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Google Hiring for Associate Commercial Counsel, Research at San Francisco, CA Full Time
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Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: San Francisco, CA, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA.
Minimum qualifications:
- J.D. or equivalent degree.
- 3 years of experience at the attorney-level.
- Admitted to the bar and in good standing or otherwise authorized to practice law in the state of hire.
Preferred qualifications:
- Solid transactional experience working on licensing or IP related deals.
- Technical fluency or background to easily understand computer science and machine learning related terms and concepts.
- Ability to identify, understand, and resolve complex licensing/IP issues, and work with customers and cross-functional teams to represent the best possible positions for Google in the agreement.
- Ability to put forth persuasive cases with external partners to support Google’s positions.
About the job
As Corporate Counsel at Google, you work on the most exciting legal issues as disruptive technological innovations require creative and proactive legal guidance. You’re part of a whip-smart group of in-house lawyers and the projects and cases you take on challenge you to think big and differently. You are collaborative – ready to partner in initiatives that influence all aspects of the business and work with Googlers from all over the company. As an integrated part of the team, you proactively assess legal risks and advise on products that will not only move information into the 21st century, but move information law forward as well.
The Google Research Artificial Intelligence (AI) Legal team is looking for an adept commercial counsel with experience dealing with a variety of different agreement types, particularly with academic and government institutions. You will be a commercial counsel working with our Research Business Development and Product teams, supporting the research and development of cutting edge technology primarily in the artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) fields. You will work closely with other lawyers, engineers, and product folks dedicated to the same task. You have judgment on privacy, security, regulatory and commercial matters, while also utilizing your experience in enterprise technology transactions in these areas.
20th century laws don’t always solve 21st century problems, and Google Legal crafts innovative approaches for working with some of the toughest legal challenges of the information age. Whether you’re a patent attorney, an intellectual property expert or an engineer headed to law school, Google Legal lets you address unanswered legal quandaries and create new precedents. Our innovative services raise challenging questions that demand creative and practical answers. We provide those answers by working at the crossroads of the law and new technology, helping Google build innovative and important products for users around the world.
Responsibilities
- Review, draft, and discuss a variety of commercial agreements, such as licenses and intellectual property agreements, master sponsored research agreements, and other collaborative agreements with academic institutions, governments and industry partners.
- Manage agreements that comply with company policies and risk tolerance.
- Develop and maintain legal resources that are required for industry specific customers and partners, as well as trainings for internal teams.
- Serve as a trusted partner, and provide strategic, actionable guidance and advice, to business customers and cross-functional stakeholders on legal issues and risks, approval processes, company policies and procedures, intellectual property (IP), and business strategy.
- Respond promptly to legal requests from the business team and other clients, including at the executive level, summarizing, and communicating legal concepts for business audiences.
Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. 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. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google’s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.
