Technology Transactions Attorney

Cooley LLP has an opportunity available to work with the Technology Transactions Group in our Palo Alto office. The group is seeking candidates with two to five years of experience in technology transactions, with an emphasis on high technology commercial transactions and intellectual property licensing. Substantive experience with drafting and negotiating complex licensing arrangements preferred, including agreements involving artificial intelligence counseling and deployments, software and content licensing, partnering and distribution, application hosting, cloud hosting services, intellectual property development and technology transfer relationships. This job does not involve intellectual property litigation or the prosecution/registration of any intellectual property, but may include advising on transactional privacy, compliance and regulatory matters (including as pertains to the emerging regulatory environment for artificial intelligence systems), as well as open source software counseling. Ours is a talent development focused environment, and successful candidates will demonstrate an ability to learn quickly while providing commercially-minded and provide pragmatic counsel to our clients.

A successful candidate must also have the ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects, working both independently and as a member of a team in a high-energy environment that involves projects for both emerging companies and established enterprises. Essential to this position are good analytical skills; creative problem-solving abilities in a transactional context; and thoughtful drafting of customized agreements to meet specific client needs. Candidate should have a desire to stay abreast of related legal developments and an ability to actively contribute to the practice group training environment. EOE.

The expected annual pay range for this position is $235,000-$365,000. Please note that final offer amount will be dependent on geographic location, applicable experience and skillset of the candidate.

We offer a full range of elective benefits including medical, health savings account (with applicable medical plan), dental, vision, health and/or dependent care flexible spending accounts, pre-tax commuter benefits, life insurance, AD&D, long-term care coverage, backup care for children and/or adults and other parental support benefits. In addition to elective benefit options, benefited employees receive firm-paid life insurance, AD&D, LTD, short term medical benefits as well as accruing vacation time at the rate of four weeks per year and sick time at the rate of two weeks per year and 10 paid holidays each year. We provide generous parental leave and fertility benefits. New employees will attend a detailed benefit orientation to learn more about our many benefits and resources.