Top Counsel Jobs in NYC, NY

Provides legal advice and transaction support for structured products, securitizations, structured financing, repurchase facilities, and related capital markets activities. Drafts and negotiates complex legal and offering documents, analyzes regulatory issues, manages outside counsel, supports examinations and litigation, and advises business, compliance, credit, and risk partners. The role also mentors staff, manages multiple matters, and ensures adherence to legal department policies.

Advise product and engineering teams on AI features, data practices, privacy, permissions, retention, access, cross-border transfers, and third-party arrangements. Translate legal and regulatory requirements into practical product guidance, support customer trust and data-protection terms, monitor evolving AI and privacy developments, and coordinate specialist legal advice when needed.

Manages a nationwide litigation caseload, supervises outside counsel, analyzes legal and factual issues, advises business units and Claims on litigation and policy matters, responds to customer complaints, conducts legal research, drafts memoranda, gathers facts, monitors budgets, and maintains matter records. The role also involves client communication, collaboration with the Office of General Counsel, and special projects.

Manage regulatory investigations, enforcement actions, inquiries, incidents, and escalated complaints across FanDuel’s U.S. and Canadian products. Advise internal teams on gaming regulations, reporting obligations, subpoenas, warrants, garnishments, and liens. Engage regulators and market-access partners, maintain controls and reporting, conduct horizon scanning, and coordinate regulatory issue resolution. The role requires legal research, advocacy, cross-functional collaboration, and potential state gaming licensure.

Provides legal services for affordable housing development programs, including real estate financings, property dispositions, regulatory agreements, zoning and land-use matters. Responsibilities include closing transactions, drafting and reviewing complex legal documents, analyzing statutes and regulations, negotiating issues, advising on affordable housing programs, and collaborating with agency partners. The role may also involve supervising attorneys, drafting legislation and rules, and liaising with litigation counsel.

Provides strategic legal guidance across contracts, compliance, governance, employment, intellectual property, real estate, risk management, and organizational policies. Reviews and negotiates legal documents, conducts legal research, oversees outside counsel, advises staff and volunteers, and delivers legal training. The role supports organizational operations while identifying risks and developing practical, business-oriented solutions.

Associate Counsel advises leadership and departments on legal and risk matters, drafts and reviews agreements, coordinates insurance coverage, tracks contract renewals, and supports board governance through minutes, resolutions, and compliance activities.

One-year fellowship for early-career lawyers supporting commercial contracting at an AI company. Responsibilities include drafting and negotiating SaaS, DPA, partnership, and vendor agreements; advising sales; improving contract processes and legal tools; researching generative AI developments; and contributing to privacy, IP, product counseling, or compliance projects.

Negotiate commercial contracts, including SaaS licenses, partnership agreements, data processing agreements, and supplier contracts. Develop contract templates and negotiation playbooks, improve sales contracting processes, advise and train go-to-market teams, and build scalable legal operations. The role partners closely with sales, procurement, and sales operations while supporting enterprise customers and strategic partners in regulated industries.

Advise banking and investment business partners on bankruptcy proceedings, out-of-court restructurings, distressed borrower matters, liability management, debtor-in-possession financing, asset sales, claims, cross-border insolvencies, and related litigation. Collaborate with internal legal and business teams, oversee external counsel, and provide strategic guidance on insolvency risks and prevention.

Defends lawsuits in New York courts and handles first-party insurance defense matters. Responsibilities include researching law, drafting legal briefs and memoranda, advising Claims on liability and damages, preparing pleadings, motions, and discovery, conducting depositions and examinations under oath, and defending cases at trial or dispositive hearings. The role requires a New York law license, litigation experience, strong legal writing, organization, communication, and the ability to travel for legal proceedings.

Provides business-oriented legal counsel on commercial contracts, corporate governance, regulatory compliance, employment matters, strategic transactions, and SEC reporting. Drafts and negotiates agreements, advises stakeholders on legal risk, supports mergers and acquisitions, coordinates outside counsel, conducts legal research, and prepares governance materials. The role requires collaboration across Finance, HR, Operations, and Commercial teams, with hybrid work based in New York or Seattle.

Provides legal counsel to Nuveen’s asset management and investment businesses, specializing in private fixed income investments and asset-backed securities. Advises management, negotiates contracts, assesses legal risk, interprets laws and regulations, supports disputes, and coordinates with external counsel. Preferred expertise includes project finance, investment-grade private placements, restructurings, workouts, bankruptcies, and third-party client accounts.

Counsel will advise on technology and commercial transactions, SaaS and licensing agreements, federal government contracts, compliance, governance, employment, privacy, intellectual property, AI regulation, and risk management. The role involves negotiating agreements, developing contract workflows, supporting financings and corporate matters, advising HR and product teams, and mitigating legal and operational risks across a growth-stage technology company.

Provide pragmatic corporate and commercial legal support across contracts, real estate transactions, and multi-entity governance. Draft and negotiate vendor and property management agreements, coordinate outside counsel, advise business teams, and support landlord-tenant operations and ad hoc employment, privacy, licensing, and construction issues.

Negotiate SaaS licensing, partnership, data processing, supplier, and other commercial agreements. Develop contract templates and negotiation playbooks, improve sales contracting processes, advise and train go-to-market teams, and create scalable legal operations. Partner closely with sales, procurement, and sales operations while supporting enterprise customers and strategic partners in regulated industries.

Manage Clear Street Retail’s high-volume commercial contracting process from drafting through signature and renewal. Prepare and review agreements, coordinate Legal, Compliance, Finance, Procurement, Privacy, and Security stakeholders, maintain contract records, track obligations and renewals, and improve workflows through templates, intake forms, reporting, contract management software, automation, and approved AI tools.

Provides senior legal counsel and strategic guidance to Citi’s Americas Futures and Derivatives Clearing business. Advises on banking, financial markets, regulatory, legal, and reputational risks; interprets applicable laws and rules; supports strategic initiatives; negotiates complex agreements; collaborates with business, risk, compliance, and global legal teams; and monitors complex transactions. Requires substantial financial services legal experience, strong negotiation skills, and a current bar license.

Serve as product counsel for Axon 911, advising on legal and regulatory risks throughout product development, launch, and operation. Partner with Privacy, Security, Compliance, Marketing, Product, Engineering, and IP teams; review product features, roadmaps, integrations, marketing claims, and customer materials. Provide practical guidance on AI, privacy, cybersecurity, public safety technology, and digital evidence while managing complex cross-product risks.

Drafts, reviews, and negotiates SaaS, data licensing, technology, partnership, and vendor agreements. Advises Sales, Finance, Product, and executives on contract risk, liability, intellectual property, privacy, and revenue recognition. Manages contract lifecycles, templates, playbooks, renewals, and legal technology tools. Supports corporate governance, outside counsel coordination, regulatory matters, and process improvements while monitoring developments in adtech, data privacy, AI regulation, and digital advertising.

Provides legal counsel to insurance underwriting profit centers on policy language, manuscript endorsements, coverage issues, product development, regulatory compliance, and transactional agreements. Advises on underwriting philosophy, legal and economic developments, business strategies, and broker or client negotiations. Supports underwriting training, compliance processes, product marketing, and service goals while managing complex insurance matters.

Senior Commercial Counsel will lead commercial contracting and negotiations for customer, vendor, partnership, licensing, NDA, and SaaS agreements. The role advises Sales, Product, Operations, Finance, and other teams; develops legal templates and processes; supports AI and data governance, product launches, international expansion, M&A, corporate governance, and intellectual property matters. The position requires balancing legal risk with business objectives in a fast-paced health technology environment.

Provides senior legal and regulatory counsel for U.S. property and casualty insurance operations. Responsibilities include insurance licensing, regulatory filings, state department and NAIC interactions, examinations, corporate transactions, reinsurance, commercial contracts, governance, entity formation, and monitoring regulatory developments. Advises senior management and business units, develops compliance and risk mitigation strategies, and supports transactional and strategic legal initiatives.

Supervise attorneys handling fraud-related litigation, administrative hearings, and state court matters for the Department of Social Services. Determine referrals for prosecution and intentional program violations, oversee investigations, conduct legal research, prepare motions and memoranda, liaise with prosecuting agencies, advise program areas, manage case assignments and outcomes, train staff, and evaluate subordinate personnel.

Senior Trial Counsel independently handles complex insurance defense litigation from case inception through trial, including Labor Law, construction accidents, premises liability, products liability, and automobile claims. Responsibilities include legal research, pleadings, discovery, depositions, motions, trial preparation, negotiations, client advising, hearings, settlements, case management, and mentoring staff. The role primarily covers the New York City metropolitan area and requires New York licensure, extensive trial experience, and travel to downstate venues.