International Legal Counsel
Anduril· Legal and Business Affairs : Legal : Legal
Mountain View, CA$240k - $318kfull-timePosted 4w ago
About the role
Legal Counsel-International to support Anduril’s global government and commercial businesses, focusing on international contracts, defense trade, and compliance across APAC and Americas; based in Mountain View, CA, reporting to Anduril’s Deal Team.
Responsibilities
- Be a key member of Anduril’s small, dynamic Legal Team.
- Drive customer growth by executing new international contracts and growing existing ones, including review, redlining, and negotiation of international terms and conditions (master agreements, purchase order T&Cs, license, hardware, and services agreements).
- Assist in strategy development for new business in the Asia-Pacific and Americas regions.
- Manage relationships with procurement, contracting, and legal counterparts at foreign government ministries of defense and allied procurement agencies.
- Provide legal counsel and day-to-day management of the entire acquisitions lifecycle.
- Oversee major proposals, monitor large contracts, lead or assist in negotiations, resolve performance issues, identify risks and mitigations, ensure compliance with laws and policies.
- Advise on intellectual property, data rights, and general compliance matters; collaborate with International Trade Compliance.
- Develop contracting approaches for delivering technology to foreign government customers and negotiate terms (governing law, arbitration, sovereign immunity waivers, payment security, Incoterms).
- Structure and negotiate offset and industrial cooperation obligations in applicable markets.
Qualifications
- 3+ years of experience in international commercial contracting and/or international government/defense contracts, defense trade, or U.S. government contracts matters (law firm, defense industry, or government preferred).
- Experience structuring and negotiating cross-border commercial agreements, including governing law, dispute resolution/arbitration, payment security, and Incoterms; familiarity with DCS and (ideally) FMS/hybrid structures; software acquisition approaches and data rights.
- Ability to manage multiple significant projects end-to-end; strong judgment and initiative.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Quick learner able to contribute across IP, litigation, financing, compliance, and employment law as needed.
- Licensed to practice law in CA or eligible to register as in-house counsel under California Rules of Court, Rule 9.46 (or in good standing in another U.S. jurisdiction).
- Location: Mountain View office; in-office role (not hybrid/remote).
- U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain/maintain a U.S. security clearance.
Skills
Required:International commercial contractingCross-border negotiation
Nice to have:Regulatory compliance (ITAR/EAR/ sanctions)
Benefits
- Comprehensive, competitive benefits package (health, recovery, and what comes next) available at little to no cost.
Last updated Sep 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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