Legal Counsel, DeepMind

Google DeepMind; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 217,000 - 314,000; Full time

Job summary

Google DeepMind is seeking a Legal Counsel to provide proactive and strategic legal counseling to accelerate research and product development. You will partner with DeepMind researchers and cross-functional teams to address legal issues across collaborations, licensing, and compliance while aligning with safety and ethics priorities.

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

Qualifications

• JD, equivalent degree, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3 years of attorney-level (post-qualification) experience at an academic or research institution, other in-house teams, or at a law firm.
• 3 years of experience negotiating research partnerships for a research firm, academic institution, technology company or at a law firm.
• Admitted to the bar and in good standing or otherwise authorized to practice law in the state in which the position is located.

Responsibilities

• Draft and negotiate commercial agreements (collaboration, research and development, licensing, services, and procurement) with university, commercial or government partners.
• Provide 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.
• Advise clients across all phases of the agreement life-cycle, from early stage shaping, to negotiating, to post-sign implementation and compliance.
• Guide the life-cycle of AI model development from ideation, training, testing, validation, publication, commercial and partnership strategy, and open release strategy.
• Support the Legal team’s initiatives to manage and track Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), coordinate legal processes, and report on key legal metrics in support of high-level team strategies.

Skills

Contract negotiation

Legal counsel

Education

JD or equivalent

Job description

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

Minimum qualifications

• JD, equivalent degree, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3 years of attorney-level (post-qualification) experience at an academic or research institution, other in-house teams, or at a law firm.
• 3 years of experience negotiating research partnerships for a research firm, academic institution, technology company or at a law firm.
• Admitted to the bar and in good standing or otherwise authorized to practice law (e.g., have registered in-house status) in the state in which the position is located.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience advising in the frontier AI.
• Experience advising on AI issues, particularly in partnering with executives on such matters.
• Experience in life sciences, cybersecurity, materials, or AI within education and healthcare.
• Understanding of opportunities and risks of AI agents, models and systems.
• Ability to make judgement calls on a regular basis, and be thoughtful about the real world consequences of those decisions.
• Ability to work independently and also as part of a highly collaborative team.

About the job

As a part of the DeepMind Legal team, you will provide proactive and strategic legal counseling to accelerate DeepMind's research, ensure smooth operations and enable fast-moving progress towards our mission. As a Legal Counsel, you will work closely with the DeepMind researchers and cross-functional teams in order to advise on a variety of legal issues relevant to their work. You will collaborate closely with DeepMind product and research teams, other members of the legal team, compliance teams, and with outside counsel when needed. 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 various learning opportunities and 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

Responsibilities

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• Draft and negotiate commercial agreements (collaboration, research and development, licensing, services, and procurement) with university, commercial or government partners.
• Provide 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.
• Advise clients across all phases of the agreement life-cycle, from early stage shaping, to negotiating, to post-sign implementation and compliance.
• Guide the life-cycle of AI model development from ideation, training, testing, validation, publication, commercial and partnership strategy, and open release strategy.
• Support the Legal team’s initiatives to manage and track Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), coordinate legal processes, and report on key legal metrics in support of high-level team strategies.

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 .