Legal Counsel

Preferred Networks

Legal

GenAI

About this role

Legal counsel role at Preferred Networks, a large Japanese AI startup pursuing a vertically integrated business spanning AI chips, clusters, generative AI / foundation models and AI solutions.

As a legal partner to business units and projects, the counsel handles contract, terms-of-use and privacy-policy drafting, review and negotiation; legal-risk analysis and research on business schemes; responses to legal questions; and litigation/dispute matters. The role may also cover internal regulations, corporate-law governance (shareholder and board meetings, minutes, registration), subsidiary legal management, compliance training and labor-related matters with the HR team.

Required: a Japanese attorney (bengoshi) qualification, several years of corporate-legal practice at a law firm, and business-level English (mainly reading and writing). Remote work is possible, with flexibility to come in as needed. The posting is in Japanese with some bilingual detail.

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