Associate General Counsel, Commercial (Hybrid) – San Francisco Bay Area (Silicon Valley) (1004-SLS)

Our client, a fast-growing AI networking infrastructure company has exclusively retained Solutus Legal Search to assist the executives with their search for an Associate General Counsel (AGC) to lead its commercial legal function. This attorney will report directly to the SVP, General Counsel and is a hybrid role in the company’s Silicon Valley headquarters.

This is a high-impact, high visibility role at the center of the business. The AGC will own the company’s most important commercial transactions, partner directly with senior leaders across the company, and help build the legal infrastructure that enables the organization to grow quickly and responsibly.

This attorney will be the go-to legal partner for complex customer, supplier, technology, licensing, manufacturing, and strategic partnership matters. They will work closely with Sales, Product, Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, and executive leadership to structure and close transactions, solve difficult problems, and provide practical advice on the legal and commercial issues that matter most.

The executives are seeking an attorney who combines excellent legal skills with strong business judgment and can distinguish meaningful legal risk from theoretical risk. They are comfortable making decisions in ambiguous situations, and approach negotiations with the goal of finding a path to “yes “while protecting the company's critical interests.

This is a hands-on role in a fast-moving environment. This attorney will negotiate agreements, advise senior leaders, build scalable processes, and help define what a best-in-class commercial legal function looks like as the company grows. There will be an opportunity to expand the commercial group and manage a team, starting with an additional hire within eight months of starting employment.

What You'll Do: Lead the company’s commercial legal function.

Serve as the primary legal partner for commercial matters and take ownership of transactions from initial structuring through negotiation, execution, and implementation.

Own the most important deals.

Structure, draft, and negotiate sophisticated agreements with customers, suppliers, technology partners, manufacturers, and other counterparties.

Handle a broad range of technology transactions.

Agreements may include customer sales and supply agreements, strategic partnerships, technology and IP licenses, development and collaboration agreements, manufacturing and supply agreements, distribution and channel arrangements, professional services agreements, procurement agreements, and other commercial contracts.

Be a strategic partner to the business.

Work closely with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to understand business objectives, evaluate risk, develop creative solutions, and help move important initiatives forward.

Support our technology and product strategy.

Partner with Product and Engineering on technology development, licensing, commercialization, strategic collaborations, and other issues at the intersection of law, technology, and business.