Legal Counsel

Legal Counsel About Happyrobot HappyRobot is the AI-native operating system for the real economy—a system that closes the circuit between intelligence and action. By combining real-time truth, specialized AI workers, and an orchestrating intelligence, we help enterprises run complex, mission-critical operations with true autonomy. Our AI OS compounds knowledge, optimizes at every level, and evolves over time. We’re starting with supply chain and industrial-scale operations, where resilience, speed, and continuous improvement matter most—freeing humans to focus on strategy, creativity, and other high-value tasks. You can learn more about our vision in our Manifesto https://www.happyrobot.ai/blog/manifesto. HappyRobot has raised $62M to date, including our most recent $44M Series B in September 2025. Our investors include Y Combinator (YC), Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), and Base10—partners who believe in our mission to redefine how enterprises operate. We’re channeling this investment into building a world-class team: people with relentless drive, sharp problem-solving skills, and the passion to push limits in a fast-paced, high-intensity environment. If this resonates, you belong at HappyRobot. About the Role We’re looking for a smart, practical, and business-oriented Legal Counsel to support our growing business with a focus on intellectual property and commercial agreements. This role will work cross-functionally with product, engineering, sales, partnerships, and operations teams to ensure our IP is protected and our commercial arrangements are sound, scalable, and aligned with our strategic goals. Responsibilities - Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, including SaaS agreements, MSAs, enterprise agreements, licensing agreements, vendor agreements, reseller agreements, partnership agreements, Order Forms, DPAs, NDAs, and services agreements. - Advise internal stakeholders on commercial, intellectual property, and data privacy matters related to product development, partnerships, customer relationships, and business operations. - Review and negotiate data processing agreements (DPAs) and advise on compliance with EU data privacy laws and regulations, including GDRP and other applicable state privacy frameworks. - Support the company’s intellectual property strategy, including trademark, copyright, patent, trade secret, and IP ownership matters. - Assist with open-source software compliance, employee and contractor IP assignment matters, and IP diligence processes. - Build, improve, and maintain legal templates, negotiation playbooks, internal policies, and scalable contracting workflows to increase operational efficiency. - Provide practical, business-oriented legal advice that balances risk mitigation with commercial objectives and enables business growth. - Monitor legal and regulatory developments related to commercial law, intellectual property, SaaS businesses, and data privacy, and assess their impact on the company. - Support fundraising, due diligence, and other strategic corporate initiatives as needed. - Manage external counsel effectively when specialized legal support is required. Requirements - Admitted to and in good standing with the bar of at least one EU country. - 6+ years of relevant legal experience, ideally combining experience at a reputable law firm and an in-house legal team at a startup or high-growth technology company. - Strong experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating SaaS agreements, MSAs, enterprise agreements, NDAs, DPAs, Order Forms and other commercial contracts. - Solid understanding of EU data privacy laws and regulations, including GDPR and other state-specific privacy requirements. - Experience handling intellectual property matters, including trademarks, patents, copyright, licensing, and IP ownership issues. - Excellent drafting, negotiation, and communication skills with a pragmatic, solution-oriented, and risk-based approach. ... (truncated, view full listing at source)