Top Senior Counsel Jobs in NYC, NY

Serve as primary legal partner to product, engineering, and design teams building stablecoins, payments, and crypto infrastructure. Provide full product lifecycle counseling on U.S. and international payments and securities regulations, resolve novel legal issues, partner cross-functionally with Compliance, Finance, and Risk, and build scalable legal processes and playbooks to enable compliant product launches.

Provide commercial legal support to global sales: draft, review and negotiate SaaS/software/channel agreements; advise on privacy, risk, and compliance; develop templates, playbooks, and training; partner with Sales and Deal Desk to resolve issues and escalate complex matters.

Provide transactional legal support for Circle's global capital markets business, drafting and negotiating complex crypto, fintech, and capital markets agreements (exchanges, market makers, liquidity, collateral, tokenized assets). Support Arc's capital markets go-to-market, create contract templates and playbooks, streamline contracting workflows, advise cross-functional partners, and stay current on crypto, stablecoins, and blockchain regulatory developments to enable commercial partnerships and revenue opportunities.

Provide legal support on public and private capital markets transactions, M&A, and strategic investments. Draft, negotiate, and review transaction documents, advise on deal structure, lead due diligence, manage post-closing obligations, coordinate with cross-functional teams and outside counsel, and support internal legal initiatives for a high-growth public company.

Lead and support mergers, acquisitions, financings, refinancings, and other corporate transactions for LS Power’s private equity team. Responsibilities include due diligence, negotiating transaction documents, investment committee materials, closing and post-closing integration, and collaboration with finance, tax, regulatory, accounting, asset management, energy management, and investor relations teams.

Serve as a senior privacy legal subject matter expert supporting global privacy compliance, primarily for Udemy. Advise on U.S. and international privacy laws, privacy impact assessments, AI and cybersecurity issues, incidents, data subject requests, regulatory inquiries, product counseling, and privacy program development. Partner with Legal, Privacy, Product, Engineering, and Information Security teams, advise senior leadership, and mentor colleagues.

Provide commercial legal support for CoreWeave's international expansion (EMEA/APAC), lead drafting and negotiation of MSAs, term sheets, order forms and vendor agreements for Omni and other infrastructure/SaaS deals, manage deal pipeline and outside counsel, advise on transaction structures and jurisdictional risks, and develop repeatable processes, templates, and playbooks to scale cross-border transactions.

Provide legal counsel and lead strategy for Discover Global Payment Network commercial agreements, product launches, and risk mitigation across Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada. Negotiate and draft contracts, support fintech and payment innovation, partner with internal legal, risk, and business teams, and drive process and template improvements to enable growth.

Manages high-exposure casualty claims with significant autonomy, analyzing coverage, liability, damages, reserves, litigation strategy, and settlements. Oversees outside counsel, conducts investigations and legal research, advises underwriting on policy language, and presents coverage and litigation developments. The role also mentors claims staff, supports senior management reporting, collaborates across departments, and ensures compliance with fair claims practices and internal quality objectives.

Advise product, engineering, marketing, and trust and safety teams on global product, privacy, content safety, consumer protection, intellectual property, and regulatory matters. Counsel teams on GDPR, CCPA, online safety laws, the EU AI Act, age assurance, consent frameworks, and data security. Track emerging regulations, represent the company before regulators, develop freedom of expression and user safety policies, and create scalable compliance processes.

Provides senior legal, policy, strategic, and operational guidance on criminal justice initiatives for New York City. Evaluates legislation and legal risks, analyzes criminal justice and crime data, develops and executes policy projects, coordinates with justice agencies and stakeholders, and supports complex, politically sensitive programs aligned with Administration priorities.

Serves as senior employment counsel for the Americas, advising People & Talent and business leaders on employee lifecycle matters, workplace investigations, policies, disputes, litigation, compensation, benefits, equity, contractor classification, EOR arrangements, and cross-border employment risks. Coordinates multi-jurisdiction advice and external counsel while building scalable employment-law playbooks and templates for a global, regulated fintech.

Leads legal strategy and execution for complex domestic and international transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and commercial agreements. Advises senior executives on transaction risks and business objectives, negotiates with global counterparties, manages legal teams and outside counsel, and oversees cross-functional workstreams. Develops legal playbooks and technology-enabled processes while supporting automotive initiatives involving electrification, software, energy, autonomy, and defense programs.

Senior transactional attorney supporting utility-scale battery energy storage and renewable projects. Responsibilities include drafting and negotiating equipment supply, EPC, long-term service, and O&M agreements; managing transactions, disputes, change orders, compliance matters, external counsel, and stakeholder negotiations; advising executives on risks; and improving legal processes, templates, and compliance practices.

Build and operate Adyen’s enterprise AI governance framework, translating global AI and privacy laws into policies, standards, assessments, and practical workflows. Advise on generative and agentic AI, risk classification, model evaluation, fairness, explainability, red teaming, privacy, and human oversight. Partner cross-functionally with Risk, Security, Product, Compliance, Legal, Engineering, and Data Science; deliver training, monitor regulatory developments, and support audits and inquiries.

Provide legal counsel for the Motive Card product: advise Product, negotiate issuer/processor and financing contracts, support Sales and Marketing compliance, collaborate with Finance and Risk on fraud and policies, work with privacy/regulatory/IP teams, stay current on payments industry developments, and become a trusted advisor to enable product growth.

The role involves negotiating commercial agreements, advising on data privacy, collaborating across teams, and utilizing AI legal tools within Roku's advertising business.

Provide transactional legal support for art-backed loans and consignor advances: draft, review and negotiate loan, credit and security documents; conduct due diligence and closings; advise on cross-jurisdictional structuring; develop playbooks and templates; train business partners; partner on process improvements and manage outside counsel and counterparties.

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.

Lead and close complex sell-side software and SaaS transactions, draft and negotiate MSAs, order forms and SOWs, advise Sales and Deal Desk on privacy, security, AI, IP and open source issues, partner with cross-functional stakeholders, improve templates and contracting processes, and provide practical legal guidance balancing risk and commercial objectives.

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.

Manage Coinbase's defense in securities class actions and shareholder derivative suits. Lead pleadings, discovery, motions, expert work, settlement negotiations, and outside counsel. Advise senior leadership and the board on litigation risk, monitor corporate law developments, and manage D&O insurance relationships.

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.

Act as embedded product attorney for engineering and product teams, advising on AI, data use, and multi-state healthcare regulations. Translate complex laws and guidance into practical controls, anticipate regulatory risks, and enable compliant product innovation while partnering cross-functionally.