The Role
The Junior Legal Officer will draft and review contracts in Japanese and English, manage compliance, support corporate governance, and liaise with external legal professionals.
Summary Generated by Built In
ispaceは、“Expand Our Planet, Expand Our Future”をビジョンに、人類の生活圏を宇宙にまで拡大し、地球と月がひとつのエコシステムとなる世界を築くことにより、月に新たな経済圏を創出することを目指しています。
現在、会社としては未だ事業開発フェーズ、かつ宇宙産業全体も勃興期にあり、サービス・市場を創り上げている段階です。当社は、国内でも比肩する企業がないほどのディープテックベンチャーとして、三桁億円以上の資金を投下して月着陸船（ランダー）や月面探査車（ローバー）を製造し、Space XのFalcon 9ロケットを使ってランダーを打上げ、JAXAやNASA等を顧客とするペイロード輸送ミッションを実行しています。実際に、ミッション１として、2022年12月に民間企業としては世界初の月着陸船の打上げを成功させました。最終的な月面着陸にまで至らなかったもの、民間企業として初めて月面へ最終降下フェーズまで到達しています。
Only candidates who are currently residing in Japan with valid working visa will be considered for the role. Native Japanese fluent is required.
ispace, inc. is seeking a bilingual junior legal specialist to support a wide range of legal and regulatory functions across our business operations. This role involves drafting and reviewing contracts in both Japanese and English, managing internal compliance frameworks, supporting corporate governance activities such as shareholder and board meetings, and coordinating with external legal professionals. The ideal candidate will have strong legal drafting skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work cross-functionally with internal teams and external stakeholders.
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Key Responsibilities
- 1. Contract Drafting & Review
- Draft, review, and negotiate various agreements in both Japanese and English, including:
- Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs)
- Business Agreements (e.g., Payload Service Agreement, Data Service Agreement, Launch Service Agreement)
- Consulting Agreements
- Purchase Agreements
- 2. Compliance
- Draft and manage internal policies and rules (Japanese and English)
- Develop and deliver internal e-learning training programs (Japanese and English)
- Conduct antisocial force checks and ensure compliance with relevant regulations
- 3. Shareholders’ Meetings
- Prepare legal documents and handle legal registrations in coordination with the Holdings Legal and Compliance Group
- 4. Board of Directors Meetings
- Support the operation of the Board of Directors for the Japanese subsidiary, including:
- Drafting notices to convene meetings
- Preparing meeting minutes
- Handling related legal registrations
- 5. Stock Options
- Manage legal registration processes related to stock option exercises in collaboration with the HR team
- 6. Government Permissions
- Provide legal support for obtaining necessary government approvals and permits
- 7. External Collaboration
- Liaise and coordinate with external legal professionals, including law firms and judicial scriveners (Shiho Shoshi)
- 【契約書関連業務】秘密保持契約、事業収益に係る契約（ペイロードサービス契約・データサービス契約・打上契約等）、業務委託契約、調達関連契約等を含む日英の契約書のドラフト、交渉から締結までの一連の業務
- 【コンプライアンス関連】社内規程整備・管理(日英)、社内コンプライアンス研修対応、反社チェック
- 【株主総会】（Holding Legal and Compliance Groupと連携して）株主総会関連書類作成、登記対応
- 【取締役会】子会社の取締役会事務局業務（関連書類の作成、登記対応を含む）
- 【ストックオプション】（人事部門と連携して）ストックオプション行使に関する登記手続き
- 【許認可関連】事業に必要な許認可取得サポート
- 【専門家との連携】外部弁護士、司法書士、弁理士との連携
Basic Qualifications
- Graduation from the Faculty of Law in Japanese University or Law School or experience of taking bar exam in Japan.
- 1-3 years of corporate legal experience at a business company(s),
- English proficiency (business level),
- Contract drafting and negotiation skills in Japanese.
- Contract review and negotiation skills in English.
- Experience in handling of shareholder meetings and board of directors in accordance with Japanese corporate law,
- global communication skills, flexibility, maturity, proactive mindset
- 日本の大学の法学部若しくはロースクール卒業又は日本での司法試験受験経験、
- 事業会社での企業法務経験1-3年、
- 英語力（ビジネスレベル）、
- 和文契約のドラフティングスキル、英文契約のレビュースキル、日英による契約交渉スキル、
- 日本の会社法に基づく株主総会及び取締役会対応の経験
- グローバルコミュニケーションスキル、柔軟性、成熟性、プロアクティブなマインドセット
Preferred Qualifications
- working experience in Deep tech, space industry, lawyer
- Drafting skill in English.
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The Company
What We Do
ispace is a lunar exploration company with a vision to extend human presence to outer space. The company is developing lunar landers and rovers to deliver customer payloads to the Moon and explore the lunar surface. In doing so, we aim to be a vehicle for companies on Earth to access new business opportunities on the Moon and ultimately incorporate the Moon into Earth’s economic and living sphere. The company is currently planning to its first mission to the Moon as early as Q4 2022.
