Commercial Counsel, Anthropic
EMEA
£125-165k
More information about location
3+ days a week in office
AI safety and research company
Be an early applicant
AI safety and research company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
£125-165k
More information about location
3+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
Role
Who you are
- Law degree and qualification to practice law in a relevant EMEA jurisdiction
- At least 4 years of legal experience, ideally with exposure to commercial contracts, SaaS agreements, or technology transactions
- Clear communication skills and comfort translating legal concepts for non-lawyer audiences
- A low-ego, collaborative approach to working with colleagues and external partners
- Curiosity about AI technology, AI Policy, and commitment to responsible AI development
- Experience navigating multi-stakeholder agreements involving technical and policy considerations
- Comfort in fast-paced environments with shifting priorities and tight deadlines
- A "doer" attitude—willingness to roll up your sleeves and pitch in where needed
- We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed
Desirable
- In-house experience at leading technology companies with EMEA operations
- Previous experience with AI, machine learning, or other experimental technologies in commercial contexts
- Experience supporting sales teams across diverse client segments in deal negotiations
What the job involves
- Anthropic is seeking an exceptional Commercial Counsel to join our founding Commercial Legal team in EMEA
- You'll serve as a strategic legal partner to our sales teams, supporting complex deal negotiations and commercial activities that fuel our expansion with leading EMEA companies and organizations across all market segments, from SMB to large enterprises
- In this highly impactful role, you'll guide sophisticated technology transactions across diverse industries and client sizes while providing strategic counsel on the unique legal and regulatory considerations for responsible AI deployment throughout the EMEA region
- Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, with a primary focus on GTM/Sales transactions in EMEA, including enterprise customer contracts
- Partner closely with Sales and Go-to-Market teams to support deal velocity and provide practical legal guidance
- Help build and maintain our commercial legal infrastructure, including contract templates, playbooks, and process improvements
- Identify and escalate legal risks appropriately while supporting business momentum
- Stay current on legal developments affecting AI technologies
- Foster relationships with external stakeholders, including clients of all sizes, regulatory bodies, and industry partners across the EMEA region
Application process
- Application Deadline: 4pm GMT on March 23, 2026. We encourage all interested and qualified applicants to submit their materials before this date to ensure full consideration
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Funded by Google and founded by ex-OpenAI employees, Anthropic is an AI company focused on building a reliable, innovative AI system. While the company is relatively new to the market it has already launched a highly anticipated AI chat assistant called Claude which is set to rival OpenAI's ChatGPT.
Similar to other chatbots, Claude is accessible through a chat interface and can provide a number of conversation and text-processing tasks. A key point of differentiation is that Claude is designed to produce less harmful outputs than that of the other chatbots that came before it.
While there is much praise for the chat assistant, there is still room for improvement with feedback reporting that Claude is worse at maths and grammar compared to its rival. However, with industry giants like Google backing this company from an early stage, and a monumental Series F round of $13 billion awarded in 2025, the company is planning to enhance Claude and expand its presence in Europe. What's more, Anthropic's commitment to "Constitutional AI" positions it as a leader in the responsible development of artificial intelligence.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
190% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 14 rounds)
Feb 2026
$30bn
SERIES G
Sep 2025
$13bn
SERIES F
Total funding: $59.3bn
Company benefits
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents
- Inclusive fertility benefits via Carrot Fertility
- Generous subsidy for OneMedical
- 21 weeks of paid parental leave
- Unlimited PTO
- Optional equity donation matching at a 3:1 ratio, up to 50% of your equity grant
- 401(k) plan with 4% matching
- $500/month flexible wellness stipend
- Commuter coverage
- Annual education stipend
- A home office improvement stipend when you first join
- Relocation support for those moving to the Bay Area
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Dario Amodei
(Co-Founder & CEO)Spent almost 5 years at OpenAI as a Team Lead for AI safety and as the Vice President of Research. Also worked as a Research Scientist at Google.
Jared Kaplan
(Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer)Has been a Professor at John Hopkins University for the past 10 years. Also an experienced researcher having worked previously at OpenAI and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.
Jack Clark
(Co-Founder)Experienced reporter having worked previously at the Register and Bloomberg. Also worked for OpenAI in Strategy and Communications and as a Policy Director.
Sam McCandlish
(Co-Founder & CTO)Graduated from Stanford University with a PhD in Theoretical Physics. Previously worked as a Research Lead at OpenAI.
Tom Brown
(Co-Founder)Previously worked as a Member of the Technical Staff for both OpenAI and Google Brain.
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