Google

Runs Search and YouTube and builds Gemini AI

Legal Counsel

Legal Counsel & Legal SupportConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-time

About the Job

Requirements

A JD, LL.B., equivalent degree, or equivalent practical experience is required.
At least 3 years of attorney-level experience in government, in-house, or at a law firm is required.
Experience advising globally on commercial and research matters, including intellectual property, data, and privacy issues, is required.
Experience contributing legal expertise to AI research and development as in-house legal counsel at a technology company is preferred.
Experience advising research, engineering, and product teams in one or more of the following areas is preferred: frontier AI, national security, cybersecurity, data licensing for AI purposes, AI safety, life sciences, materials, or AI in education and healthcare.
Experience in content licensing, AI safety or cybersecurity red-teaming, or testing agreements is preferred.
Understanding of opportunities and risks of AI models and systems, including AI agents, is preferred.

Responsibilities

Structure, draft, and discuss complex commercial agreements associated with research, product, and operational activities, primarily focusing on content partnerships, collaboration agreements, technology research and development agreements, and services agreements.
Provide legal advice to functional areas for day-to-day business operations, including advising on contractual structuring, conducting legal research, and advising executive stakeholders on legal risks.
Support key initiatives across GDM’s efforts.
Support Legal team initiatives to manage and track OKRs, coordinate legal processes, and report on key legal metrics in support of high-level team strategies.
Bridge engineering and legal by understanding technical safety and security requirements and translating them into scalable legal frameworks and agreement terms.

Structure, draft, and discuss complex commercial agreements associated with DeepMind’s research, product, and operational activities, primarily focusing on content partnerships, collaboration agreements, technology Research and Development (R&D) agreements, and services agreements.
Assist in providing impactful legal advice to a range of functional areas within DeepMind for the smooth and efficient running of the business on a day-to-day basis, including advising on contractual structuring, conducting legal research, and advising executive stakeholders on legal risks.
Support key initiatives across all GDM’s efforts.
Support the Legal team’s initiatives to manage and track OKRs, coordinate legal processes, and report on key legal metrics in support of high-level team strategies.
Act as a critical bridge between engineering and legal by understanding deeply technical safety and security requirements and transforming them into scalable legal frameworks and agreement terms.

Minimum qualifications:

JD, LL.B., equivalent degree, or equivalent practical experience.
3 years of attorney-level experience in government, in-house, or at a law firm.
Experience advising globally on a range of commercial and research matters, including intellectual property, data, and privacy issues.

Preferred qualifications:

Experience in legal contributions to AI research and development as in-house legal counsel at a technology company.
Experience in advising research, engineering and product teams in any of the following: frontier AI space, national security, cybersecurity, data licensing for AI purposes, AI safety, life sciences, materials, or AI within education and healthcare.
Experience in content licensing, or AI safety or cybersecurity red-teaming, or testing agreements.
Understanding of opportunities and risks of AI models and systems, including AI agents.

Artificial intelligence will be one of humanity’s most transformative inventions. At Google DeepMind, we are a pioneering AI lab with exceptional interdisciplinary teams focused on advancing AI development to solve complex global challenges and accelerate high-quality product innovation for billions of users. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, ensuring safety and ethics are always our highest priority.

We are pushing the boundaries across multiple domains. Our global teams offer diverse learning opportunities and varied career pathways for those driven to achieve exceptional results through collective effort.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $217000 - $314000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Mountain View, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA.

JD, LL.B., equivalent degree, or equivalent practical experience.
3 years of attorney-level experience in government, in-house, or at a law firm.
Experience advising globally on a range of commercial and research matters, including intellectual property, data, and privacy issues.

About the Company

Google

Runs Search and YouTube and builds Gemini AI

Google runs the world's most used search engine and free services such as YouTube, Android, and Gmail, and it builds the Gemini AI models that work inside them. In 2017, its researchers invented the transformer, the neural network design behind ChatGPT and most other AI chatbots. People use these services without paying, and Google earns most of its money from ads placed beside search results and YouTube videos. Businesses rent computing power and Gemini models through Google Cloud, and Google also sells subscriptions and Pixel phones. Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google in 1998 as Stanford PhD students; it is based in Mountain View, California, United States, and is the main business of parent company Alphabet.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Mountain View, CA
Founded: 1998

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