Ai & Intellectual Property Counsel

**Position**:AI & Intellectual Property Counsel

**Reports To**: VP, legal

**Location**: Remote India

**Shift Hours**:Mon-Fri (2pm-11pm IST)

**About Us**

HighLevel is an AI powered, all-in-one white-label sales & marketing platform that empowers agencies, entrepreneurs, and businesses to elevate their digital presence and drive growth. We are proud to support a global and growing community of over 2 million businesses, comprised of agencies, consultants, and businesses of all sizes and industries. HighLevel empowers users with all the tools needed to capture, nurture, and close new leads into repeat customers. As of mid 2025, HighLevel processes over 15 billion API hits and handles more than 2.5 billion message events every day. Our platform manages over 470 terabytes of data distributed across five databases, operates with a network of over 250 microservices, and supports over 1 million domain names.

**Our People**

With over 1,500 team members across 15+ countries, we operate in a global, remote-first environment. We are building more than software; we are building a global community rooted in creativity, collaboration, and impact. We take pride in cultivating a culture where innovation thrives, ideas are celebrated, and people come first, no matter where they call home.

**Our Impact**

As of mid 2025, our platform powers over 1.5 billion messages, helps generate over 200 million leads, and facilitates over 20 million conversations for the more than 2 million businesses we serve each month. Behind those numbers are real people growing their companies, connecting with customers, and making their mark - and we get to help make that happen.

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**About the Role**:
HighLevel is looking for a sharp, proactive, and tech-savvy AI & IP Counsel to help us manage and grow our global intellectual property portfolio while guiding the company through the fast-evolving landscape of artificial intelligence regulation and compliance. Based in India, this role is a critical part of our legal team and will partner closely with engineering, product, and external counsel to support innovation at scale.You'll be responsible for analyzing, shaping, and managing our patents, trademarks, and other IP assets while building frameworks to ensure IP hygiene and open-source compliance. You will also be the point person for legal and regulatory matters relating to AI—both how we use it internally and how it operates on our platform.

**What You'll Be Doing**:

- \uD83E\uDDE0** Intellectual Property**:

- Assess and manage HighLevel’s current IP portfolio (patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets).
- Conduct IP audits and develop strategies for new filings (in collaboration with external counsel where needed).
- Advise on **patentability, inventorship, ownership, and IP protection** strategies across global jurisdictions.
- Draft and review trademark filings, manage renewals, and monitor for potential infringement.
- Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and developers to understand product innovations and capture patentable features.
- Educate and enforce **IP hygiene best practices** across the company (design documentation, independent creation records, etc.).
- Review contracts and commercial agreements for **IP ownership, licensing, indemnification, and open source use**.
- Monitor third-party IP risks and infringement issues.
- \uD83E\uDD16** Artificial Intelligence Legal Strategy**:

- Advise on responsible AI development and deployment practices, including training data usage, transparency, and fairness.
- Review AI product features for legal and ethical risk and suggest mitigation strategies.
- Monitor evolving **AI legal frameworks** (e.g., India’s proposed DPDP Act, EU AI Act, U.S. state and federal developments).
- Work cross-functionally to prepare HighLevel for **future AI regulations** and audits.
- Create and maintain internal guidance around AI use, disclosures, and external communications.

**What You'll Bring**:

- ** LL.B. (or equivalent law degree)** and license to practice law in India; LL.M. or IP specialization preferred.
- ** 8+ years of experience** in intellectual property law, with a strong background in artificial intelligence, software patents and trademarks.
- Solid understanding of **open source licensing frameworks** (e.g., MIT, GPL, Apache).
- Demonstrated experience working with **AI/ML technologies** and relevant legal considerations.
- Strong contract drafting and review skills, particularly IP license and SaaS-related provisions.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills—you’ll work closely with engineers, product leaders, and legal peers.
- A proactive mindset with strong **analytical and project management abilities**.
- Ability to simplify complex legal and technical concepts for non-lawyers.
- Comfortable operating independently in a fast-paced, global SaaS company.

**Bonus Points**:

- Experience managing