Senior Legal Counsel

FuriosaAI
Seoul
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceExperience: 10+ yearsSkills: ["Legal advisory","Risk management","Dispute management","Stakeholder management","Process building"]

Build the legal foundation for FuriosaAI as its first in-house legal representative. Lead global commercial contracting, establish a legal organization roadmap, and proactively manage legal risk and disputes. Advise on export controls, sanctions, national security, technology transfer, and AI-related regulations. Drive legal execution for major financings and M&A while implementing integrated compliance policies and board governance processes for enterprise value.

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FuriosaAI
FuriosaAI
1 week ago

Senior Legal Counsel

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Job Summary

Build the legal foundation for FuriosaAI as its first in-house legal representative. Lead global commercial contracting, establish a legal organization roadmap, and proactively manage legal risk and disputes. Advise on export controls, sanctions, national security, technology transfer, and AI-related regulations. Drive legal execution for major financings and M&A while implementing integrated compliance policies and board governance processes for enterprise value.
Location: Seoul
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead legal support for global commercial transactions, including customer and supplier agreements, strategic partnerships, OEM/channel relationships, cloud providers, and licensing and technology collaborations.
  • •Build a legal organization roadmap aligned with business growth, establish a world-class global legal team, and optimize legal processes across development, outsourcing, distribution, and sales contracts.
  • •Proactively identify legal risks across the global business and manage disputes when necessary.
  • •Advise the business on export controls, sanctions, national security regulations, technology transfer, AI-related regulations, and national core technology regulations.
  • •Lead legal execution for private financings, strategic investments, joint ventures, M&A, and IPO readiness, partnering with finance, investor relations, and external counsel.

Key Requirements

  • •Qualified lawyer in Korea (or another major jurisdiction) with more than 10 years of professional experience and the ability to practice effectively in Korea.
  • •Combined background in a top-tier law firm and in-house legal leadership at a global tech or manufacturing company.
  • •Proven experience building legal systems and leading teams from the ground up in environments without established legal processes.
  • •Strong grasp of business priorities and goals, with the ability to propose solutions aligned with business growth.
  • •Fluent, bilingual-level business English.
Experience:10+ years
Skills:Legal advisoryRisk managementDispute managementStakeholder managementProcess building
Languages:English

Company Brief

FuriosaAI
Designs and develops data‑center AI inference accelerators (RNGD) and a full stack hardware‑software platform to deliver energy‑efficient, high‑performance AI compute for enterprise and cloud customers.
Industry: Hardware Devices
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: USD 500M to 1B
Funding: Series C
Headquarters: Seoul, South Korea
Founded: 2017
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