Senior Counsel, IP Litigation

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 global intellectual property litigation, dispute resolution, and certain regulatory matters 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 reports to our Associate General Counsel.

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 global litigation and regulatory matters, including commercial disputes, intellectual property litigation (including copyright and trademark matters), and regulatory investigations and enforcement actions.

- Manage and oversee outside counsel in all aspects of litigation and regulatory matters, including discovery, motion practice, trial preparation, and settlement negotiations.

- 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 litigation and/or regulatory experience at innovative technology companies and law firms.

- Have experience managing complex global intellectual property litigation, i...