Brainco
Commercial Counsel
San Francisco Bay Area · Senior · Contract
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About the role
- You'll work on a wide variety of deal types, many of which open new routes to market for Brain Co. across government, regulated industries, and major enterprises.
- You'll also be the lawyer on major deals and projects that make an immediate impact on our fast-growing, dynamic business.
- We're looking for an experienced lawyer with a strong work ethic, excellent analytical and communication skills, and incredibly solid fundamentals as a lawyer.
Responsibilities
- manage outside counsel where appropriate.
- Product Advisory: Serve as legal SME for the teams building Brain Co.'s AI-assisted legal and regulatory tools.
- able to partner with both legal and non-legal stakeholders and translate complex legal issues into clear, actionable guidance.
Requirements
- 5-8 years of legal experience, with a combination of large law firm and in-house experience at a tech company.
- Strong background negotiating complex commercial contracts, preferably in SaaS, AI, or enterprise software, including a track record of leading the negotiation of major deals with C-level execs.
- A proactive mindset and the ability to navigate ambiguity in a fast-paced startup environment.
- Experience advising on AI, data privacy, or regulatory frameworks (DPAs, BAAs, security provisions).
- Experience supporting business development or strategic partnership teams.
Nice to have
- J.D. and active bar membership (California admission or eligibility to waive in strongly preferred).
Compensation
- Competitive compensation including salary, equity, and performance incentives.
Benefits
- Employment: Advise on offer letters, contractor agreements, equity grants, employee policies, and terminations
- Fundraising: Support review and negotiation of term sheets, SAFEs, and equity financing documents alongside company and investors' counsel.
Company info
- Rebuild how the world works, to make institutions work better for the people they serve.
- ABOUT BRAIN CO.
- Brain Co. builds AI-native operating systems for large, regulated institutions.
- Each system is built for a specific industry, powered by agents that push real workflows forward.
- Underneath it all is Atlas, our proprietary platform that keeps customers in control, secure by design, and never locked into one model.
- Brain Co. is entering its next phase of production deployments on a national scale with an elite team built from Palantir, Google, Meta, and Nvidia, and a growing footprint across government, insurance, health, and financial services.
- Joining now means shaping both the company and a new category of applied AI.
- Every project here ships to production and is expected to create measurable customer value and impact.
- You'll work alongside exceptional peers on some of the hardest problems in applied AI.
- It's the kind of work you'll still be proud of in ten years from now.
- You will work alongside key partners throughout the company - including Sales, Business Development, Finance, and the executive team - to close first-of-kind strategic partnerships and high-value deals.
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