Technology Transactions Associate Attorney

Lateral Link; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 260,000 - 435,000; Full time

Job summary

Lateral Link, a leading national technology transactions practice, seeks a mid-level associate (3–8 years) for Silicon Valley and San Francisco with a potential counsel title for 7+. Cravath scale—$260K–$435K depending on class year, plus a full year end bonus for laterals who join before year end.

You will work with practice heads on licenses, alliances, and IP structures behind tech deals for clients ranging from startups to major platforms in California, with a growth trajectory toward

Qualifications

• 3–8 years of technology transactions or commercial IP experience.
• Reps drafting and negotiating licenses and complex commercial agreements.
• Comfort with fast-moving deals and emerging-technology clients.
• California bar admission, or eligibility to sit.

Responsibilities

• Technology, content, and data licensing, including LLM and AI model licenses.
• Joint ventures, strategic alliances, and commercial and supply agreements.
• IP and technology support on M&A and financings, including diligence and transition services.
• Product counseling on emerging AI, data, and open source issues.

Skills

Tech transactions

Licensing

Drafting & negotiating

California bar admission

Job description

The AI licensing wave has turned technology transactions into the busiest seat in Silicon Valley — every model license, data deal, and strategic alliance runs through a commercial lawyer before it runs through anyone else, and the groups here can't staff the work fast enough.

An elite global firm with a nationally ranked technology transactions practice is hiring a mid-level associate (3–8 years) for its Silicon Valley and San Francisco offices, with counsel title on the table at 7+. Cravath scale — $260K–$435K depending on class year, plus a full year end bonus for laterals who join before year end.

You'd work directly with the practice heads on the commercial side of the technology economy — the licenses, alliances, and IP structures behind the deals — for a client base that runs from venture-backed startups to the largest platforms in the Valley, in a California group that's growing fast enough that the runway to partner is real.

The work includes:

• Technology, content, and data licensing, including LLM and AI model licenses
• Joint ventures, strategic alliances, and commercial and supply agreements
• IP and technology support on M&A and financings, including diligence and transition services
• Product counseling on emerging AI, data, and open source issues

What you bring:

• 3–8 years of technology transactions or commercial IP experience, at a firm or in-house
• Reps drafting and negotiating licenses and complex commercial agreements
• Comfort with fast-moving deals and emerging-technology clients
• California bar admission, or eligibility to sit

What you get:

• A full year-end bonus even if you start in Q4, which almost no firm offers a lateral
• Counsel title at 7+ and a growing California platform with genuine partner runway
• Cravath scale ($260K–$435K depending on class year), plus bonus eligibility