Founding Legal Counsel

Act as day-to-day legal partner to founders and leadership across company decisions

Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements including customer, partner, vendor, and research collaborations

Support hiring and people operations including employment agreements, contractor arrangements, policies, and compliance

Manage intellectual property matters including NDAs, invention assignment, open source use, and coordination with outside patent counsel

Handle corporate governance, board materials, subsidiary setup, equity administration, and related documentation

Support fundraising and financing processes alongside outside counsel

Advise on regulatory and operational risk related to robotics, autonomy, data, and deployment in the physical world

Develop practical policies and lightweight processes that enable speed while maintaining compliance

Coordinate and manage outside counsel across corporate, employment, IP, and regulatory matters

Provide clear, actionable guidance to non-legal teams

Operate as a hands-on generalist and take ownership of issues end-to-end

J.D. and active membership in the California State Bar

Experience at a law firm or in-house role covering multiple legal domains

Comfort operating as a generalist across corporate, commercial, employment, and IP matters

Familiarity with French law and regulatory frameworks, particularly as they relate to corporate structure, employment, or cross-border operation

Experience negotiating technology, commercial, or partnership agreements

Ability to translate legal risk into practical business guidance

High ownership, autonomy, and sound judgment

Ability to work closely with engineers, researchers, and operations teams

Comfort operating in a fast-moving and ambiguous environment

Strong written and verbal communication

Ideally: Experience at a startup or high-growth technology company

Ideally: Experience supporting venture financings and board governance

Ideally: Familiarity with hardware, robotics, autonomy, or AI companies

Ideally: Experience building legal processes from zero and scaling them over time

Ideally: Experience working with intellectual property in Asia