# Founding Legal Counsel, Commercial at Genspark

- Company: Genspark
- What the company does: Backed by Emergence Capital.
- Company website: https://genspark.ai
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: NYC & Palo Alto
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $200K to $275K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-09
- Apply by: 2026-11-02
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/genspark/c5391ae0-887d-495a-b54c-6090d49a31a0?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/genspark-founding-legal-counsel-commercial/

## About the role

We're hiring our first in-house lawyer — a founding legal seat. This is not a compliance or governance role; it's a deal acceleration role. You'll own the commercial side end to end, and as our first lawyer you'll also carry the wider legal work as it lands: corporate, employment, privacy, IP, real estate, entity and international matters. Own all commercial contract negotiation and execution — MSAs, DPAs, Order Forms, amendments, renewals Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- A senior commercial/transactional lawyer (roughly 8–14 years), ideally at a high-growth enterprise SaaS, with series rounds and/or IPO exposure
- Deep experience with enterprise MSAs, DPAs, data privacy frameworks (GDPR, CCPA, APPI) and security addenda
- Has built a contract playbook before — you turn bespoke legal work into repeatable, scalable processes
- Breadth beyond commercial: hands-on with at least 2 of corporate/financing, employment, privacy/cyber incidents, IP, real estate, or tax/entity work — and good judgment on what to keep vs. send to outside counsel
- Japan/APPI: has owned APPI-compliant terms or cross-border data deals with Japanese counterparties (not just awareness)
- Comfortable working embedded in a sales team, not in a legal silo

Tags: GTM

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