Top Hybrid Legal Jobs in New York City, NY

Provides legal counsel and strategic guidance for Global Payment Network commercial transactions. Negotiates and drafts agreements, advises on merchant, issuer, and acquirer relationships, identifies and mitigates risk, leads transactional attorneys and legal professionals, and improves contract templates, playbooks, and legal processes. Partners with internal counsel and business teams across the enterprise.

Leads complex internal investigations involving ethics, business conduct, risk, compliance, independence, and policy violations. Develops investigative plans, conducts fact finding, analyzes policies and regulations, advises leaders on findings and corrective actions, identifies control weaknesses and trends, recommends policy and process improvements, and coaches investigation teams while maintaining confidentiality and sound judgment.

Leads Mastercard’s global competition law and antitrust compliance program. Advises senior leaders, maintains global policy, conducts risk assessments, implements controls and monitoring, develops training and communications, oversees regulatory investigations, and evaluates products and technologies for compliance. The role also drives process improvements and technology-enabled efficiencies while partnering with legal, compliance, HR, and business teams worldwide.

Provides strategic legal and compliance advice on federal and state insurance, managed care, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid Managed Care, and government program requirements. Monitors regulatory developments, drafts and negotiates client, provider, and vendor agreements, manages legal risk, and supports business growth. Owns legal workflows involving intake, contracting, approvals, escalations, and knowledge management while applying generative AI and legal technology responsibly.

Advise product, engineering, security, and business teams on global privacy, security, and data protection laws. Lead privacy impact assessments, compliance implementation, policy development, training, regulatory guidance, and privacy M&A diligence. Address sensitive data issues involving children’s and biometric data across AI, SaaS, and cloud products, while translating complex legal risks into actionable business guidance.

Employment Counsel will own U.S. employment litigation and disputes, manage external counsel, advise HR and business leaders on complex employment matters, and develop global policies, playbooks, templates, and training. The role covers wage and hour, discrimination, accommodations, classification, leave, and pay transparency issues while partnering with legal and HR teams globally. The position is based in New York, requires U.S. bar admission, and includes periodic travel to other offices.

Own global entity management across formations, registrations, statutory filings, corporate records, governance documents, KYC and compliance calendars. Coordinate with Finance, Tax, People, government agencies, registries, counsel and service providers worldwide. Manage Diligent Entities, improve data and processes, support legal technology automation, and supervise one Corporate Paralegal. Prepare Section 16 and Forms 144 filings and administer 10b5-1 plans under supervision. Maintain entity portfolios, support securities reporting, and manage high-volume international deadlines.

Leads global corporate transactions, including private-company financings, M&A, joint ventures, secondary sales, governance, restructurings, and corporate actions. Advises executives and cross-functional teams on transaction structure, documentation, regulatory considerations, and closing processes. Manages external counsel across jurisdictions and develops scalable legal processes, playbooks, templates, approval frameworks, and LegalTech-enabled workflows.

Leads regulatory compliance and licensing operations, overseeing regulatory obligations, filings, examinations, agency interactions, change management, controls, remediation, risk mitigation, and audit readiness. Builds scalable processes, accountability systems, and high-performing teams while partnering with Legal, Product, Finance, Security, Internal Audit, and other business functions. Advises senior leadership on regulatory priorities, risks, and operational requirements.

Monitors distressed situations and large Chapter 11 and Chapter 15 bankruptcy cases, reports developments, analyzes legal and industry trends, and collaborates with financial analysts and reporters. The role also engages subscribers, participates in webinars and conferences, and owns coverage of assigned cases. Candidates need a JD, strong bankruptcy law experience, and at least four years working on large corporate restructurings.