Until is building a pause button for biology, so every single transplantable organ finds a recipient and saves a life. Backed by Founders Fund and Lux.
About the role
This is a senior leadership role responsible for shaping Until’s legal, IP, and risk posture as the company moves toward the clinic. The Head of Legal will act as a strategic partner to the executive team, influencing core technical, commercial, and regulatory decisions.
What they're looking for
- JD with 7+ years of relevant legal experience (law firm, in-house, or hybrid)
- Experience shaping IP strategy in novel or first-in-class technologies
- Experience with continuation strategy, claim scope negotiation, and portfolio construction
- Strong technical background with comfort engaging engineers, scientists, and inventors on complex technical systems
- Experience negotiating and executing complex commercial, licensing, or sponsored research agreements
- Ability to operate independently as the senior legal owner in a fast-moving startup environment
More about this role
About Until
Until is a moonshot company building a “pause button” for biology. Our near-term focus is organ-scale reversible cryopreservation: preserving donated organs at subzero temperatures without ice formation, then rewarming them uniformly for transplant. By solving this challenge, we are laying the foundation for whole-body reversible cryopreservation, giving patients a bridge to future cures.
To achieve our goal, we are assembling an interdisciplinary team to develop perfusion systems, cryoprotectant formulations, and vitrification and rewarming hardware.
We envision a future where no transplantable organ is lost to logistics, and no terminal diagnosis is final because patients can safely wait for future medicine to arrive.
Role Overview
This is a senior leadership role responsible for shaping Until’s legal, IP, and risk posture as the company moves toward the clinic. The Head of Legal will act as a strategic partner to the executive team, influencing core technical, commercial, and regulatory decisions.
- Own Until’s IP strategy across hardware, software, chemistry, and biology.
- Coordinate proactive FTO/Patentability searches with external IP counsel and translate...
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