Corporate and Regulatory Lawyer (AI)

Location: Remote; United States, Canada, or London

Salary: USA — $190,000–$280,000 in New York, Washington, and California; $170,000–$250,000 in other US states; Canada — CA$245,000–CA$350,000. Equity offered.

Company

Cohere is a security-first enterprise AI company building foundation AI models and end-to-end products for real-world business use.

What you will do

• Support global corporate governance and entity matters, including subsidiary governance, entity establishment and restructuring, board and shareholder matters, corporate approvals, delegated authorities, signing frameworks, and entity maintenance.
• Support intercompany legal architecture, including intercompany agreements and cross-border operating arrangements.
• Support cross-border regulatory workstreams, including foreign investment screening, national-security reviews, regulatory diligence, filing coordination, and regulatory commitments connected with acquisitions, investments, and restructurings.
• Support export-control, sanctions, and related compliance matters by coordinating specialist advice and translating requirements into practical guidance, controls, and documentation.
• Support legal and regulatory matters for public-sector and regulated-market opportunities involving sovereignty, procurement, security, and market access.
• Coordinate stakeholders and external counsel across jurisdictions, take ownership of workstreams, and develop scalable approaches as the international footprint grows.

Requirements

• Qualified lawyer with approximately 4–8 years of relevant experience gained at a leading law firm, a sophisticated in-house legal team, or preferably a combination of both.
• Strong corporate and cross-border legal foundation covering subsidiary governance, entity structuring and reorganisations, intercompany arrangements, delegated authorities, corporate approvals, and international corporate practice.
• Meaningful exposure to cross-border regulatory matters, particularly foreign investment screening, national-security reviews, export controls, sanctions, international trade, or related corporate compliance issues.
• Experience working across multiple jurisdictions and coordinating local and specialist external counsel.
• Strong judgment, range, and commercial awareness, including the ability to assess unfamiliar issues and determine when specialist advice is required.
• Ability to own internal legal workstreams, ask effective questions of specialist counsel, digest complex advice, and translate it into practical business steps.
• Clear, practical communication skills and the ability to work with Legal, Finance, Tax, People, Security, Government Affairs, and commercial teams.
• Collaborative and pragmatic approach, with comfort working across subject areas, functions, jurisdictions, and time zones.

Nice to have

• Experience in technology, AI, cloud, infrastructure, or another regulated industry.
• Experience supporting a multinational organisation with a growing international entity footprint.
• Exposure to public-sector, government-facing, or regulated-market matters, including procurement, digital sovereignty, security, accreditation, or market access.
• Familiarity with North American, UK, or EU regulatory frameworks relevant to cross-border technology businesses.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-friendly work environment with offices in Toronto, London, New York City, San Francisco, Montreal, Paris, Berlin, and Seoul.
• Full health and dental benefits, mental-health budget, RRSP matching, 401(k), and pension scheme.
• Six weeks of paid vacation, 100% parental-leave top-up for up to six months, and annual enrichment benefits.
• Education and learning stipend for conferences, courses, and coaching.
• Remote employees receive co-working support, a home-office stipend, travel budget for other offices, and an annual company offsite.
• Office employees receive daily lunch, snacks, and community and social events.