About the role
We are looking for a Partner, Technology & IP Transactions with 12+ years of experience to build and lead the practice at an AI-native law firm that's redefining how legal services are delivered. You'll own the work, the team, the quality bar, and the client relationships — sitting first chair on the most complex IP and technology deals while scaling a team of 10+ attorneys at a YC-backed firm growing fast.
What will you be doing?
- Sit first chair on strategic partnerships, licensing, joint development, data/AI deals, and technology terms inside M&A — on deal timelines, not memo timelines
- Define and own IP diligence methodology across financings and M&A (chain of title, open source exposure, inbound/outbound license scope, change-of-control triggers)
- Build, lead, and grow a team of 10+ attorneys — recruiting, staffing, mentoring, and holding an elite work-product bar at startup speed
- Own senior client relationships with GCs, founders, boards, and deal teams as a trusted advisor
- Partner with engineering to translate practice-level insight into tooling and automation that scales the practice
Key Requirements
- J.D. with active bar membership and 12+ years in sophisticated technology and IP transactions
- Deep IP diligence experience on both sides of strategic transactions — venture financings, buy-side/sell-side M&A, carve-outs, and spin-outs
- Command of the full tech transactions toolkit: licensing, SaaS/platform agreements, data and AI terms, open source compliance, and trade secret protection
- Demonstrated experience managing and developing a team of attorneys (not just supervising deal staffing)
- Both law firm and in-house experience strongly preferred — you've held a high firm-quality bar and understand what it's like when legal becomes the bottleneck
