Top Counsel Jobs in NYC, NY

Provide legal counsel on data, analytics, and AI products for Payments and Commercial/Investment Bank clients. Negotiate client agreements, advise on regulatory and market developments, collaborate with Legal, Risk, and Compliance, and support product launches and market expansion while ensuring compliance and managing multi-jurisdictional legal matters.

Provide paralegal support for mutual fund Board meetings and corporate governance: prepare and distribute board materials, draft legal memos/resolutions/contracts, manage timelines and project plans, administer electronic board books and execution processes, maintain records, and coordinate with business partners to ensure timely legal deliverables.

Provide strategic and day-to-day legal advice for Mastercard's digital assets, stablecoin, blockchain, and embedded finance products; draft, review, and negotiate commercial and technology contracts; manage regulatory risk, support go-to-market readiness, monitor laws and policy, and coordinate with internal and external stakeholders and counsel.

Seeking a senior legal leader with extensive experience in cybersecurity and privacy to provide strategic legal guidance and lead legal response for cyber incidents. Responsibilities include establishing legal strategies, advising on compliance and governance, and collaborating with senior leaders and external regulators.

Lead global legal support for stablecoin-enabled payment and money-movement solutions. Advise on regulatory, commercial, product, and risk matters; negotiate agreements with financial institutions, fintechs, digital asset providers, and strategic partners; monitor legal developments; develop scalable legal frameworks and playbooks; coordinate with internal specialists and external counsel; and support multi-jurisdictional launches.

Advise on payments and financial-services regulatory matters across the Americas, including licensing, money transmission, payment flows, product launches, filings, and regulatory developments. Partner with legal, compliance, risk, product, strategy, and commercial teams; translate complex requirements into practical guidance; manage external counsel; support government-relations work; and contribute to regulatory projects across the US, Canada, Mexico, and Brazil.

Advise on formation, structuring, and management of alternative investment products (hedge funds, private credit, funds-of-funds, SMAs). Negotiate investment management agreements, side letters, and contracts; provide regulatory and investment-advisory guidance; collaborate with Legal, Compliance, Risk, finance, and product teams; manage outside counsel; support strategic initiatives and cross-Alternatives projects; ensure high-quality legal support for business operations.

Lead M&A and corporate development work: manage transactions from LOI to close, draft and negotiate deal documents, coordinate due diligence, advise on entity formation and international expansion, support regulatory approvals and general corporate matters, and collaborate with cross-functional teams and legal colleagues.

Lead global regulatory strategy and execution for Mastercard's digital assets business. Oversee licensing, supervisory engagement, regulatory compliance management, and team leadership. Advise on Travel Rule, AML/OFAC/BSA obligations, consumer protection, and product development. Manage external counsel, reporting to senior management, and represent Mastercard in industry forums.

Lead global regulatory strategy and licensing for Mastercard's digital assets business. Manage a team of regulatory counsel, oversee licensing and supervisory engagements, advise on product and compliance (AML, Travel Rule, sanctions), implement controls (blockchain analytics, wallet screening), manage external counsel, and report regulatory developments to senior management.

Provides senior legal counsel on employment, labor, benefits, employee relations, and workforce compliance for a multinational nonprofit. Oversees employment-law attorneys, advises HR and leadership, manages policies, trainings, disputes, investigations, litigation, outside counsel, benefits matters, and international employment issues. Supports implementation and future bargaining related to NRDC’s collective bargaining agreement and staffs organizational committees.

Provide strategic legal advice on network participant risk for global payment relationships (issuers, acquirers, alliances). Translate laws and regulations into actionable guidance, develop participant-facing rules and commercial terms, advise product rollouts and processes, manage external counsel, and present risks to senior leaders, regulators, and policymakers.

Serve as chief legal advisor to executive leadership and the Board; manage governance, compliance, contracts, intellectual property, insurance, registrations, risk, technology and privacy legal issues; advise on HR, research/IRB, clinical and finance-related legal matters; manage outside counsel and pro bono relationships; support growth, fundraising, and domestic/international expansion.

Serve as embedded product counsel for AI-enabled privacy, identity, payments, and financial-services products. Advise on consumer financial regulations, privacy, cybersecurity, AI governance, product launches, disclosures, controls, and operational workflows. Negotiate commercial, vendor, partnership, data, payments, and technology agreements, while supporting corporate and general legal matters. Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Compliance, Sales, and strategic financial-services partners in a fast-moving startup environment.

Provide strategic legal support for non-U.S. products, focusing on UCITS fund structures. Advise on regulatory issues, product development, and governance processes in collaboration with senior management.

Provides legal counsel on U.S. privacy, cybersecurity, data management, software development, artificial intelligence, and incident response. Advises cross-functional teams, assesses regulatory and business risks, supports privacy impact assessments, negotiates privacy and cybersecurity provisions, and assists with compliance and legal programs. Requires strong legal research, negotiation, communication, judgment, and knowledge of financial services operations, privacy laws, cybersecurity regulations, and emerging AI technologies.

Defend OATH in litigation and advise agency staff on legal matters. Responsibilities include drafting and reviewing pleadings and legal documents, preparing memoranda, researching evolving legal issues, responding to subpoenas, gathering court records, handling special assignments, and collaborating with the NYC Law Department and other agencies.

Provides legal counsel to OATH, including drafting contracts and memoranda of understanding, conducting agency rulemaking, processing procurement documents, and filing bankruptcy and foreclosure claims. Reviews legal documents, advises management, researches evolving legal issues, coordinates with city agencies and the Law Department, supports litigation, and prepares legal memoranda. Requires strong legal writing, research, analytical, communication, judgment, and multitasking skills.

Provides legal counsel to OATH, serving as Records Access, Privacy, and Ethics/Conflicts Officer. Responsibilities include handling FOIL requests and subpoenas, researching legal issues, ensuring compliance with privacy and ethics laws, drafting legal documents and memoranda, advising management, preparing reports, collaborating with City agencies and litigators, and supporting special projects.

Serves as the primary legal advisor for marketing and communications, reviewing promotional claims, advertising, web and social content, email campaigns, events, and press materials. Advises on advertising compliance, privacy, data protection, targeted marketing, and consumer protection in the U.S. and internationally. Partners with Marketing, Communications, and Commercial teams, negotiates marketing agreements, and provides practical, business-oriented guidance in a fast-paced environment.

Provides legal support for renewable energy project development and commercial transactions. Advises solar origination teams, negotiates power purchase agreements, leases, site-control documents, EPC contracts, and customer agreements, and manages legal risks affecting project economics, financing, construction, and operations. Coordinates with real estate, finance, tax, regulatory, and development stakeholders; manages local counsel; and develops scalable legal forms, playbooks, clause libraries, and approval frameworks.

The Senior Counsel will provide comprehensive legal support for PIMCO's U.S. funds, drafting agreements, advising on regulatory matters, and managing legal issues.

The General Counsel will lead Sydecar’s legal and compliance function, advise the CEO and product leadership, and ensure compliance with federal, state, and international regulations. Responsibilities include securities and regulatory analysis, commercial agreement negotiation, product and fund-structure guidance, legal-team development, regulatory engagement, external inquiries, stakeholder education, and outside-counsel management. The role requires pragmatic risk assessment, strong communication, strategic judgment, and extensive in-house FinTech or venture-capital legal experience.

Provide legal counsel across product lifecycle for AI agents and SaaS products, triage and resolve legal issues, advise Product/Design/Engineering/Marketing, manage IP, monitor AI/privacy regulations, build scalable compliance processes, and deliver training.

Counsel commercial transactions by drafting, reviewing, and negotiating SaaS, software, cloud, AI, data processing, procurement, and strategic partnership agreements. Advise stakeholders on commercial and operational legal issues, support pricing and contracting processes, improve legal workflows, and manage complex contract volumes. Collaborate with Sales, Finance, Security, Procurement, Customer Success, and other teams while evaluating technology, privacy, intellectual property, and regulatory considerations.