Top Counsel Jobs in NYC, NY

Provides strategic legal counsel on product, intellectual property, and AI matters. Oversees the worldwide IP portfolio, develops IP strategy, manages invention disclosures and patent prosecution, advises business and product teams on global IP law and compliance, supports commercial agreement negotiations, and advances product legal strategy. Requires substantial in-house and law-firm experience, a California law license, and expertise in AI, machine learning, and generative AI technologies.

Defends insurance-related lawsuits in New York courts, researches applicable law, prepares legal briefs and case documents, advises Claims on liability and damages, manages discovery and depositions, and represents GEICO through trials or dispositive hearings. The role requires bar admission, insurance or personal injury litigation experience, strong legal writing, organization, communication, and travel to legal proceedings and meetings.

Provides legal and regulatory counsel on technology, artificial intelligence, privacy, data protection, consumer protection, AI governance, and technology vendor relationships. Advises product, technology, compliance, and business teams throughout the AI lifecycle; monitors regulatory developments; supports policy development, risk mitigation, training, and responsible AI practices. The role requires collaboration across legal and business functions and includes guidance on emerging AI regulations and technology transactions.

Provides strategic legal counsel to Suffolk and affiliated companies across corporate governance, contracts, regulatory filings, licensing, compliance, real estate, construction, litigation, and business transactions. Negotiates complex agreements, advises executive leadership, manages outside counsel, supports investigations and HR matters, conducts legal training, and helps implement AI-based legal solutions. The role requires collaboration across functions, sound judgment under pressure, and periodic travel to offices and project sites.

Lead US employment and commercial counsel for a rapidly scaling healthcare company. The role owns labor and employment matters, workplace investigations, wage and hour compliance, employee policies, commercial contract negotiation, privacy and healthcare compliance, risk management, and corporate governance. The counsel will advise operations, engineering, clinical, regulatory, and HR teams while supporting US expansion and multi-state workforce growth.

Provides legal counsel to NYC Parks under the General Counsel’s Office, including negotiating and reviewing agreements, responding to FOIL requests, supporting litigation, researching legal issues, interpreting and drafting rules, and preparing legal memoranda and correspondence.

Provides legal counsel to DCAS on public procurement, contract interpretation, enforcement, bid protests, vendor negotiations, and transactional documents. Advises operating units and the Office of Citywide Procurement, conducts legal research, drafts agency responses and memoranda, and collaborates with the Law Department on contract-related litigation. Handles institutional assignments such as FOIL requests, residency waivers, public hearing testimony, and press responses.

Lead global patent prosecution and IP strategy for CrowdStrike's cloud-native cybersecurity platform. Manage patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret programs; partner with Product and Engineering to identify inventions; oversee outside counsel, budgets, and dockets; implement and govern AI-enabled IP workflows; and advise on licensing, M&A, and IP enforcement.

Serves as the lead legal advisor on cybersecurity for financial services operations. Advises on cyber incidents, materiality assessments, regulatory notifications, breach and privacy laws, crisis management, cyber governance, third-party security, and regulatory examinations. Drafts cybersecurity policies and incident response playbooks, supports tabletop exercises and remediation, evaluates security controls, and partners with information security, technology, compliance, risk, and executive teams.

Provides legal support across portfolio management and capital development, including drafting and negotiating investment management, employment, fund, side letter, placement agent, loan, and transaction documents. Handles portfolio manager onboarding and offboarding, fund formation, investor communications, strategic transactions, and regulatory matters while partnering with senior executives, internal stakeholders, outside counsel, and advisers.

Serves as Standard Bots’ first in-house legal hire, leading commercial contract drafting and negotiation across customers, suppliers, resellers, and partners. Builds contract playbooks and legal processes, advises on robotics safety, privacy, AI, defense compliance, employment, corporate matters, international expansion, strategic transactions, and IP. Manages outside counsel and legal risk while supporting business growth. The role is hybrid, requiring three days weekly onsite in Manhattan or Glen Cove, New York.

Defend GEICO lawsuits in New York courts, primarily Nassau County, including insurance defense and first-party matters. Responsibilities include researching laws, preparing legal briefs and memoranda, advising Claims on liability and damages, handling pleadings, motions, discovery, depositions, examinations under oath, trials, and dispositive hearings.

Product Counsel embedded with crypto, prediction market, and financial product teams. Reviews product features for regulatory exposure, translates legal constraints into engineering requirements, advises product roadmaps, builds scalable legal frameworks, monitors regulatory developments, and makes real-time decisions on novel legal risks.

Provides legal counsel on privacy, data security, cybersecurity, contracts, vendor agreements, incident response, compliance, and agency policies. Supports the Chief Privacy Officer, advises IT stakeholders, conducts privacy and security training, monitors applicable laws and standards, and participates in cross-divisional projects. Requires a JD, New York State Bar membership, at least two years of post-admission legal experience, and privacy or contract law experience.

Provides strategic legal counsel to cybersecurity and enterprise data teams, advising on incident response, technical risk, data use, privacy, emerging technology, and governance. Collaborates with compliance, risk, technical, and legal stakeholders to manage regulatory and reputational risks. Monitors cyber and data legislation, supports disclosures and regulatory filings, and advises on AI and product development matters.

Provide hands-on commercial contracting support: draft, review, and negotiate SaaS customer agreements, NDAs, vendor and data processing contracts; manage contract intake and deal desk workflows; liaise with Sales/Partnerships; improve templates and playbooks; and support ad hoc legal projects to scale contracting processes.

Lead legal strategy for Coinbase payments partnerships: draft, negotiate, and execute complex commercial agreements; provide business-centric regulatory guidance; partner cross-functionally to close deals; build scalable commercial playbooks and risk-mitigation strategies; manage a high-volume deal pipeline and coordinate with specialists and outside counsel.

Lead and manage a team of attorneys supporting global licensing, channel, and partner deals (GSIs, hyperscalers, MSSPs, OEMs). Negotiate and draft complex agreements, provide strategic legal counsel on go-to-market initiatives, identify and mitigate legal risks, and collaborate cross-functionally to scale partner programs and drive deal closure.

Provide legal advice to product, sales, and local teams across multiple regions; negotiate and draft complex commercial and technology agreements; coordinate with local counsel and manage external advisors; support regulatory strategy, market entry, and government/regulator outreach for fintech/payments products.

Lead legal strategy and execution for capital markets financings and bank partnership initiatives. Advise on capitalization strategies, negotiate U.S. and international transaction documents, support lending and securities-law compliance, and coordinate with internal teams, banks, and external counsel. Manage transactions from strategy through closing and ongoing maintenance while providing clear legal guidance and thought leadership on related projects.

Provide high-level legal counsel on complex technology, AI, and strategic commercial transactions (including GenAI and Agentic AI). Lead negotiations, advise executives on AI governance, privacy, cybersecurity, IP, and third-party risk, and collaborate cross-functionally to enable business objectives while managing legal and regulatory risk.

Lead GitLab's corporate and compliance legal function, advising C-suite and board on governance, securities, SEC reporting, equity compensation, executive compensation, and M&A. Build and manage a remote corporate legal team, implement policies and templates, oversee equity plan administration, manage outside counsel, champion AI-enabled legal workflows, and ensure compliance with public company obligations.

Provide end-to-end commercial litigation support, advise on subpoenas and customer data privacy, manage eDiscovery lifecycle with automation/AI, mitigate and resolve disputes, drive process and technology-enabled innovation, and deliver actionable legal insights to cross-functional stakeholders.

Provide senior regulatory legal advice for payments and financial services across the Americas. Lead licensing, registration, and compliance workstreams; engage regulators; support market entry and product launches; manage external counsel; partner with product, risk, and compliance teams; and shape regional regulatory strategy.

Provide day-to-day employment law advice to senior leaders and HR; manage and oversee employment litigation and administrative proceedings; conduct legal research; draft and review employment documents and commercial/vendor contracts; develop and deliver employment trainings; collaborate with in-house and outside counsel to execute litigation strategy.