Top Legal Counsel Jobs in NYC, NY

The Legal Counsel will draft and negotiate commercial agreements, advise on intellectual property issues, and support legal compliance and disputes while collaborating with internal teams.

Serve as fractional Chief Legal Counsel/General Counsel advising alternative asset firms and family offices on securities law, fund formation, regulatory compliance, contracts, transactions, governance, litigation and vendor relationships. Lead fund structuring, investor negotiations, regulatory responses, training, policy development, and special projects while managing outside counsel and legal budgets across US and international jurisdictions.

Provide U.S. commercial legal support for sales, partnerships, and go-to-market initiatives. Draft, review, and negotiate enterprise SaaS, partner, reseller, vendor, and vendor agreements. Advise stakeholders on legal and commercial risk, develop contract templates and playbooks, and collaborate with Finance, Security, Product, and Compliance to enable strategic transactions and scalable legal processes.

Provides broad in-house legal support across employment matters, litigation, disputes, commercial procurement, and SaaS, partnership, licensing, and services contracts. Advises HR and cross-functional teams, manages outside counsel and litigation strategy, mitigates legal risks, supports negotiations, and improves legal processes, policies, and templates. Requires strong legal judgment, communication, organization, and prioritization skills.

As Legal Counsel for Employment, you will provide legal advice, ensure compliance, manage disputes, draft contracts, and mitigate employment risks.

Provides day-to-day legal support to the U.S. property and casualty insurance business. Responsibilities include drafting policy forms and endorsements, supporting product strategy and innovation, managing regulatory filings and inquiries, reviewing insurance distribution agreements, advising on marketing and licensing requirements, handling complaints and examinations, and conducting legal research.

Provide commercial legal advice across global, multi-jurisdictional matters: negotiate client and vendor contracts, draft policies, deliver compliance training, manage IP, data privacy, sanctions, regulatory, employment and tax issues, and support senior leadership in a fast-paced scaling business.

Serve as a senior legal partner to Gong’s go-to-market organization. Lead complex enterprise SaaS, AI, licensing, professional services, and strategic commercial negotiations; advise Sales and business leaders on legal risk and deal strategy; develop contracting templates and playbooks; improve legal processes; collaborate cross-functionally; and mentor junior lawyers.

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.

Provide business-oriented legal guidance on U.S. broker-dealer regulation, digital assets, payments, privacy, product launches, marketing, onboarding, regulatory engagement, agreements, policies, and disputes. Monitor SEC, FINRA, CFTC, FinCEN, and OFAC developments; conduct legal research; advise cross-functional teams; and manage litigation, arbitration, outside counsel, claims, and discovery.

Director-level attorney reporting to the General Counsel, responsible for negotiating customer and commercial agreements, advising business operations on legal and regulatory compliance, supporting international operations, and developing customer-focused legal solutions. The role requires strategic problem-solving, cross-functional collaboration, strong communication, independent judgment, and the ability to manage complex legal matters in a demanding environment.

Provide in-house legal support on commercial, regulatory, governance and corporate matters; draft and negotiate domestic and international commercial agreements; advise cross-functional teams on transaction structuring and risk mitigation; manage contract workflows; support litigation, investigations and trainings; monitor relevant laws and regulations affecting the business.

Provides senior legal counsel on AI, product development, marketing, legal technology, technology transactions, and emerging regulations. Advises Product, Engineering, Marketing, Partner, Customer Success, and Strategy teams; drafts policies and agreement terms; negotiates vendor, open-source, collaboration, and customer agreements; supports product launches and go-to-market strategies; and translates complex AI laws into practical business guidance.

Embed as the companys senior in-house lawyer to advise on commercial contracts, NDAs/DPAs, vendor and privacy issues; partner with product, sales, finance and HR; lead legal change projects; build processes, playbooks and the legal function; manage external counsel and legal resourcing.

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.

Provide strategic legal counsel to global and U.S. teams on commercial and strategic agreements, corporate governance, compliance, intellectual property, privacy, security, and product matters. Negotiate customer and vendor contracts, develop templates and playbooks, manage contract and governance systems, support M&A and fundraising, and coordinate outside counsel. Advise business leaders, review marketing and product materials, and partner with compliance teams to address legal and regulatory requirements.

Provide commercial transactional legal support for large, complex merchant and partner deals globally. Negotiate and draft multinational agreements, advise sales and cross-functional teams on payments, licensing, and regulatory risk, manage deal closings, ensure compliance, escalate high-stakes issues, and develop risk management frameworks to protect PayPal's legal interests.

Provide legal guidance on global payment processing, fintech regulation, money movement, licensing, compliance, and digital innovation. Draft and negotiate agreements with payment providers, banks, card networks, vendors, and partners. Advise on KYC/KYB, AML, sanctions, entity structuring, market expansion, chargebacks, settlements, reserves, and emerging technologies. Collaborate with product, technology, operations, and management teams to launch compliant payment products and address legal risks.

Provide day-to-day legal support for a fast-paced tech company: draft and negotiate commercial contracts, advise cross-functional teams (revenue, product, HR, finance, engineering), assist corporate governance and board preparations, support public company readiness, oversee global corporate administration and compliance, and help scale the legal function.

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.

The Senior Legal Counsel provides legal advice on commercial, contractual, and regulatory matters, specializing in the healthcare industry, while managing outside counsel and collaborating with business units.

Provide legal guidance on a variety of commercial and regulatory matters, with a focus on drug information and healthcare solutions. Manage outside counsel and counsel on compliance with HIPAA, GDPR, and healthcare laws.

Lead day-to-day commercial legal matters for Richemont Americas, drafting, negotiating, and advising on complex commercial and vendor contracts across business functions. Provide strategic counsel on technology, data privacy, ESG, and disputes; collaborate with cross-functional teams and outside counsel; mentor junior lawyers; develop legal templates, playbooks, and training; and support legal technology and knowledge management initiatives.

Provides practical legal support across commercial contracts, corporate governance, subsidiary management, M&A diligence and integration, IP, insurance, employment matters, compliance, and legal risk management. Reviews and negotiates technology and commercial agreements, maintains corporate records and contract templates, coordinates outside counsel, and advises cross-functional teams. The role also develops AI-enabled contract intake, review, approval, storage, and renewal workflows in a remote-first, multi-subsidiary environment.

Provide day-to-day legal advice for Accident & Health (A&H) product development, regulatory compliance, marketing review, vendor and transactional contracts, filings, investigations, and cross-functional guidance across U.S. operations and growing international activity.