Top Corporate Counsel Jobs in NYC, NY

Provides senior legal and compliance guidance to Product and Engineering teams for software and AI products. Advises on privacy, security, intellectual property, export controls, sanctions, regulatory compliance, customer trust, licensing, and commercial agreements. Builds scalable legal review processes, supports incident and audit responses, protects innovations, negotiates product-related contracts, and translates complex legal and technical requirements into practical business guidance.

Corporate Counsel, General Litigation will assess and manage litigation risks, develop dispute strategies, draft and review court filings, negotiate with opposing counsel, and coordinate with outside counsel. The role also represents the company in small claims matters, responds to regulatory and Attorney General inquiries, and provides practical legal guidance to internal teams. Candidates need at least five years of relevant litigation experience, a JD from an ABA-accredited law school, and Massachusetts Bar membership or eligibility.

Senior Corporate Counsel will lead commercial contracting, negotiate SaaS and technology agreements, advise on privacy, student data, responsible AI, and employment matters, and manage legal risk across the company. The role develops contracting playbooks, supports strategic transactions, manages outside counsel, and advises executives and business teams. It requires significant autonomy, strong commercial judgment, and expertise in technology transactions and U.S. privacy law.

Lead securities, public company reporting, corporate governance, entity management, and M&A legal work for GitLab. Manage SEC filings, proxy statements, board matters, equity plans, subsidiary governance, transactions, and outside counsel. Advise senior stakeholders on legal risks, maintain compliance processes, and create scalable legal playbooks, templates, and workflows. Collaborate with globally distributed cross-functional teams and train junior legal professionals.

Provide strategic legal counsel across commercial SaaS transactions, partnerships, federal contracting, M&A, corporate governance, privacy, IP, and regulatory compliance. Negotiate complex global agreements, advise executives, support AI transformation, manage legal operations, and implement legal technology and automation. The role partners with Sales, Product, HR, and Operations while helping scale a lean legal function.

Senior in-house energy attorney responsible for drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial, partnership, and energy storage agreements, including BESS contracts, PPAs, tolling, interconnection, and equipment supply agreements. Advises sales, partnership, finance, engineering, and regulatory teams on energy-market transactions, compliance, risk, and commercial structures. Develops legal processes, templates, playbooks, and operational guidance while mentoring junior attorneys and supporting energy storage transactions across U.S. ISO/RTO markets.

Supports general litigation and legal risk management across the business. Responsibilities include assessing lawsuits, demand letters, complaints, and legal threats; drafting and reviewing court filings; coordinating with outside and opposing counsel; representing the company in small claims court; supporting regulatory investigations; and providing practical legal guidance to internal teams.

Corporate Counsel, Clinical Contracts will draft, review, negotiate, and execute clinical and commercial agreements, including clinical trial agreements, CRO contracts, research agreements, vendor contracts, and service agreements. The role partners with clinical, regulatory, quality, finance, medical affairs, and other business teams to identify risks, ensure compliance, manage contract processes, and support company objectives. Candidates must provide sound legal and commercial judgment in a fast-paced biopharmaceutical environment.

Provide in-house legal support for commercial operations: draft, review, and negotiate technology contracts (SaaS, licensing, vendor, reseller), DPAs/NDAs/BAAs, and info-security terms; advise on privacy, AI, cybersecurity, and regulatory matters; develop templates and playbooks; manage outside counsel; support corporate governance, employment, and vendor matters while partnering with business stakeholders.

Provides broad corporate legal counsel, supporting governance, board matters, M&A, SEC filings, entity management, equity plans, commercial contracts, product launches, disputes, intellectual property, and compliance. Partners with Sales, Product, Finance, executives, and outside counsel to manage risk, negotiate agreements, improve legal processes, and support company growth. Requires strong judgment, communication, negotiation, organizational skills, and meaningful in-house technology-company experience.

Provides corporate and transactional legal counsel for healthcare technology operations. Drafts and negotiates technology, licensing, security, privacy, and business associate agreements; advises on cybersecurity incidents, HIPAA/HITECH, privacy laws, payer requirements, and regulatory compliance; assesses legal risks; manages disputes and litigation; develops policies; and partners with security, compliance, finance, operations, and business teams.

Own third-party and vendor contracting, AI-assisted contract review, escalated disputes and regulatory inquiries, corporate insurance administration, and other corporate risk matters. Partner with Procurement, Finance, Customer Experience, and Communications in a fast-growing healthcare technology company. Translate legal risks into actionable guidance, manage complex processes, and resolve sensitive matters with sound judgment and strong cross-functional collaboration.

Provide healthcare regulatory legal guidance for a virtual medical practice. Advise on telehealth, professional licensure, scope of practice, corporate practice of medicine, fraud and abuse laws, Medicaid reimbursement, ERISA, health plan design, marketing communications, and virtual care expansion. Partner with clinical, legal, compliance, and business teams on clinical model design, state launches, risk assessment, and regulatory matters.

Corporate Counsel will lead and support mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, investments, partnerships, and other strategic transactions. Responsibilities include diligence, deal structuring, negotiation, execution, post-closing integration, corporate governance, subsidiary management, entity compliance, and advising internal teams on complex corporate matters. The role is fully onsite and requires collaboration across corporate development, finance, operations, and engineering.

IP Counsel responsible for managing global trademark portfolios, clearance, anti-counterfeiting and enforcement, IP disputes, domain matters, licensing agreements, M&A support, and strategic intellectual property advice. The role partners with executives and business teams, oversees outside counsel, supports licensing operations, and uses AI and digital tools to improve legal outcomes.

Senior corporate counsel supporting Kong’s Americas East revenue team by leading complex SaaS and software contract negotiations, advising on commercial legal matters, and supporting federal government customers. The role covers privacy, security, intellectual property, artificial intelligence, open-source software, data governance, and government contracting, while partnering with Finance, Revenue Operations, and Customer Assurance on contract execution.

Provides strategic legal counsel for decentralized finance, staking, validation, tokenization, and digital asset transactions. Drafts and negotiates token purchase, staking, validation, liquidity, grant, and nondisclosure agreements; advises on regulatory, compliance, governance, privacy, and intellectual property matters; manages legal risks, outside counsel, and negotiations; and partners with product, engineering, and business teams in a fast-paced environment.

Advise Figure on corporate governance, public company reporting, securities law, capital markets, M&A, broker-dealer regulation, and blockchain-based securities initiatives. Lead transactions, regulatory matters, board support, outside counsel, and cross-functional execution while providing practical guidance to senior executives on complex legal and compliance issues.

Provides legal and regulatory counsel for DraftKings’ regulated prediction-market exchange and related clearing initiatives. Advises on the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC regulations, drafts exchange rules and governance materials, supports filings, monitors derivatives-market developments, manages outside counsel, and partners with product, engineering, compliance, finance, and operations teams to launch and operate regulated products.

Build and lead DeployCo’s legal function across commercial, corporate, employment, and regulatory matters. Negotiate enterprise agreements, establish governance and compliance frameworks, support financing and M&A, manage OpenAI intercompany arrangements and outside counsel, improve contracting processes, and advise executives on legal risk and strategic decisions while enabling rapid growth.

Serves as the company’s primary day-to-day legal advisor, handling commercial contracts, privacy and data protection, advertising and sales compliance, corporate matters, litigation support, and legal operations. Directs paralegal and legal operations staff, improves intake and contract workflows, advises cross-functional teams, and escalates significant matters to the General Counsel. Requires a J.D., active bar membership, and at least three years of relevant in-house experience.

Provide legal support for Finance and Capital Markets, lead ABS, debt and M&A transactions, draft and negotiate financing and vendor agreements, support IPO/SEC reporting readiness, manage outside counsel, monitor legal/market developments, and assist with corporate governance and board/committee materials.

Manages residential and commercial real estate legal matters, including lease drafting and negotiation, landlord-tenant disputes, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, and related business agreements. Advises internal teams, supports litigation, monitors legal obligations, collaborates with outside counsel, and assists with special projects while promoting sustainability initiatives.

As Corporate Counsel, you will advise on corporate governance and securities matters, manage public company compliance, and handle equity compensation plans.

Associate Director and Corporate Counsel will lead international legal support for BetterHelp’s expansion across Europe and other markets. Responsibilities include advising on contracts, privacy and GDPR, telehealth regulation, marketing and consumer protection, employment matters, litigation, compliance, government inquiries, and market launches. The role negotiates agreements, manages outside counsel, supports privacy operations, and partners with product, marketing, and business teams. Remote work is available, with travel to San Jose up to three times annually plus one company-wide offsite.