The Assistant General Counsel will provide legal support in commercial contracts, compliance, corporate governance, and risk management, collaborating with various departments.
Who Are We:
Comply is the leading provider of compliance SaaS and consulting services for the global financial services sector. With more than 5,000 clients and hundreds of employees across the globe, Comply empowers Chief Compliance Officers and their teams to proactively manage regulatory obligations, mitigate risk, and scale with efficiency and confidence.
Comply serves thousands of global financial services clients including broker-dealers, insurers, investment banks, private funds, RIAs, and wealth managers who rely on Comply offerings to power their compliance programs.
To learn more about Comply, visit comply.com
The Role:
We are seeking a resourceful and business-minded Assistant General Counsel with at least 2 years of in-house legal experience in a software or tech environment. Reporting directly to the Chief Legal Officer, you will provide critical legal support across commercial transactions, compliance, corporate governance, and risk management. This is a hands-on role with direct exposure to executive leadership and opportunities to help shape legal strategy as we scale. This role is hybrid, with an in-office requirement of 3 days a week in either our New York City or Arlington, Virginia offices.
Key Responsibilities:
- Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, including SaaS and software licensing contracts, vendor agreements, NDAs, and channel partner deals.
- Advise internal stakeholders (Sales, Product, Marketing, HR, and Finance) on legal issues with a practical, risk-balanced mindset.
- Support the CLO with legal matters related to M&A, corporate governance, and international expansion.
- Monitor evolving regulations and ensure compliance with data privacy (e.g., GDPR, CCPA), cybersecurity, and IP laws.
- Contribute to legal operations by developing scalable processes, templates, contract management systems, and training programs.
- Collaborate with outside counsel on specialized matters such as employment, litigation, or regulatory inquiries.
- Play an active role in supporting integration and operational change during periods of high growth or post-acquisition activity.
Qualifications:
- J.D. from an accredited law school and active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
- 2+ years in-house negotiating software contracts
- Strong experience with commercial contracts and comfort working directly with business teams.
- Excellent communication, organizational, and judgment skills; comfortable balancing legal and business risk.
To learn more about our values, mission and the wide-range of perks offered to employees at Comply, visit https://www.comply.com/careers/.
Comply is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. Nothing in this job posting should be construed as an offer or guarantee of employment.
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States. Currently, we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
Comply is aware of scammers posing as Comply employees and extending job offers via direct messaging, texts and social media platforms. These are fraudulent and should be treated as such. To learn more about this, please review our Statement of Fraudulent Job Offers.
Top Skills
Ccpa
Contract Management Systems
Gdpr
SaaS
Software Licensing
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