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xAI (SpaceXSI) is seeking a Regulatory Legal Counsel for EMEA to advise on platform, AI, and digital regulation affecting X, Grok, and other AI products across Europe, the UK, the Middle East, and Africa. This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys understanding how products work, can move quickly between legal analysis and practical implementation, and is comfortable engaging with regulators.
Key responsibilities include:
- Advising on implementation and compliance with EU, UK, and EMEA digital regulations, including the EU AI Act, Digital Services Act (DSA), UK Online Safety Act (OSA), Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD), Ireland's Online Safety Code, and the eCommerce Directive.
- Supporting regulatory engagement and investigations with the European Commission, EU AI Office, Ofcom, Coimisiún na Meán, and other regulators, including requests for information, risk assessments, audits, consultations, transparency reporting, and enforcement proceedings.
- Working cross-functionally with Safety, Product, and Engineering teams to assess new features and AI products against regulatory requirements, including systemic risk assessments, illegal content risk, age assurance, content moderation, advertising transparency, researcher data access, and AI transparency obligations.
- Tracking and analyzing new legislation, codes of practice, guidelines, and enforcement trends across EMEA, translating them into clear, practical guidance for the business.
- Building scalable processes, templates, and playbooks for regulatory compliance and product review.
- Partnering with Compliance, Product Counsel, Privacy, Litigation, and Policy teams to maintain consistent positions across jurisdictions.
- Managing outside counsel effectively and cost-consciously.
- Supporting the broader legal department as needed.
- Using xAI's AI products daily to accelerate learning and optimize productivity.
Requirements:
- Qualified lawyer in good standing, ideally UK and/or EU qualified.
- Ideally 5+ years of legal experience in technology, platform, or digital regulation, at a top-tier law firm, in-house at a technology company, or at a regulator.
- Strong working knowledge of the DSA and/or UK OSA; some combination of the frameworks listed above required.
- Strong understanding of the legislative process and the technology industry.
- Exceptional communication skills and ability to explain complex ideas succinctly and impactfully.
- Ability to work effectively with technical and non-legal teams and understand how products work.
- Strong sense of ownership, sound judgment, and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Commitment to being in-office 5 days per week.
Preferred experience includes: EU AI Act, AVMSD, or Ireland's Online Safety Code; responding to regulatory requests or investigations from the European Commission, Ofcom, or Coimisiún na Meán; in-house or secondment experience at a social media, consumer platform, or AI company; familiarity with GDPR, consumer protection, and advertising regulation; contentious legal experience; additional European languages.
