Commercial Counsel (AI)

TL;DR

Commercial Counsel (AI): Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial agreements for generative AI models and platforms with an accent on API licensing, enterprise SaaS, partnerships, and cross-border US-EU deals. Focus on advising on AI-specific legal issues like IP ownership, training data rights, regulatory compliance, and scalable contract frameworks.

Location: Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany or San Francisco, US. Hybrid: at least 2 days a week in office (or one full week every other week), or remote with a monthly in-person week. Travel costs covered.

Base Annual Salary: $200,000-$275,000 + Equity

Company

Creators of Latent Diffusion, Stable Diffusion, and FLUX—advanced generative AI models powering image and video creation for millions worldwide. Headquartered in Freiburg with presence in San Francisco, focused on research excellence and open science.

What you will do

• Draft and negotiate commercial agreements including API licensing, enterprise SaaS, model access, partnerships, vendor deals, and NDAs.
• Support US and EU transactions with primary focus on US deals; advise on German corporate law.
• Partner with GTM, Marketing, FDE, Infrastructure, and Finance teams on practical legal guidance.
• Advise on AI legal matters: IP ownership/licensing, training data rights, generative AI regulations.
• Develop scalable legal frameworks, templates, playbooks, and workflows.
• Manage outside counsel and contribute to compliance/legal operations.

Requirements

• 7+ years legal experience in technology sector commercial transactions; ideally in-house and law firm, startup/high-growth advantageous.
• Experience negotiating complex tech agreements: software licensing, API/platform deals, data/content, partnerships.
• Support for US and EU deals; cross-border transactions and jurisdictional differences.
• Excellent drafting/negotiation skills; identify issues quickly and communicate to non-lawyers.
• Low ego, high accountability; handle routine and high-stakes deals.

Nice to have

• AI/ML, developer platforms, foundational model licensing.
• Generative AI exposure; understanding of AI product build/license/deployment.
• JD + active US bar; UK/EU qualification preferred.
• German corporate law, EU AI Act, GDPR, international AI/data regs.
• IP, copyright, data licensing in AI training/model development.

Culture & Benefits

• Distributed team with real offices in Freiburg/SF; structured in-person time (2 days/week or monthly week).
• Values: Obsessed (frontier research), Low Ego (best idea wins), Bold (ship ambitiously), Kind (empathy first).
• High-ownership role at cutting-edge AI company; equity compensation.