General Counsel

About the role

SemiAnalysis is seeking a General Counsel to support the company's legal, commercial, compliance, and corporate governance needs as the business scales globally. This role advises leadership on contracts, legal risk, employment matters, corporate governance, data privacy, confidentiality, and cross-border operations.

Responsibilities

• Review, draft, and negotiate commercial agreements, including client contracts, vendor agreements, NDAs, consulting agreements, and employment or contractor agreements.
• Advise leadership on legal risks across business operations, employment, intellectual property, confidentiality, and international expansion.
• Support corporate governance matters, including entity management, board documentation, internal policies, and compliance processes.
• Partner with HR and operations on employment contracts, contractor arrangements, terminations, and workplace policies.
• Manage and coordinate with external legal counsel where required.
• Build scalable legal templates, contract playbooks, approval workflows, and legal processes.
• Advises on data privacy, confidentiality, information security, and regulatory considerations.
• Support the business on disputes, escalations, and risk mitigation matters.

Requirements

• Qualified lawyer with experience in corporate, commercial, employment, or technology-related legal matters.
• Strong contract drafting, negotiation, and legal risk assessment skills.
• Experience advising senior leadership or executive stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of US legal matters.
• Ability to balance legal protection with commercial practicality.
• Comfortable operating independently in a remote, global, and fast-paced environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Skills

• Experience working with high-growth, global, research, consulting, technology, AI, semiconductor, or data-focused businesses.
• Exposure to international employment, contractor arrangements, and cross-border entity matters.
• Familiarity with IP protection, research publication risk, client confidentiality, and data licensing.
• Experience supporting contractor-heavy or internationally distributed teams.
• Prior experience as a first legal hire, fractional General Counsel, or startup legal advisor.
• Ability to create legal structure and processes from scratch.

Growth Areas

• Build SemiAnalysis’ legal function and internal legal operating model.
• Establish contract templates, legal review processes, and approval workflows.
• Support global expansion across the US, Singapore, Europe, and other markets.
• Strengthen corporate governance, compliance, data privacy, and employment frameworks.
• Partner closely with leadership on strategic business decisions and risk management.
• Potential to grow into a broader legal leadership role as the company scales.