Head of Legal
FuriosaAI is a South Korean AI semiconductor company building energy-efficient inference accelerators, servers, and software for enterprise and cloud AI deployments.
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About FuriosaAI
FuriosaAI develops the RNGD AI inference accelerator and NXT RNGD Server, alongside a software toolchain for compiling, optimizing, and deploying LLM and agentic-AI workloads.
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About the Role
You will lead the legal strategy as the business scales globally, reporting to executive leadership. You will build a global legal team, negotiate semiconductor supply and commercial agreements, manage export controls and cross-border regulation, own legal execution for venture financing, investments and M&A, and prepare the company for a potential public listing.
Requirements
- 15+ years of experience combining top-tier law firm training and in-house leadership
- Licensed attorney in Korea
- Accountability for company-wide legal strategy and experience advising executives and boards
- Experience leading cross-border technology and manufacturing transactions and understanding semiconductor supply chains
- Experience leading major venture capital or growth equity financings
- Experience building and leading legal teams and managing international outside counsel and legal budgets
- Strong commercial judgment and decision-making under uncertainty
- Professional fluency in Korean and English
Responsibilities
- Establish a legal roadmap aligned with company growth
- Develop a global legal team and oversee legal budgets, outside counsel, and contracting and approval processes
- Lead negotiations for foundry, advanced packaging, testing, and high-bandwidth memory supply agreements
- Oversee accelerator sales, software licensing, distribution, strategic partnerships, and joint development agreements across global markets
- Assess and manage Korean strategic goods controls, National Core Technology designations, U.S. and international export controls, and sanctions
- Support engagement with MOTIR and other relevant authorities
- Own legal execution for late-stage venture financing, strategic investments, and M&A
- Lead legal preparation for potential listing pathways and establish board, committee, and governance processes