Senior Legal Counsel

What You’ll Do

• Commercial contracting: draft, review, and negotiate customer and partner agreements, including software licensing, professional services, GPU operations, and hosting-related terms. Ensure contracts align with business intent and operational realities.
• NDA and intake process: implement a clear NDA and contracting SOP, including templates, fallback positions, approval matrix, and turnaround SLAs. Train teams to reduce friction and rework.
• Risk assessment and negotiation strategy: identify key risks (liability, IP, confidentiality, payment, termination, indemnities, SLAs, security). Propose pragmatic risk positions tied to deal size and strategic value.
• IP and product legal support: support IP protection strategy, vendor development agreements, and software licensing model design. Coordinate trademark and domain protection as needed.
• Data privacy and security terms: review and structure data processing obligations, security addenda, and customer requirements. Coordinate with technical owners to ensure commitments are feasible.
• Corporate governance: support board and shareholder matters, presentations, cap table related documentation, and corporate housekeeping. Partner with Finance on financing transactions and investor diligence.
• Employment and HR support: support HR on employment agreements, policies, disciplinary actions, and terminations. Ensure documentation quality and legal defensibility.
• Vendor and procurement legal: negotiate key vendor agreements including IT services, facilities, data center related vendors, and consulting agreements. Ensure clear scopes, deliverables, and termination rights.
• Compliance and regulatory: identify relevant compliance needs (sanctions, export considerations, procurement controls, anti-bribery). Coordinate with external counsel where specialized expertise is required.
• Obligations management: implement a contract repository and obligations tracker (renewals, notice dates, SLAs, deliverables). Ensure the business executes what it signs.
• Enablement: create playbooks, clause libraries, and training for sales, BD, and operations teams so they understand contract concepts and negotiation posture.

You’ll Thrive Here if You

• 7+ years of relevant legal experience, including in-house counsel experience or strong commercial contracting background.
• Strong experience drafting and negotiating technology and services agreements (MSA, SOW, NDA, licensing).
• Ability to operate independently in a fast-growing company with limited existing legal infrastructure.
• Excellent judgment and ability to balance legal risk with commercial outcomes.
• Fluency in English and Mandarin for contract review and negotiation in cross-border contexts.
• Strong organizational skills and process mindset. You can build legal workflows that scale.
• High integrity, discretion, and commitment to protecting the company while enabling growth.

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience in cloud infrastructure, data centers, semiconductors, GPU hardware, or enterprise software licensing.
• Experience supporting venture financing, strategic investments, or corporate structuring.
• Comfortable using AI tools for contract analysis, clause comparisons, and drafting acceleration (with strict confidentiality controls).
• Experience with data privacy frameworks and security addenda in enterprise contracts.
• Exposure to export controls and cross-border technology transactions.

Why This Role is Unique

You own contracting, customer and partner negotiations, and internal legal process design, coordinating external counsel for specialized matters.

Details

We provide competitive salary and equity based on experience and skillset.

Flexible work environment.

Applicants must be authorized to work in their respective location.