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Anthropic

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 About Anthropic
 
 
 
 Anthropic&rsquo;s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.
 
 
 As a Commercial Counsel at Anthropic, you'll join our dynamic legal team supporting cutting-edge AI initiatives at the forefront of technological innovation. You'll collaborate with diverse teams across the organization, handling a wide variety of agreements including go-to-market contracts, research and product partnerships, procurement deals, and compute infrastructure agreements. This is an exceptional opportunity to tackle novel legal challenges while contributing directly to responsible AI development.
 
 
 
 Responsibilities
 
 
 
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 Structure, negotiate, and close a potentially wide range of commercial agreements spanning GTM, research collaborations, policy and product partnerships, procurement, and compute infrastructure
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 Partner collaboratively with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment on commercial terms and initiatives
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 Develop scalable contract templates, playbooks, and processes to support our fast-growing organization
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 Identify and manage legal risks while maintaining momentum in our rapidly evolving AI landscape
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 Stay current on legal developments affecting AI technologies and provide timely guidance to stakeholders
 
 
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 You Might Be a Good Fit If You Have
 
 
 
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 A JD and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar (California preferred)
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 3-7 years of relevant legal experience
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 Exceptional attention to detail and analytical skills
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 Strong ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies and legal frameworks
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 Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex legal concepts for non-lawyer audiences
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 A low-ego, high-empathy orientation to internal colleagues and external partners
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 Intense curiosity about AI technology and commitment to responsible AI development
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 Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities and ambiguity
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 A "doer" attitude willing to roll up your sleeves and pitch in where needed
 
 
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 Strong Candidates May Have
 
 
 
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 Experience leveraging AI to optimize their work or studies
 
 
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 Application deadline:
 
 4pm PT on September 15, 2025. Applications will be reviewed after the deadline, and our hiring team plans to begin contacting potential candidates shortly after. We encourage all interested and qualified applicants to submit their materials before this date to ensure full consideration.
 
 
 
 Role-specific policy:
 
 For this role, we expect all staff to be able to work from our San Francisco office at least 3 days a week, though we encourage you to apply even if you might need some flexibility for an interim period of time.
 
 
 
 Annual Salary
 
 
 
 The expected salary range for this position is:
 
 
 $200,000 - $265,000 USD
 
 
 
 Logistics
 
 
 
 
 Education requirements:
 
 We require at least a Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
 
 
 
 Location-based hybrid policy:
 
 Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.
 
 
 
 Visa sponsorship:
 
 We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.
 
 
 
 We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification.
 
 Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed. Research shows that people who identify as being from underrepresented groups are more prone to experiencing imposter syndrome and doubting the strength of their candidacy, so we urge you not to exclude yourself prematurely and to submit an application if you're interested in this work. We think AI systems like the ones we're building have enormous social and ethical implications. We think this makes representation even more important, and we strive to include a range of diverse perspectives on our team.
 
 
 
 How We're Different
 
 
 
 We believe that the highest-impact AI research will be big science. At Anthropic we work as a single cohesive team on just a few large-scale research efforts. And we value impact &mdash; advancing our long-term goals of steerable, trustworthy AI &mdash; rather than work on smaller and more specific puzzles. We view AI research as an empirical science, which has as much in common with physics and biology as with traditional efforts in computer science. We're an extremely collaborative group, and we host frequent research discussions to ensure that we are pursuing the highest-impact work at any given time. As such, we greatly value communication skills.
 
 
 The easiest way to understand our research directions is to read our recent research. This research continues many of the directions our team worked on prior to Anthropic, including: GPT-3, Circuit-Based Interpretability, Multimodal Neurons, Scaling Laws, AI &amp; Compute, Concrete Problems in AI Safety, and Learning from Human Preferences.
 
 
 
 Come work with us!
 
 
 
 Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues.
 
 Guidance on Candidates' AI Usage:
 
 Learn about our policy for using AI in our application process
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Commercial Counsel

Grindr

<div>
 
 What&rsquo;s so interesting about this role?
 
 
 
 Commercial agreements are what makes Grindr (NYSE: GRND) work and what enables our continued growth as the Global Gayborhood on Your Phone. We enter into or renew hundreds of contracts each year touching every part of our expanding business.
 
 
 We're looking for an outstanding lawyer to lead this critical area of our legal portfolio and serve as a trusted partner and advisor to our internal clients, including executives. In addition to owning the day-to-day strategizing, negotiating, and drafting of agreements to advance our business, you will also build and enhance our contract review processes, in part by incorporating AI and other legal tech tools. You may also have opportunities to expand your portfolio over time to include one or more other areas of our legal work, beyond commercial agreements. You will be joining a lean, fast paced team where every member is valued and drives our mission forward.
 
 
 
 What&rsquo;s the job?
 
 
 
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 Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of commercial contracts, including vendor contracts, SaaS agreements, licensing agreements, marketing deals, MSAs, NDAs, data protection, and service-level agreements.
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 Collaborate with business teams and senior leadership to structure agreements, assess risk, and execute on contracts
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 Develop, optimize and implement contract templates, playbooks, standard clauses, approval workflows and AI/legal tech to improve operations efficiency and scalability
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 Report to our VP of Legal, and manage outside counsel as needed
 
 
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 What We'll Love About You
 
 
 
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 JD degree from an accredited law school; admission to practice in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
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 Minimum 7-10 years of experience practicing law, with at least four years focused on commercial contracts and at least two years of in-house experience at a consumer technology company
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 Strong understanding of commercial contracts, intellectual property law, data privacy privacy, and data protection regulations
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 Excellent judgment, communication skills, and ability to provide clear, pragmatic guidance in fast-moving situations
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 Practical and client-centric orientation and negotiation style
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 Comfortable contributing hand-on to daily execution and managing multiple priorities in a lean, high-performing environment
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 Ability to build strong relationships with internal cross-functional partners
 
 
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 What You'll Love About Us
 
 
 
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 Mission and Impact: Your role will impact the lives of millions of LGBTQ+ people around the world. Through our success, we are making a world where the lives of our community are free, equal, and just.
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 Family Insurance: Insurance premium coverage for health, dental, and vision for you and partial coverage for your dependents.
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 Retirement Savings: Generous 401K plan with 6% match and immediate vest in the U.S.
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 Compensation: Industry-competitive compensation and eligibility for company bonus and equity programs.
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 Queer-Inclusive Benefits: Industry-leading gender-affirming offerings with up to 90% cost coverage, access to Included Health, monthly stipends for HRT, and more.
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 Additional Benefits: Flexible vacation policy, monthly stipends for cell phone, internet, wellness, food, and commuting, breakfast/lunch provided onsite, and yearly travel &amp; leisure stipend.
 
 
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 About Grindr
 
 
 
 With more than 14 million monthly active users, Grindr has become a fundamental part of the LGBTQ+ community and is charting a path to make the world more free, equal, and just. Since 2015, Grindr for Equality has advanced safety, health, and human rights for millions of Grindr users and the global LGBTQ+ community in partnership with more than 100 community organizations in every region of the world.
 
 
 Our next evolution is underway as a public company that continues to grow and build meaningful experiences for our users. From social issues to product innovations, we're setting audacious goals for our community and the business, and leveraging the latest tech stacks and a culture of engineering excellence to make it happen. At the heart of our work in this new chapter is a shared set of operating principles centered around cultivating curiosity, thinking big, setting and expediting our ambitious goals, and growing through iteration; all while keeping our users #1.
 
 
 Grindr is headquartered in West Hollywood, California, with offices in the Bay Area, Chicago, and New York. With a track record of strong financial performance and plans for continued headcount growth, we&rsquo;re building a team of talented, passionate, and open-minded people. Come be a part of this exciting journey with us.
 
 
 
 Grindr is an equal-opportunity employer
 
 
 
 To learn more about how we handle the personal data of applicants, visit our Employee and Candidate Privacy Policy.
 
 
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Column

<div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">About Column</h2>
For companies building financial technology and transforming the financial services space, the biggest bottleneck to their growth and innovation is often the underlying banks and infrastructure stack they rely on. We have spent our careers founding and scaling companies like Plaid, Square, Meta, Blend, and Affirm, and have seen this problem firsthand &mdash; builders and developers needing to partner with traditional banks, and creating API and abstraction layers over the patchwork that is the bank, its core, and many other vendors. All of this results in a complex (and often expensive) banking supply chain involving a user, fintech, BaaS middleware provider, bank, core and the Federal Reserve. 
At Column, we set out to simplify and fix this. We are a bank and a software company built from the ground up, offering builders and developers technology-forward banking solutions that cut out the hundreds of vendors, middleware providers, and abstraction layers. This means a safer, more transparent, and less costly banking supply chain. Come build with us!<h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
The opportunity</h2>
Column is growing its in-house commercial legal team to own the legal infrastructure behind our most important commercial and strategic relationships. This isn't your typical in-house Commercial Counsel role reviewing SaaS contracts - you'll architect novel partnership structures that enable modern banking experiences, navigating complex regulatory requirements along the way. You'll work closely with Column's Sales &amp; Partnerships, Risk, and Compliance teams to define how we structure our deals, serve our customers, and scale our platform safely. If you're excited about combining legal acumen with a builder's mindset - and want you work to have a direct impact on how financial services are delivered at scale - we think you'll be excited about this role!
This is an in-person role with 3-4 days per week expected in our Presidio-based San Francisco office.
<h2 class="jobSectionHeader">What you'll do</h2><ul><li>
Own complex agreements end-to-end: Structure, draft, and negotiate complex customer, and vendor, and third-party agreements covering a broad range of banking products and services, including agreements related to payments and money movement service and banking partnerships inclusive of deposit account, card, and lending programs.</li><li>
Build and manage legal playbooks and templates that scale: Develop and maintain templates and inventories of contracts, terms of services, notices, and disclosures for the Bank&rsquo;s products, services, and distribution channels that enable speed without sacrificing quality.</li><li>
Negotiate: Lead negotiations with high-growth fintechs and enterprise customers, balancing commercial priorities with regulatory requirements.</li><li>
Develop strong cross-functional partnerships: Work closely with the Sales and Business teams to understand the Bank&rsquo;s goals, strategy, and risk tolerance for each deal in order to develop an efficient and risk-based contracting strategy.</li><li>
Expand into additional areas of law: As the fourth member of our growing Legal team, you'll support each other with novel research, product and regulatory advice, exam management, subpoena responses, litigation deliverables, and corporate governance materials.</li><li>
Help us level up how Legal operates: Serve as a thought partner to the business and legal to support Column's ongoing growth through improvements to bank agreements, policies, and legal processes.</li></ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
What you'll need to be successful</h2><ul><li>
6+ years as a practicing lawyer; priority given to candidates with law firm experience in a technology transactions or fintech practice and/or in-house experience at a fintech or financial institution</li><li>
Ability to independently draft and negotiate commercial agreements, with a strong understanding of both contract law and commercial transactions</li><li>
Experience with complex commercial negotiations</li><li>
Comfort with project management, deadlines, and juggling execution across multiple initiatives for multiple stakeholders</li><li>
Nice to haves:<ul><li>
Understanding of traditional commercial banking products and services including ACH and wire transactions, accounts, lending, cards, cash management, sweeps, and check issuance/deposit, among others</li><li>
Experience in structured finance or with lending products</li><li>
Understanding of money transmission</li></ul></li></ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
What you'll get from us</h2><ul><li>
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans, including options that are 100% covered by Column for you and 100% covered for your dependents!</li><li>
Comprehensive family planning and fertility benefits via partnership with Carrot, including reimbursement of up to $20,000 in qualified expenses</li><li>
Up to $2,000 (post-tax) monthly rent subsidy for employees living within 2 miles of Column&rsquo;s office</li><li>
FSA and HSA account options to enable use of pre-tax money for medical and dependent care expenses</li><li>
401k plan, including self-directed brokerage options</li><li>
Flexible time-off policy - take the time off that you want and need to relax and recharge</li><li>
100% paid parental leave, including 16 weeks for birth mothers, 12 weeks for primary caregivers, and 8 weeks for secondary caregivers</li><li>
Up to $4,500 in annual reimbursements for backup childcare</li><li>
Catered lunches and dinners for SF employees</li><li>
Commuter benefits, including paid transportation to-and-from the office</li><li>
Regular team building events, including annual offsite</li></ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
Pay transparency</h2>
Compensation packages at Column include base salary, equity, and benefits. New hire offers are made based on a candidate's experience, expertise, geographic location, and internal pay equity relative to peers.
The annual base salary range for this position is $200,000 - $250,000 + equity.<h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
We look forward to hearing from you</h2>
Column is committed to working with the best and brightest people from the broadest talent pool possible. We value bringing together a team with different perspectives, educational backgrounds, and life experiences, and believe a diversity of ideas is what allows us to develop the best solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply. 
If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation during the application and recruiting process, please reach out to accommodations@column.com.
We participate in the E-Verify program in certain locations as required by law. Learn more about the E-Verify program here.</div>

Business Wire

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 Business Wire, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is the global market leader in press release distribution and regulatory disclosure. We are on a mission to redefine how organizations connect with their audiences - and that&rsquo;s just the beginning!
 
 
 Organizations, large and small, depend on us to accurately publicize market-moving news and multimedia, and generate social engagements that develop interactions with their target audiences.
 
 
 
 About The Role
 
 
 The Senior Commercial Counsel - Contracts &amp; Compliance serves as a key legal advisor to the organization, with primary responsibility for drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide range of commercial contracts. The position requires a strong foundation in contract law, the ability to manage complex legal matters independently, and the judgment to partner effectively with business leaders to mitigate risk while enabling growth. The Senior Commercial Counsel works closely with executive management in implementing all functions necessary for maintaining the company&rsquo;s compliance status.
 
 
 
 What You'll Do
 
 
 
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 Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, including vendor contracts, service agreements, NDAs, licensing agreements, and other legal instruments
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 Advise internal stakeholders on contractual rights, obligations, and potential risks, ensuring alignment with business objectives and compliance requirements
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 Develop and maintain standardized contract templates and playbooks to streamline contract review processes
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 Partner with business leaders to resolve contract disputes and provide practical solutions to support operational needs
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 Monitor and interpret applicable laws and regulations relevant to company operations, with a focus on compliance risk in commercial transactions
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 Support compliance programs, policies, and procedures to ensure adherence to applicable legal and regulatory standards
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 Conduct legal research and prepare memoranda on various corporate and commercial matters
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 Coordinate with outside counsel as required for specialized matters
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 Maintain accurate legal and compliance documentation and records
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 Advise on basic employment law matters as needed
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 Strong team building, leadership, and people management experience, including experience managing direct reports, and large-scale projects
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 Manage the day-to-day performance of the legal team
 
 
 
 
 
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 What You'll Need
 
 
 
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 Ability to work in the San Francisco office 1-3 days a week
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 Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school, and current member in good standing with a US state bar
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 7+ years of experience in corporate and/or commercial law
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 10+ years of experience as a practicing lawyer
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 Familiarity with employment law is a plus
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 Proven ability to draft, review, and negotiate complex agreements in a business environment
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 Knowledge of compliance frameworks, applicable regulations, and risk management strategies
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 Excellent judgment, problem-solving skills, and the ability to balance legal risk with business objectives
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 Strong interpersonal, collaboration, and communication skills, with the ability to influence at all levels of the organization
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 Working knowledge of Office, JIRA and contract management systems
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 High level of professional ethics, integrity, and discretion
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 Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
 
 
 
 
 
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 Business Wire will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.
 
 
 
 What We Offer
 
 
 The base salary range for this position is $175K to $195K/year. Offered salary will be determined by several factors, including but not limited to: applicant&rsquo;s education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with geographic market data. Business Wire reserves the right to modify this salary range at any time.
 
 
 Business Wire&rsquo;s total rewards include:
 
 
 
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 Ability to work remotely
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 Excellent health benefits that begin on your first day of employment
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 $100 monthly fitness allotment, a tuition reimbursement program, and enhanced mental health resources
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 401(k) plan with generous company match, and annual profit sharing contribution (subject to company performance)
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 PTO, Floating Holidays, Wellness Day Off, Birthday Day Off, and more!
 
 
 
 
 
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 A pre-employment background check will be required after the acceptance of an offer.
 
 Business Wire is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and other similar state laws and local ordinances, and its internal policy, Business Wire will also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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Senior Commercial Counsel – Contracts & Compliance

AudioStack

<div>
 
 Legal Counsel - Full Time, ESOP
 
 
 
 
 About The Role
 
 
 
 We are hiring our first legal counsel to build the legal function from the ground up. As the first legal hire, you'll work closely with leadership and across departments to lead all legal matters &mdash; with a strong commercial focus.
 
 
 You'll own, shape, and scale legal operations in a fast-paced, international AI startup. You will be the go-to person for all legal questions across AudioStack, covering commercial contracts, employment, IP, compliance, and data privacy globally.
 
 
 This role is ideal for someone entrepreneurial and commercially minded, who is excited by the opportunity to make a lasting impact at a high-growth startup.
 
 
 
 About AudioStack
 
 
 
 AudioStack is the world's most powerful AI audio production infrastructure. If you're excited about the intersection of AI, Voice, and Audio (think audio ads, dynamic content, podcasting), and you're ready to bring your legal expertise to a cutting-edge SaaS business, this one's for you!
 
 
 We're an API-first, Audio-as-a-Service company on a mission to revolutionise how audio is created around the world. Our international team spans California, London, Barcelona, and New York, and we're growing fast.
 
 
 
 What You'll Do
 
 
 
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 Lead review, negotiation, and execution of all commercial agreements (licensing, partnerships, NDAs, etc.)
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 Build scalable contract templates and processes to streamline deal velocity without compromising risk
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 Serve as AudioStack's Legal Counsel, advising leadership on corporate governance, support on investment matters, and employment legislation
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 Establish and maintain strong internal legal documentation and contract management systems
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 Develop and enforce compliance policies, including those relating to AI ethics, GDPR, and the Data Protection Act 2018
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 Advise on data privacy across multiple jurisdictions (UK, EU, US) as both data controller and processor
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 Stay ahead of the evolving regulatory landscape for generative AI and IP, and proactively advise on risk management
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 Engage with third-party bodies, regulators, and policy stakeholders to help shape the future of AI legislation
 
 
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 Requirements
 
 
 
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 Qualified commercial counsel with training from a top-tier law firm
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 5-10+ years of legal experience, including time spent in-house, preferably at a startup or scaleup
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 Strong commercial law experience with demonstrated ability to close complex agreements at pace
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 Familiarity with US, and EU legal environments, particularly in privacy, commercial contracts, AI and IP
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 A generalist mindset, you are excited to stretch into new areas including employment law and IP
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 Strong interest in tech, AI, or IP-heavy industries
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 Pragmatic, hands-on, and business-focused &mdash; someone who can balance legal risk with commercial opportunity
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 Can take initiative and be pro-active on addressing new matters or challenges and can work autonomously as required
 
 
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 Benefits
 
 
 
 🎛 The opportunity to work in a leading voice &amp; audio AI company, with an exceptional tech team with diverse and highly recognised backgrounds.
 
 
 🎹 Be part of a great story: we are making audio scalable for the first time in history.
 
 
 📔 Great Learning &amp; Development opportunities, such as our biweekly journal club - state-of-the-art papers or Friday wins, a proactive meeting to celebrate shipping of new software each week.
 
 
 ⏱ Hybrid working and Flexible working hours with 3 days in the office per week.
 
 
 💰 Stock Options (subject to performance and time served).
 
 
 🛠 The opportunity to shape a startup culture in a company in the fast-growing audio/video space.
 
 
 🗺 A truly international and diverse team.
 
 
 🥵 Offices in the hottest startup hubs London, Barcelona and New York.
 
 
 🐶 Dog friendly offices (come and meet Swanson and Bernie)!
 
 
 
 Why is now a really exciting time to join AudioStack 🚀
 
 
 
 AudioStack is the leading Audio-As-A-Service company with a very strong technology stack and AI R&amp;D team, featured in some of the leading media.
 
 
 We have a great team and culture and you will be immersive in a very international environment and market.
 
 
 We are still a small team of 30 people expanding rapidly internationally. As an early employee you have a lot of room to apply and grow your skills fast, build out a team and move quickly with your ideas, enjoying a lot of space, flexibility and trust.
 
 
 🚀 Join us now to revolutionise how audio production is delivered at scale!
 
 
 
 Our commitment to diversity 💗
 
 
 
 We embrace diversity at www.audiostack.ai. To build a product that's loved by everyone, we need a team with all kinds of different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds. That's why we're committed to hiring people regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or disability.
</div>

Legal Counsel

Robert Half

<div>
 
 Robert Half Legal is partnering with a groundbreaking technology company to identify an experienced Commercial Counsel for a 4-month contract engagement through February 2026. This role offers a unique opportunity to work on high-impact commercial transactions and strategic initiatives in a fast-paced, global environment. As Commercial Counsel, you will join a collaborative and dynamic legal team to draft, negotiate, and manage a broad range of commercial agreements while advising leadership on corporate and regulatory matters. The ideal candidate will be based locally to report onsite as needed, proactive, highly organized, and able to balance complex projects with business-minded solutions.
 
 
 
 Key Responsibilities
 
 
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 Lead drafting and negotiation of partnership, customer, and other complex commercial agreements.
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 Negotiate SaaS and vendor contracts, advisor and consultant agreements, and event sponsorships.
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 Collaborate with executives and business stakeholders to structure, document, and negotiate joint ventures and innovative deal types.
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 Develop playbooks, templates, and fallback positions to streamline contracting while protecting company interests.
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 Provide clear, practical advice on corporate and regulatory issues impacting commercial initiatives.
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 Manage multiple priorities in a fast-moving environment and contribute to process improvement initiatives.
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 Qualifications
 
 
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 JD from an accredited law school and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar.
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 8+ years of hands-on experience in commercial, technology transactions, M&amp;A, or emerging companies practices; a combination of top law firm and in-house is strongly preferred.
 </li>
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 Proven track record drafting and negotiating complex agreements, including SaaS, vendor, partnership, customer, advisor/consultant, and sponsorship contracts.
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 Experience supporting cross-border transactions and advising on international business operations.
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 Strong understanding of corporate governance, compliance, and regulatory issues impacting commercial deals.
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 Exceptional communication skills with the ability to translate complex legal concepts into clear, business-focused guidance.
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 Demonstrated ability to build high-trust relationships with executives, business teams, and external stakeholders.
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 Highly organized with meticulous attention to detail, strong prioritization skills, and a history of improving legal processes.
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 Professional judgment, discretion, and integrity in handling sensitive matters.
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 Local to the San Francisco Bay Area and able to report onsite as needed; open to occasional international travel.
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 </ul>
 
 This is a rare opportunity to apply your commercial expertise in a forward-looking technology company with global reach. Apply today to join a collaborative team and make an immediate impact
 
</div>

In-House Counsel

Imprint

<div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">Who We Are</h2>
Imprint is reimagining co-branded credit cards &amp; financial products to be smarter, more rewarding, and truly brand-first. We partner with companies like Rakuten, Booking.com, H-E-B, Fetch, and Brooks Brothers to launch modern credit programs that deepen loyalty, unlock savings, and drive growth. Our platform combines advanced payments infrastructure, intelligent underwriting, and seamless UX to help brands offer powerful financial products&mdash;without becoming a bank.
Co-branded cards account for over $300 billion in U.S. annual spend&mdash;but most are still powered by legacy banks. Imprint is the modern alternative: flexible, tech-forward, and built for today&rsquo;s consumer. Backed by Kleiner Perkins, Thrive Capital, and Khosla Ventures, we&rsquo;re building a world-class team to redefine how people pay&mdash;and how brands grow. If you want to work fast, solve hard problems, and make a real impact, we&rsquo;d love to meet you.
Position Overview
Imprint is looking for a dynamic Product Counsel to join our growing legal team as our second hire. This role offers a unique opportunity to help build the legal function from the ground up and partner closely with product, compliance, engineering, and business teams. You&rsquo;ll serve as a trusted advisor on regulatory, privacy, data security, and compliance issues that impact our product offerings, with a particular focus on the sponsor bank model, credit cards, and other consumer credit products.
The ideal candidate has 3&ndash;7 years of experience in fintech, financial services, or technology, with a proven track record of working cross-functionally in fast-paced environments. This is a hands-on role where you&rsquo;ll not only guide the development of innovative financial products but also support general commercial and SaaS contracting. Credit card experience is a strong plus. This role will report to the Vice President of Legal and be based out of the San Francisco office (hybrid or full time in office).
Key Responsibilities<ul><li>
Advise product and engineering teams on regulatory, privacy, data security, and compliance issues affecting fintech products.</li><li>
Partner with product managers and business leaders to design innovative, compliant, and consumer-friendly experiences.</li><li>
Support the structuring and implementation of products offered through sponsor bank relationships by advocating for Imprint&rsquo;s product direction with partner banks.</li><li>
Draft, review, and negotiate a variety of commercial agreements, including SaaS, vendor, and partnership contracts.</li><li>
Monitor legal and regulatory developments in consumer finance, payments, privacy, and data security, and translate them into practical guidance for internal stakeholders.</li><li>
Develop scalable legal processes and frameworks to support a rapidly growing business.</li><li>
Collaborate with compliance, risk, and operations teams to ensure products align with applicable laws and industry best practices.</li><li>
Contribute to building the foundation of the legal function, with the opportunity to shape culture, tools, and strategy.</li></ul> 
What You&rsquo;ll Bring<ul><li>
J.D. and admission to at least one U.S. state bar in good standing (CA preferred).</li><li>
3&ndash;7 years of legal experience, ideally with a mix of top law firm and in-house experience in fintech, financial services, or technology.</li><li>
Enthusiasm for helping to build the foundation for a legal function at Imprint</li><li>
Experience advising on regulatory/compliance issues related to fintech, payments, consumer lending, or credit cards.</li><li>
Familiarity with the sponsor bank model and related regulatory requirements.</li><li>
Working knowledge of privacy and data security laws and their application to consumer financial products.</li><li>
Strong drafting, negotiation, and communication skills with attention to detail.</li><li>
Ability to work independently and thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with a proactive, problem-solving mindset.</li><li>
Team-oriented, entrepreneurial, and eager to take on diverse projects as part of a small but growing legal team.</li></ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
Perks &amp; Benefits</h2><ul><li>
Competitive compensation and equity packages</li><li>
Leading configured work computers of your choice</li><li>
Flexible paid time off</li><li>
Fully covered, high-quality healthcare, including fully covered dependent coverage</li><li>
Additional health coverage includes access to One Medical and the option to enroll in an FSA</li><li>
16 weeks of paid parental leave for the primary caregiver and 8 weeks for all new parents</li><li>
Access to industry-leading technology across all of our business units, stemming from our philosophy that we should invest in resources for our team that foster innovation, optimization, and productivity</li></ul>
Imprint is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Imprint is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. Imprint welcomes talented individuals from all backgrounds who want to build the future of payments and rewards. If you are passionate about FinTech and eager to grow, let&rsquo;s move the world forward, together.
Compensation Range: $150K - $200K</div>

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