This role is for someone who can think big, move decisively, and help guide the company through its next phase of growth. You'll partner directly with the C-suite and senior leadership to provide strategic legal guidance and risk analysis on key initiatives and company direction.

Key responsibilities include structuring and advising on complex commercial arrangements, serving as a senior legal advisor across the full enterprise, managing the internal legal team, and partnering and coordinating with outside counsel.

We're looking for someone with a background in IP, media, technology, music, and/or entertainment law, with strong commercial instincts. Proven ability to operate at a strategic level, advising executives and influencing business outcomes while maintaining strong relationships internally and externally.

Experience managing or leading legal teams and partnering with outside counsel is essential. Deep understanding of commercial deal structures, rights frameworks, and global business operations is also required.

As a senior legal advisor, you'll guide product, technology, and international teams on launches, expansion, and regulatory considerations. You'll oversee and manage enforcing rights, dispute resolution strategy, including pre-litigation, litigation, and settlement approach.

You'll ensure the company operates with a practical, business-forward legal posture that enables growth rather than restricts it.

We offer a competitive salary range of $220,000 - $250,000, with a wide variety of profiles considered. The salary range may vary based on qualifications, experience level, skillset, and balancing internal equity relative to peers at the company.

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Fuse Energy is a forward-thinking renewable energy startup on a mission to deliver a terawatt of renewable energy - fast. We're combining first-principles thinking with cutting-edge technology to build a radically better energy system. We raised $170M from top-tier investors including Multicoin, Balderton, Lakestar, Accel, Creandum, Lowercarbon, Ribbit, Box Group and strategic angels like Nico Rosberg, the Co-Founder of Solana and GPs behind Meta, Revolut, Spotify, Uber and more.

We’re creating a fully integrated energy company: from developing solar, wind and hydrogen projects to real-time power trading and distributed energy installations. By selling directly to consumers, we cut out the middleman, lower costs and pass on savings to customers.

But we’re not stopping there. We’re also building the Energy Network: a decentralised platform of smart devices that rewards users in Energy Dollars for electrifying their homes, shifting usage to off-peak hours, and helping balance the grid. This network strengthens grid stability - a critical foundation for scaling AI data centers and other energy-intensive industries.

As part of this mission, we are looking for a Legal Counsel to join our London team. You will play a key role in supporting our commercial, corporate, and regulatory workstreams as we expand rapidly across multiple jurisdictions. This is an opportunity to join an ambitious startup at the forefront of the energy transition and help shape the legal foundations of a new kind of energy company.

Responsibilities

• Own deal flow: Review, draft, and negotiate a high volume of NDAs, MSAs, product order forms, and supplier/customer/technology agreements. Flag risks early and land practical, business-friendly solutions.

• Drive product forward: Translate legal and regulatory requirements into clear guidance for new product lines. Research regulatory requirements and use them to develop product specs. Review designs end-to-end to ensure they are launch-ready and compliant.

• Embed with the business: Provide crisp, day-to-day advice to Operations, Finance, Trading, and Product. Turn complex issues into simple decisions and help teams move fast with confidence.

• Regulatory sword and shield: Support UK and cross-border compliance, coordinate filings and regulatory submissions, and maintain policies, registers, and training so everything is inspection-ready without roadblocking the business.

• Build scalable infrastructure: Create and refine templates, clause libraries, playbooks, and best practices. Streamline workflows and automate the routine so the team can focus on the high-impact work.

Requirements

• Qualified solicitor in England & Wales (or equivalent common law jurisdiction)

• 4–7 years of post-qualification experience, ideally with a mix of law firm and in-house exposure

• Strong grounding in commercial contracts and corporate law, with experience in energy, technology, or financial services a plus

• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment while balancing multiple projects

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

• Enthusiasm for renewable energy, decentralisation, and technology-driven change

Benefits

• Competitive salary and an equity sign-on bonus

• Biannual bonus scheme

• Fully expensed tech to match your needs

• Paid annual leave

• Breakfast and dinner allowance for office based employees

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Location

Delhi, India

Employment Type

Full time

Location Type

Hybrid

Department

Legal

About the Team

OpenAI's Legal team plays a crucial role in furthering OpenAI's mission by tackling innovative, fundamental legal issues in AI. If you're passionate about doing significant and unique work as a technology lawyer, this team is for you. The team comprises professionals from diverse fields, including technology, AI, privacy, IP, competition, corporate, employment, tax law, regulatory, and litigation.

About the Role

We’re seeking a Senior Counsel to help navigate the increasing AI legislative and regulatory landscape in India. We’re looking for a legal self-starter, who is comfortable jumping into a deep dive of laws applicable to AI, as well as a broad range of AI regulatory issues that will help shape AI policy going forward and for which there is little precedent. This role reports to our Head of Legal, APAC.

This role is based in Delhi or Mumbai.

In this role, you will:

• Analyze laws and regulations in India concerning AI to understand their impact on OpenAI and the broader AI community.

• Develop policy positions on pending legislation.

• Provide legal analysis and advice to the Global Affairs team and other internal stakeholders.

• Contribute to our ongoing improvements to AI governance as regulations come into force.

• Monitor and keep the team updated on emerging legislative and regulatory developments related to AI in India.

You might thrive in this role if you have:

• 10+ years of legal experience.

• Strong leadership and ability to influence.

• Combination of an in-house company, government/institution, or law firm experience.

• Strong background in technology laws.

• Experience and familiarity with AI or a demonstrated interest in AI laws and regulations.

• Knowledge and experience with intellectual property laws.

• Create clear and concise written and verbal communication, distilling complex concepts into simple, explainable, and persuasive ideas.

• Experience analyzing complex legislation.

• Experience engaging with regulators and/or policymakers.

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.

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Location

San Francisco

Employment Type

Full time

Location Type

Hybrid

Department

Legal

Compensation

• $297K – $330K • Offers Equity

The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. If the role is non-exempt, overtime pay will be provided consistent with applicable laws. In addition to the salary range listed above, total compensation also includes generous equity, performance-related bonus(es) for eligible employees, and the following benefits.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts

• Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)

• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match

• Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)

• Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees

• 13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law)

• Mental health and wellness support

• Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage

• Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth

• Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible

• Relocation support for eligible employees

• Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends, may also be provided.

More details about our benefits are available to candidates during the hiring process.

This role is at-will and OpenAI reserves the right to modify base pay and other compensation components at any time based on individual performance, team or company results, or market conditions.

About the Team

OpenAI's Legal team plays a crucial role in furthering OpenAI's mission by tackling innovative, fundamental legal issues in AI. If you're passionate about doing significant and unique work as a technology lawyer, this team is for you. The team comprises legal professionals from diverse fields, including technology, privacy, IP, corporate, cybersecurity, employment, tax, regulatory, and litigation.

About the Role

We’re growing our world-class Litigation and Regulatory team and seek an experienced counsel to support regulatory matters and investigations, litigation, and dispute resolution related to our business. This role is highly cross-functional across OpenAI, including work across our Legal, Communications, Global Affairs, and Executive teams.

This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.

In this role, you will:

• Provide legal advice and counsel on a wide range of regulatory matters, including informal inquiries, investigations and enforcement actions in the US and globally.

• Assist with related regulatory litigation and enforcement matters.

• Assist with civil litigation (copyright, trademark, IP, open source, privacy, class actions, competition, and other civil issues), especially where issues dovetail with regulatory scrutiny.

• Assist with discovery and requests for information from regulators and courts.

• Prepare employees to provide deposition and trial testimony and/or appearances before regulators.

• Manage dispute resolution for inbound demands, complaints, or regulatory actions.

• Oversee and choose outside counsel.

• Assist with proactive/affirmative engagement across litigation and regulatory issues.

• Assist with strategy on proactive engagement with regulators.

• Stay current on relevant laws, regulations, and industry trends, and provide updates and legal guidance to company leadership and stakeholders.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather relevant information, assess risk, and develop legal strategies to resolve disputes.

You might thrive in this role if you:

• Have at least 10+ years of combined regulatory investigations and/or litigation experience at innovative technology companies and law firms.

• Have a strong sense of ownership, are inquisitive and enthusiastic about technology, enjoy being continually challenged, and can demonstrate sound judgment in ambiguous situations.

• Have a JD and license or qualification to practice in CA.

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.

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Location

Tokyo, Japan

Employment Type

Full time

Department

Legal

About the Team

OpenAI's Legal team plays a crucial role in furthering OpenAI's mission by tackling innovative, fundamental legal issues in AI. If you're passionate about doing significant and unique work as a technology lawyer, this team is for you. The team comprises professionals from diverse fields, including technology, AI, privacy, IP, competition, corporate, employment, tax law, regulatory, and litigation.

About the Role

We’re seeking an Associate General Counsel to help navigate the increasing AI legislative and regulatory landscape in Japan and the broader Asia Pacific region. We’re looking for a legal self-starter, who is comfortable jumping into a deep dive of laws applicable to AI, as well as a broad range of AI regulatory issues that will help shape AI policy going forward and for which there is little precedent. This role reports to our Head of Legal, APAC.

This role is based in Tokyo.

In this role, you will:

• Analyze laws and regulations in Japan and APAC concerning AI to understand their impact on OpenAI and the broader AI community.

• Develop policy positions on pending legislation.

• Provide legal analysis and advice to the Global Affairs team and other internal stakeholders.

• Contribute to our ongoing improvements to AI governance as regulations come into force.

• Monitor and keep the team updated on emerging legislative and regulatory developments related to AI in Japan.

You might thrive in this role if you have:

• 12+ years of legal experience.

• Strong leadership and ability to influence.

• Combination of an in-house company, government/institution, or law firm experience.

• Strong background in technology laws.

• Experience and familiarity with AI or a demonstrated interest in AI laws and regulations.

• Knowledge and experience with intellectual property laws.

• Create clear and concise written and verbal communication, distilling complex concepts into simple, explainable, and persuasive ideas.

• Experience analyzing complex legislation.

• Cross-border experience, particularly in the countries in the APAC region.

• Experience engaging with regulators and/or policymakers.

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.

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