Top Senior Counsel Jobs in NYC, NY

Advise Product, Engineering, Security, and business teams on software, SaaS, cloud, privacy, cybersecurity, AI, intellectual property, and emerging technology regulations. Guide products throughout their lifecycle, assess legal and regulatory risks, draft agreements and privacy documentation, support privacy-by-design, monitor global regulations, and develop scalable legal processes, playbooks, policies, and training.

Provides legal strategy and counsel for Snap’s global music licensing and partnership initiatives. Negotiates complex agreements with labels, publishers, performance rights organizations, collecting societies, vendors, and other rights holders. Advises product and business teams on copyright, music rights, generative AI, privacy, compliance, disputes, and risk mitigation. Supports commercial transactions, emerging product features, outside counsel, and junior lawyer development.

Represents New York City as a plaintiff in affirmative litigation involving commercial disputes, securities, fraud, False Claims Act, civil rights, public nuisance, regulatory, constitutional, and related matters. Independently manages cases from inception through resolution, advises clients, negotiates settlements, and litigates in state and federal courts. The role requires strong writing, oral advocacy, initiative, problem-solving, and a commitment to public service.

Lead negotiation, drafting, and execution of complex enterprise client agreements; develop contract playbooks and CLM processes (preferably Ironclad); advise stakeholders on deal strategy and risk; analyze negotiation trends and partner cross-functionally across US and international teams.

Provides legal counsel to specialist and operations departments worldwide, drafting and negotiating contracts, advising on art law, commercial law, regulatory compliance, employment, real estate, intellectual property, and disputes. The role supports internal stakeholders, manages consignment-related inquiries, works with external counsel, assists with legal training, and helps implement AI workflows to improve legal department efficiency.

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.

Provides senior legal advice to Human Resources, executives, and business leaders on employment law, litigation, investigations, workforce matters, and compliance. Manages disputes, agency charges, outside counsel, legal budgets, privileged investigations, regulatory inquiries, and risk mitigation. Develops legal playbooks, policies, training, and process improvements while advising on employee relations, accommodations, leave, restructuring, clinician issues, and healthcare-related confidentiality requirements.

Provides strategic employment-law guidance across the employee lifecycle for a distributed, multi-jurisdictional workforce. Advises leaders on employee relations, investigations, accommodations, compensation, classification, restrictive covenants, and separations; drafts policies and agreements; oversees claims, audits, and litigation; monitors legal developments; manages outside counsel; and supports workforce programs and cross-functional legal initiatives.

Lead complex global partner and channel transactions, including reseller, referral, MSP, OEM, systems integrator, and strategic alliance agreements. Advise business leaders on deal structures, negotiations, legal risks, and commercial solutions while collaborating across sales, product, privacy, security, finance, tax, engineering, operations, and compliance. Develop scalable contracting templates, playbooks, policies, training, and workflows for the company’s expanding partnerships program.

Senior Counsel will draft and negotiate intellectual property licensing, fashion, retail, advertising, marketing, media, e-commerce, talent, influencer, sponsorship, and commercial agreements. The role advises business development, brand management, and marketing teams, balances business objectives with legal risk, supports compliance and company processes, and assists with general legal matters. It requires in-house or law-firm experience, a New York law license, strong organization, judgment, and knowledge of consumer, fashion, media, entertainment, or technology industries.

Senior Counsel will serve as the General Counsel’s first hire, leading commercial contracting, technology agreements, fintech partnerships, and Latin American legal matters. The role independently negotiates complex deals, advises executives on regulated products, handles privacy and financial-services issues, and builds scalable contract review processes using AI legal technology. Candidates must be US-qualified attorneys with Latin American legal credentials, fintech or financial-services experience, Spanish fluency, and at least seven years of legal experience.

Provides global privacy legal advice for Airbnb’s payments and insurance products, including financial data privacy, payment processing, fraud prevention, insurance coverage, commercial contracts, data governance, and regulatory compliance. Partners with legal, compliance, product, and privacy operations teams to manage risks across global markets and translate complex privacy and financial regulations into actionable product guidance.

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.

Serves as strategic legal counsel to Enterprise teams across Finance, People, Technology, and M&A. Advises on corporate, commercial, technology, privacy, cybersecurity, AI, employment, financing, investment, and strategic transaction matters. Drafts and negotiates agreements, manages legal workstreams, develops policies, assesses emerging risks, and provides practical legal training and guidance to cross-functional stakeholders.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Lead global regulatory strategy and execution for technology infrastructure, operational resilience, and enterprise resilience. Interpret regulations, translate them into technology control frameworks and operational guidance, advise on third-party technology contracts, coordinate cross-functional implementation, and engage regulators and legal stakeholders across jurisdictions. The role requires a law degree and significant regulatory experience in payments, banking, or financial services.

Provides legal counsel to Capital One’s Commercial Real Estate and Multifamily Agency Finance businesses. Advises on Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and FHA/HUD lending requirements, securitization sub-servicing documentation, regulatory compliance, negotiations, outside counsel, industry developments, training, and process improvements. Partners with business, risk, compliance, operations, and other legal teams while serving as a strategic subject matter expert.

Senior Counsel will advise Kaplan North America on labor and employment law, defend regulatory and employee actions, and draft and negotiate employment, HR, vendor, and commercial contracts. The role supports Human Resources and Operations, advises corporate stakeholders, handles legal submissions and transactions, and provides broad legal counsel with independent judgment in a fully remote environment. Occasional travel is required.

Senior Counsel will serve as the General Counsel’s first legal hire, leading commercial contracting across fintech, payments, crypto, banking, and technology partnerships. The role independently negotiates agreements, manages Latin American legal matters, advises on regulated financial products, supports data privacy and consumer lending issues, and builds scalable contract review processes using AI legal technology. The position requires US and Latin American legal qualifications, fintech or financial services experience, strong technology contracting expertise, and Spanish fluency.

Leads enterprise legal strategy for technology, intellectual property, cybersecurity, privacy, commercial contracting, and corporate services. Advises executives and boards on technology transformation, AI, data governance, cyber incidents, regulatory risk, partnerships, procurement, and strategic transactions. Oversees attorneys and external counsel while developing practical legal frameworks that support innovation, operational resilience, compliance, and business growth.

Advise on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, minority investments, and other strategic transactions. Negotiate transaction documents, coordinate due diligence, assess legal and business risks, support regulatory approvals and post-acquisition integration, and manage external law firms. Partner with Corporate Development, executives, business leaders, and cross-functional teams while providing independent legal advice in a regulated corporate environment.

Negotiate and structure commercial agreements across the ad tech and digital advertising ecosystem, including publisher, advertiser, agency, platform, vendor, data licensing, and insertion order agreements. Advise on privacy, data security, consumer protection, intellectual property, and regulatory issues. Partner with sales, product, engineering, finance, marketing, and operations teams, develop scalable legal processes, and use AI tools to improve contract workflows.