will own matters from initial inquiry through resolution, develop practical strategies for novel and technically complex issues, and translate an evolving factual record into clear advice. The role works closely with Legal, Product, Research, Safety, Security, Communications, Global Affairs, and executive stakeholders. This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees. In this role, you will: Lead regulatory inquiries, investigations, and enforcement matters in the United States and internationally, including matters involving federal agencies, state attorneys general, and international regulatory bodies. Develop strategy for contested enforcement proceedings and related litigation, including challenges to investigative demands and coordination across parallel matters. Partner with litigation and subject-matter counsel on related civil disputes, including privacy, consumer protection, class actions, cybersecurity, competition, copyright, trademark, and other IP issues. Manage subpoenas, civil investigative demands, requests for information from regulators and related entities, and discovery. Prepare employees and executives for interviews, testimony, depositions, trial, and other appearances before regulators. Negotiate resolutions to demands, complaints, and

Who are we? Cohere is the leading security-first enterprise AI company. We build cutting-edge foundation AI models and end-to-end products that are designed to solve real-world business problems. We’re training and deploying frontier models for enterprises who are building AI systems. We believe that our work is instrumental to the widespread adoption of AI and we are looking for folks that want to be part of that. We obsess over what we build. Each one of us is responsible for contributing to increasing the capabilities of our models and the value they drive for our customers. Cohere is a team of researchers, engineers, designers, and more, who are all passionate about their craft. We are a global technology company headquartered in Toronto with key offices in London, New York City, San Francisco, Montreal, Paris, Berlin and Seoul. Join us! About the Role Cohere is seeking an experienced Tax Counsel to lead our global tax planning function. This critical position will focus on strategic tax planning across global M&A transactions, Canadian income tax compliance and planning, global tax planning, and transfer pricing optimization. You'll play a key role in shaping Cohere's tax strategy while working closely with leadership, Finance, Legal, and external advisors. Key Responsibilities Lead tax due diligence and preliminary planning for all M&A transactions, coordinating with internal teams and external advisors to support business objectives Design and implement global tax planning structures that optimize Canadian and foreign tax positions, transfer pricing outcomes, and US GAAP compliance Oversee domestic Canadian income tax planning, compliance, and routine filings, establishing efficient processes with service provider coordination Provide expert tax guidance to Legal and business teams on commercial arrangements and strategic initiatives, translating complex tax implications into actionable insights Monitor global tax developments and assess their impact

About the Team OpenAI's Legal team plays a crucial role in furthering OpenAI's mission by tackling innovative, fundamental legal issues in AI. If you're passionate about doing significant and unique work as a technology lawyer, this team is for you. The team comprises legal professionals from diverse fields, including technology, privacy, IP, corporate, cybersecurity, employment, tax, regulatory, and litigation. About the Role We’re growing our world-class Legal team and seek an experienced counsel to lead our global hardware IP portfolio initiatives, including patent, trademark and other intellectual property matters related to our business. This role is highly cross-functional across OpenAI, including work across our Legal, Communications, Global Affairs, Product, Research and Executive teams. This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees. In this role, you will: Own global hardware IP initiatives, including setting and executing on the strategic direction and management of our hardware IP portfolio. Create scalable processes internally and externally with outside counsel to build, maintain and protect our hardware IP portfolio. Developing and maintaining internal hardware IP policies and programs. Engaging externally on hardware IP policy issues. Advising on strategic hardware IP deals. Advising on hardware IP issues, ranging from patent, trademark, trade secret to open source. Developing and building internal AI expertise, processes and tools to facilitate legal team work. Experience advising on complex technology transactions and inbound technology licensing. You might thrive in this role if you: Have at least 10+ years of combined hardware IP experience at innovative technology companies and law firms. Have a JD and license or qualification to practice in CA. Have a strong sense of ownership, are inquisitive and enthusiastic about technology, enjoy being con

Who We Are Notion is the collaborative AI workspace where teams and agents think together . We're building one place where your knowledge, projects, meetings, and AI tools live side by side, so work is faster, clearer, and less fragmented. Millions of individuals, small teams, and large companies run their work on Notion. Notinos (our employees) are customer zero in bringing this future of work to life. We care about craft, building things that last, and the belief that great work is still fundamentally human. Our goal isn’t to ship the next feature. Each and every team of Notinos is working to set the standard for how humans work together in the AI era. From building a business’s system of record to making and managing AI agents to automating away the busy work, we care deeply about giving our customers more time for their life’s work. About the Role: As an AI Product Counsel on the Product and IP Legal team, you’ll focus on advising our AI product development team as they build and ship AI functionality—covering everything from product counseling for launches to accelerating AI partnership deals. This role exists because Notion is building the AI workspace that helps every person and team get more done, with intelligence embedded across the tools they use to think, create, and collaborate. We’re bringing frontier intelligence to the “Fortune 5 million,” across an unusually broad surface area (models, workflows, features, and platform). This role is central to that effort. This role reports to our Head of Product and IP Legal and will work closely day-to-day with our Lead AI Product Counsel. This role will be based in San Francisco. We work from our offices on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays (our Anchor Days) because we do our best thinking and building together in person. We’re looking for someone who’s excited to work alongside the team during those days. What You'll Achieve: Accelerate partnerships for AI product development: collaborate with cross functional st

Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase , we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency, it’s a place to be pushed past your perceived limits. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for "good enough," you belong here. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges.” learn more about working at Coinbase . As an HR Business Partner on the People team, you'll partner with one or more functional leadership teams to translate business strategy into people and org strategy. You'll own the full HRBP lifecycle for your client groups, from org design and performance management to employee development and retention, using data and sound judgment to directly influence how Coinbase scales. What you’ll do: Own people programs and strategies for your client group, including performance management, compensation, talent development, engagement, and retention Partner with functional leaders on org design, workforce planning, and people strategies that support business objectives at scale Lead coaching and counsel for leaders on professional development, career pathing, leveling, change management, and sensitive people situations Drive data-informed people insights by analyzing trends and translating them into actionable recommendations for leadership Build and apply HR policies with an eye toward compliance and risk reduction, managing employee relations issues across global teams Strengthen cross-functional partnerships across People Team COEs to ensure cohesive delivery of people programs Required Skills and Experience: 8+ years in Talent Management, Organizational Effectiveness, Recruiting Leadership, Talent Strategy & Operations, Consulting, Chief of Staff, or HR, with

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. We work with the world's most valuable brands and have global reach across 100+ markets, with deep local expertise. Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow. For more information, visit WPP.com. Why we're hiring: WPP ET is undergoing a significant transformation to modernise ways of working and adopt cloud-based, micro-service architectures, automation, and digitised user experiences. Within this transition, the Lead Developer plays a strategic engineering role in the Chase Media Central programme, ensuring the platform’s custom extensions, integrations, data flows, and application components are built to enterprise standards and remain stable as the programme scales across regions. This is a hands-on technical leadership role: you provide architectural direction for integration patterns, lead development work, guide developers through complex technical problems, and define coding standards and engineering best practices. You act as the technical authority for integrations and platform components, ensuring that all custom code interacting with Business Central, local applications, and market-specific systems is reliable, scalable, and maintainable. You work closely with Product, QA, Implementation, Data, BI, and market teams to ensure code, interfaces, and workflows align with business requir