Occupation

Assistant General Counsel

An Assistant General Counsel provides legal guidance and leadership on specific areas of corporate law—such as intellectual property, litigation, compliance, or contracts—working under the General Counsel to manage legal matters, oversee outside counsel, and protect the company's legal interests. The role combines hands-on legal work with team management, requiring expertise in a particular practice area and the ability to develop strategy, handle complex legal issues, and often modernize legal operations and processes. Assistant General Counsels typically hold a law degree, bar admission, and several years of legal experience in their specialty before moving into this in-house counsel role.

Duties & responsibilities

• Lead and supervise a small legal team and manage relationships with outside counsel
• Develop and execute legal strategy for complex matters within your area of expertise
• Draft, review, and negotiate legal documents and agreements relevant to your specialty
• Assess legal risks and work to minimize exposure in your practice area
• Oversee compliance with legal requirements across your assigned domain
• Modernize and improve legal workflows and processes to enhance team efficiency

What Assistant General Counsel roles involve, from employers’ own postings.

From employers’ own postings, as of2026-10-28.

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Open Assistant General Counsel roles (3)

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Assistant General Counsel

Smithfield Foods

Smithfield, VA

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Assistant General Counsel, IP Strategy (Remote)

CrowdStrike

Full-time · USA - Remote · $210,000 – $300,000

CrowdStrike is hiring a patent prosecution leader to build and protect its global IP portfolio while modernizing IP operations through AI. This role suits someone with deep patent experience in software and cybersecurity who can lead a team, manage complex filing strategies across jurisdictions, and actively implement AI tools to enhance legal workflows.

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Assistant General Counsel - Sales/Business Unit Support

Micron Technology

Full-time · $200,000 – $351,000

Micron Technology seeks an experienced in-house attorney to provide legal counsel for commercial transactions, customer engagements, and business strategy across its sales and business units. This role suits lawyers with substantial transactional experience who want to partner directly with executives and product teams in a dynamic, large-scale technology environment.

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