Legal Counsel, DeepMind
Mountain View, CA, USA +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 26, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, CA, USA
New York, NY, USA - Experience
- 3 years of attorney-level experience in government, in-house, or at a law firm.
- Education
- JD, LL.B., equivalent degree, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Provides commercial legal counsel to Google DeepMind, drafting agreements and advising on legal risks while translating technical safety and security needs into legal frameworks.
What you'll do
- Structure, draft, and negotiate commercial agreements, especially content partnerships, collaborations, technology R&D, and services agreements.
- Advise DeepMind teams and executive stakeholders on contractual structuring, legal research, and legal risks.
- Coordinate legal processes, OKRs, and metrics, and bridge engineering and legal on safety and security requirements.
What they ask for
- JD, LL.B., equivalent degree, or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience advising globally on commercial and research matters, including intellectual property, data, and privacy issues.
Nice to have
- Legal contributions to AI R&D as in-house counsel at a technology company; advising relevant research, engineering, or product teams.
- Experience in content licensing, AI safety or cybersecurity red-teaming or testing agreements; understanding of AI models, systems, and agents.
Pay
$217000 - $314000 (USD) base salary
AI focus
Supports legal work for AI research and product development, including data licensing, AI safety, technical safety and security requirements, and AI models and agents.
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