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Regional Counsel, APAC

Japan, Tokyo · Job Posted March 19, 2026
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As part of Waymo's Legal team, you will work on the exciting legal issues surrounding our transformational autonomous driving technology and help drive our business lines forward from technology ideation through scaled commercial deployment. We partner with our public policy, safety, security and privacy experts to define transportation policy for the autonomous driving world to come, advising on regulatory changes that support and protect our users around the world. We collaborate with our engineering, product, strategy and operations teams to develop and protect our intellectual property portfolio and drive our corporate and commercial transactions. We ensure compliance with an increasingly complex and dynamic range of global regulations. And we anticipate, mitigate, and litigate high-profile and precedent-setting legal matters.

Job Responsibility

  • Serve as lead attorney on a wide range of Japan and greater APAC related projects, and provide the full range of supporting legal services to other global Legal teams, including commercial deals, advocacy, event response, employment, and dispute resolution, in support of Waymo’s success in the region.
  • Provide strategic guidance to key cross-functional internal stakeholders on a wide range of legal, business, corporate strategy and governance issues relevant to Japan and the greater APAC region.
  • Work closely with key partners such as public policy, public affairs, product counsels, regulatory counsels, communications, compliance and others to jointly develop and implement winning strategies, including representing Waymo in interactions with local agencies and organizations as required.
  • Support cross-functional global teams with navigating country/region specific laws and regulations, including coordinating internally and externally to closely monitor, review, report on, and shape changing laws and regulations in Japan and the greater APAC region relevant to Waymo’s business.
  • Gain subject matter expertise in new areas as novel regional issues and topics emerge.
  • Support compliance and other corporate governance tasks related to Japan and the greater APAC region.

Requirements

  • Law degree (LLB, LLM or JD)
  • Admitted to practice law in Japan
  • At least 8 years of experience practicing law, 4 of which involve practicing law in Japan
  • Experience assisting international technology companies with introducing novel products and services into Japan and other APAC countries
  • Experience engaging Japanese and other APAC regulators on a range of topics
  • Fluent in Japanese and English

Nice to have

  • Experience working in the automotive industry or ride-hailing industry
  • Experience working as an in house counsel
  • Additionally admitted to practice law in another country
  • Fluency in one or more additional languages spoken in the APAC region
  • At least 15 years of experience practicing law
  • Demonstrated experience working with international legal teams and clients

What we offer

  • Health and wellness: top-notch medical, dental and vision insurance, mental wellness support, gym membership, and special wellness programs
  • Financial wellness: competitive compensation, bonus opportunities, equity, employees provident fund, and lots of other perks and employee discounts
  • Flexibility and time off: flexibility to work from another location for four weeks per year, on-site or hybrid work model, remote working opportunities, paid time off, bereavement, sick, and parental leave
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