Associate General Counsel Head of Litigation

Reflection is an AI research lab building open frontier models and a full AI stack for developers, enterprises, and public-sector users.

New York, United States
About Reflection

Reflection develops open-weight AI models, open-source software for customizing and running agents, AI-factory infrastructure, and related solutions. Its current research emphasizes large language models, reinforcement learning, and agentic reasoning.

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About the Role

You will build and lead the litigation and investigations function. You will develop and execute dispute strategy, manage outside counsel, oversee discovery and legal demands, lead regulatory and internal investigations, and advise leadership on legal, business, and reputational risk. You will also establish scalable systems for matter management, reporting, litigation readiness, and cross-functional coordination.

Requirements

  • J.D. and active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar
  • Ability to satisfy applicable requirements to practice in the role location
  • 12+ years of relevant litigation experience combining law-firm practice and in-house technology-company experience
  • Experience independently leading complex matters, directing outside counsel, and advising business leaders
  • Civil litigation expertise in procedure, discovery, evidence, motion practice, and dispute resolution
  • Experience with technology or intellectual property disputes
  • Experience building legal systems, workflows, or programs
  • Experience handling government or regulatory investigations, subpoenas, or investigative demands
  • Legal analysis, writing, and communication skills
  • Technical fluency to understand AI development and deployment and complex factual records
  • Business judgment and prioritization skills

Responsibilities

  • Lead litigation and dispute strategy across intellectual property, commercial, privacy, consumer, and other significant matters
  • Develop case strategy and manage matters from assessment through resolution
  • Build litigation systems for intake, escalation, deadlines, budgeting, reporting, and knowledge management
  • Design and oversee legal-hold, preservation, collection, review, and production processes
  • Manage subpoenas, civil discovery requests, government demands, and information requests
  • Lead regulatory investigations and enforcement responses
  • Advise on dispute risk related to training data, model development, licensing, commercial relationships, and public representations
  • Lead or coordinate sensitive internal investigations and advise senior leadership
  • Deliver training and playbooks and coordinate litigation reporting, insurance, indemnification, and financial exposure matters

Benefits

  • Equity
  • Stock options
  • Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
  • Annual wellness allowance
  • Daily in-office lunch and dinner
  • 22 weeks of paid parental leave
  • Unlimited paid time off in the U.S.
  • 30 vacation days in the U.K.
  • Visa sponsorship support
  • Regular off-sites, happy hours, and team celebrations