Counsel, Law - Litigation

Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.
Anthropic's Legal team is looking for an experienced litigator to join our Litigation and Regulatory team. You'll manage a broad docket of litigation files and pre-litigation disputes with a high degree of autonomy, advise the business on litigation risk, and help build the systems and processes that let a growing litigation function operate well at scale.
The matters you'll handle span intellectual property (particularly copyright), class actions, commercial disputes, and could include securities and shareholder disputes, in both first-party and third-party matters, in the U.You'll partner closely with colleagues across Legal and teams throughout the company to resolve matters thoughtfully and with minimal disruption to the business. You may also support regulatory investigations and inquiries as needed.
Manage a broad range of litigation matters that could include intellectual property (particularly copyright) matters, class actions, regulatory and commercial disputes, and securities cases
Direct outside counsel across all stages of litigation, from pre-suit response through discovery, dispositive briefing, trial or resolution and appeal, with a focus on strategic decision-making and filing excellent legal briefs
Manage small disputes and escalations to limit business friction and minimize risk
Advise company leadership and cross-functional partners on litigation risk, and develop appropriate strategic litigation plans, including matter-resolution proposals
Design and implement processes, policies, and tools that help the litigation and regulatory team handle matters efficiently and at scale, such as matter intake, outside counsel budgeting, contingency reporting, and pre-litigation escalation run books
Work cross-functionally to gather information efficiently and evaluate risk
Support responses to regulatory investigations and inquiries as needed
Stay up to date on relevant laws, litigation trends, and AI-related case law, and share developments with key stakeholders
Mentor and develop team members through hands-on work on active matters
Hold a law degree (JD, LLB, or equivalent) and meet the local licensing requirements to work as in-house counsel where you'll be based
Have litigated some combination of copyright, class action, securities, and regulatory matters
Have broad experience handling complex civil litigation, with deep knowledge of litigation practice and procedure, discovery, and federal and/or CA state court rules
Have managed litigation matters with significant independence, including setting case strategy, managing discovery, writing and improving legal briefs, and directing outside counsel
Write and communicate clearly, with the ability to explain litigation risk and strategy, particularly for non-legal audiences at all levels of seniority
Exhibit poise and judgment under pressure while balancing legal risk with business priorities
At least 12 years of litigation experience with a combination of experience at a global-focused law firm and in-house
Experience building systems, processes, or tools for an in-house legal team, such as matter management, outside counsel budgeting, or litigation reporting
Experience managing regulatory responses or investigations, including both first-party and third-party responses
Creativity and openness to novel solutions when advancing business priorities while addressing legal risk
Ability to think and work quickly, have a flexible risk tolerance, and a good sense of humor
A thoughtful and empathetic colleague who works well with legal colleagues, outside counsel, and business partners
A genuine interest in the development of AI that is both innovative and trustworthy, including the opportunities it creates and the risks and limitations that must be addressed

Role-specific policy: For this role, we expect all staff to be able to work from our San Francisco office at least 3 days a week, though we encourage you to apply even if you might need some flexibility for an interim period of time.
For sales roles, the range provided is the role's On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role.
Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience
Location-based hybrid policy: Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.
Research shows that people who identify as being from underrepresented groups are more prone to experiencing imposter syndrome and doubting the strength of their candidacy, so we urge you not to exclude yourself prematurely and to submit an application if you're interested in this work. We think AI systems like the ones we're building have enormous social and ethical implications. We view AI research as an empirical science, which has as much in common with physics and biology as with traditional efforts in computer science. GPT-3, Circuit-Based Interpretability, Multimodal Neurons, Scaling Laws, AI & Compute, Concrete Problems in AI Safety, and Learning from Human Preferences.
We offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues. Learn about our policy for using AI in our application process.