Senior Corporate Counsel, LeoLabs
$127-169k
+ Bonus + Stock Options
Mapping platform for space
Job no longer available
Mapping platform for space
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
$127-169k
+ Bonus + Stock Options
101-200 employees
Company mission
To provide data-driven transparency and certainty to satellite operators, regulators, space agencies, and industries that rely on satellite services.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years of relevant legal experience addressing the diversity of corporate requirements of the rapidly evolving technology/software or space sector. Relevant legal experience shall include the following:
- Drafting and negotiating contracts and agreements (both routine and high-value, strategic business agreements)
- Experience with MSAs, SLAs and SaaS contracts, to include protecting intellectual property and data rights
- Ensuring compliance with U.S. and foreign laws and regulations
- Proactive risk management strategy development to protect and preserve the Company’s legal equities
- Keeping apprised of legal and regulatory developments impacting LEOLABS’ lines of business and duly informing the Company’s leadership of said developments
- Employing a mission-focused, consultative approach to enable achievement of the Company’s strategic business priorities
- Experience with global and domestic compliance matters, which may include but not be limited to employment, tax, real estate, export/import matters, and insurance
- Additionally, the successful candidate must have an exceptional understanding of a variety of commercial agreements, including hands-on experience in reviewing, negotiating, and drafting business arrangements, as well as at minimum possess:
- Excellent written and verbal communication, attention to detail, problem solving and decision-making skills
- Ability to quickly identify legal risks and develop relevant mitigation strategies and/or alternative courses of action
- Experience engaging outside counsel and consultants in a judicious and cost-efficient manner, as necessary
- J.D. degree from an ABA-accredited law school
- Admitted to and member in good standing of at least one U.S. State Bar
Desirable
- Experience with a fast-growing, venture capital-backed company – prior M&A experience is advantageous
- Experience in the Space or SaaS industry
- Experience with FAR, DFARS and federal and international procurement laws and regulations
- Experience Managing IP portfolios
- Experience with US and International Export Controls, to include EAR and ITAR
What the job involves
- Within 1 month, you’ll:
- Complete our onboarding program designed to get you up to speed on our business, vision and team
- Gain an understanding about how your role fits into LeoLabs broader organization
- Connect with the internal LeoLabs team as well as outside legal counsel and consultants
- Become familiar with the company structure and business process and the daily/weekly/monthly duties
- Review our current legal templates and management systems
- Within 3 months, you’ll:
- Intake and review legal inquiries with minimal supervision
- Attend regular legal meetings and engagements with outside counsel
- Become proficient in navigating our internal legal systems
- Within 6 months, you’ll:
- Engage directly with stakeholders within the company to assess legal risks and facilitate problem resolution
- Review contracts, agreements, NDAs, etc. for legal sufficiency
- Collaborate with the Chief Legal Officer on a broad array of legal issues across the Company
- Monitor and identify legal risks during global expansion
- Within 12 months, you’ll:
- Identify areas to streamline the internal legal process
- Engage directly with outside legal counsel and consultants
- Provide management with insightful legal analysis
- Assist the Chief Legal Officer with special legal projects
Our take
Low Earth orbit (LEO) is fertile territory for the new space and satellite startups cropping up all over the world. It offers unrivalled access to lightning-fast communications and high-quality earth imaging - the only issue is, things are getting crowded up there. This in itself creates an access and safety issue for further developments and exploration, and collisions run the risk of creating even riskier levels of space debris.
LeoLabs’ LEO mapping and situational awareness services are designed to help organisations monitor and navigate this clutter, and it has cornered the market. Not only is it the leading company operating in this space, but it’s also been awarded a roster of hefty contracts, including from the US Department of Commerce, the European Space Agency and Japan's Air Self-Defence Force.
LEO's sustainability is an issue that’s only going to get more urgent as tech development continues to drive the direction of global communications and observation. So we may see more players push onto the scene. For now, however, LeoLabs’ impressive global leadership in the field and continued partnership with SRI International (from which the labs originally spun out) mean it has time to consolidate and expand its lead. Substantial funding awarded in 2024 will be used to scale up its end-user applications and partner integrations, and on the back of this, it saw $50 million in new contracts that same year.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jul 2025
$4m
GRANT
Feb 2024
$29m
LATE VC
Total funding: $115m
Company benefits
- Medical insurance
- Vision insurance
- Dental insurance
- 401(k)
Company HQ
Suburban Park–Lorelei Manor–Flood Park Triangle, Menlo Park, CA
Leadership
Daniel Ceperley
(Co-Founder & CEO)Worked as a Student Researcher at at UC Berkeley, then served as Program Director for Space Debris Tracking at SRI International, from which project LeoLabs spun out.
Edward Lu
(Co-Founder & CTO)Spent over a decade as a NASA Astronaut, then moved into a Program Manager role at Google, then Chief of Innovative Applications at Liquid Robotics. Has also spent two decades as the Executive Director of B612 Foundation.
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