Regulatory Investigations Counsel

About the role

Manage regulatory investigations and inquiries from initial contact through resolution, including scoping and negotiating requests with agency staff, coordinating document collection and production, preparing witnesses, and drafting written responses and submissions.
Manage Congressional investigations or inquiries.
Manage and collaborate with outside counsel across all stages of an investigation, keeping matters efficient and aligned with company priorities.
Work cross-functionally with technical, product, policy, and business teams to collect information efficiently, evaluate risk, and develop resolution strategies.
Represent Anthropic in interactions with regulators and enforcement staff, and support public policy colleagues in broader regulator engagement.
Develop internal processes, playbooks, and tools that make regulatory response scalable and consistent across matters, including where inquiries may overlap with each other or litigation.
Track enforcement trends and regulatory developments and share them with stakeholders in a form they can act on.
Flex to support litigation and other matters as the team's needs evolve.

Responsibilities

• Manage regulatory investigations and inquiries from initial contact through resolution, including scoping and negotiating requests with agency staff, coordinating document collection and production, preparing witnesses, and drafting written responses and submissions
• Manage Congressional investigations or inquiries
• Manage and collaborate with outside counsel across all stages of an investigation, keeping matters efficient and aligned with company priorities
• Work cross-functionally with technical, product, policy, and business teams to collect information efficiently, evaluate risk, and develop resolution strategies
• Represent Anthropic in interactions with regulators and enforcement staff, and support public policy colleagues in broader regulator engagement
• Develop internal processes, playbooks, and tools that make regulatory response scalable and consistent across matters, including where inquiries may overlap with each other or litigation
• Track enforcement trends and regulatory developments and share them with stakeholders in a form they can act on
• Flex to support litigation and other matters as the team's needs evolve

Requirements

• JD from an accredited law school and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar
• Substantial experience managing government or regulatory investigations, including responding to civil investigative demands, subpoenas, or comparable formal requests
• Experience working with technology companies and/or technical clients
• Strong communication, legal writing and analytical skills, with the ability to distill complex facts and law into clear advice for legal and non-legal audiences
• Experience managing outside counsel and coordinating large information requests across an organization
• Sound judgment on risk tradeoffs, and the ability to move work forward with incomplete information
• Integrity, curiosity, and a willingness to take on the hands-on work that a growing team requires
• Composure under time pressure and public scrutiny

Qualifications

• At least 8-12 years of practicing law with a combination of experience at a global-focused law firm and in-house
• Prior experience at a regulatory or enforcement agency
• Working knowledge of competition and antitrust law or cybersecurity/privacy law
• Civil litigation experience, particularly for technology companies working with novel products
• Familiarity with AI-specific regulatory frameworks
• A commitment to the development of AI that is both innovative and trustworthy, including an understanding of the risks and limitations that must be addressed alongside the benefits

Skills

• The instincts of a litigator
• The judgment of a counselor
• An interest in building the systems that let a small team handle a growing docket well

Benefits

Not specified

Pay

$335,000 - $385,000 USD

Schedule

Not specified