Head of Legal

You will lead the drafting, review, and negotiation of commercial agreements, including English-language contracts. You will advise on deal structures, corporate governance, fundraising, intellectual property, data, open-source licensing, compliance, regulatory developments, disputes, and outside counsel. You will manage legal members and standardize legal processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead drafting, review, and negotiation of customer, partner, vendor, and contractor contracts, including English-language agreements
• Advise business teams on legal considerations during deal structuring
• Handle shareholder and board meeting operations, corporate registrations, capital policy, and fundraising legal matters
• Establish policies for research outputs, models, data, and open-source software licenses
• Drive patent and trademark strategy with outside counsel
• Build and operate compliance programs covering internal policies, personal data protection, and export and security trade control
• Track AI-related regulations and translate them into practical business guidance
• Manage disputes, external inquiries, and outside counsel
• Manage legal team members and improve legal quality and productivity
• Standardize contract and legal processes and improve efficiency through generative AI

Requirements

• 5+ years of corporate legal experience in-house or at a law firm
• Experience independently drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts, including English-language contracts
• Ability to explain legal risk concretely and present workable options to business teams
• Native-level Japanese
• English proficiency for contract work and day-to-day business communication
• Interest in using generative AI, LLMs, and AI agents in legal work