Top Senior Counsel Jobs in NYC, NY

Senior Counsel, Commercial will advise Axios revenue, product, sales, marketing, and operations teams; draft and negotiate commercial agreements; manage legal intake and workflows; counsel on privacy, data use, IP, regulatory, and product matters; oversee routine disputes and outside counsel; and provide pragmatic, business-focused guidance to senior leaders. The role requires independent ownership of complex transactions, strong judgment, and comfort using AI-enabled tools.

Advises product, engineering, partnerships, sales, marketing, and executives on AI product legal matters. Provides guidance from product design through launch, negotiates data partnerships, IP and model licensing, SaaS customer contracts, APIs, DPAs, reseller, procurement, marketplace, vendor, and strategic partnership agreements. Builds scalable legal playbooks, self-service resources, enablement programs, and AI-enabled automation while monitoring evolving AI law and policy.

Manage complex cyber, media, and technology insurance claims from inception through resolution, analyzing coverage, liability, damages, and exposure. Identify claim trends, advise underwriting and senior management, support policy drafting, and represent the company in client meetings, mediations, industry events, and conferences. The role also contributes to global claims initiatives and requires collaboration with underwriting, actuarial, legal, and other stakeholders.

Manages complex cyber, media, and technology insurance claims from inception through resolution, analyzing coverage, liability, damages, and exposure. Provides claim trend insights, resolves coverage questions, supports policy drafting, and collaborates with underwriting, legal, actuarial, and senior leadership. Represents the company in client meetings, mediations, negotiations, industry events, and conferences while contributing to global claims initiatives.

Senior Commercial & Corporate Counsel will serve as fomo’s second attorney, owning complex commercial contracts, leading strategic partnership negotiations, and advising executives and cross-functional teams. The role also supports corporate governance, board preparation, subsidiary management, potential financings, and scalable legal operations. Candidates need a U.S. J.D., active New York bar admission, and 4–8 years of relevant experience. The position is on-site in New York City.

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.

Own and negotiate commercial agreements across healthcare, payments, and technology, including health plan agreements, MSAs, BAAs, SOWs, data use agreements, and vendor contracts. Advise on HIPAA and privacy issues, manage multiple negotiations, develop contract templates and playbooks, and partner with Sales, Product, Compliance, and Operations to support business growth while managing legal risk.

Oversees the hospital’s captive insurance company, insurance placements, litigation management, malpractice and liability claims, outside counsel, reserves, board reporting, and risk strategy. Leads captive board meetings, audits, claims committees, insurance renewals, and relationships with brokers, actuaries, auditors, underwriters, medical staff, and organizational leaders. Advises senior leadership and the board on litigation, insurance, clinical risk, reputational concerns, and workers’ compensation matters.

Senior Counsel, Commercial will advise Misfits Market on commercial contracts, strategic partnerships, product counseling, privacy, intellectual property, advertising, food safety, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, and strategic transactions. The role reports to the General Counsel, partners with cross-functional teams, manages legal and compliance risks, and supports business objectives in a remote, fast-paced environment.

Provides legal and commercial support for U.S. public sector sales, including federal, state, and local transactions. Drafts and negotiates customer, reseller, distributor, and partner agreements; advises on procurement, contracting, RFPs, compliance, FedRAMP, StateRAMP, accessibility, and fulfillment requirements. Leads legal projects, process improvements, and cross-functional collaboration while delivering practical guidance and mentoring stakeholders.

Senior Legal Counsel will manage private-market investment transactions, including SPV diligence, offering reviews, fund structuring, securities regulatory analysis, investment-document drafting and negotiation, side letters, closings, and product counseling. The role partners with business, product, engineering, operations, and compliance teams while building scalable legal templates, playbooks, and workflows. Candidates need U.S. bar membership, a JD, and 4–7 years of relevant funds, securities, or capital markets experience.

Senior Legal Counsel will own commercial contracting, product counseling, corporate governance, entity management, employment matters, litigation, disputes, and subpoena responses. The role partners across product, engineering, operations, compliance, finance, and HR; builds legal processes, templates, playbooks, and intake workflows; and provides practical guidance for a growing regulated financial technology company.

In this role, you will manage FalconX's licensing efforts, ensure product compliance with regulations, and act as a regulatory liaison for global inquiries. You will also analyze legislative changes to inform business strategies.

Provides strategic legal counsel to Product, Engineering, Security, Commercial, Partnerships, and Marketing teams on privacy, product development, AI, cybersecurity, consumer protection, and regulatory matters. Serves as Deputy Privacy Officer, helping lead OpenTable’s global privacy program, advise on data protection and AI governance, support incident response, negotiate agreements, and develop scalable legal policies and processes.

Provides legal and regulatory support for Cboe’s U.S. Equities, Market Data and Access, and ETP Listings businesses. Reviews and drafts exchange rules and regulatory filings, guides approvals, advises on securities trading and exchange compliance, supports regulatory exams, and partners with business, compliance, technology, operations, and finance teams. The role also promotes AI adoption, workflow automation, and process improvements across the Legal Department.

Leads commercial legal negotiations for enterprise customers, partners, and vendors, including SaaS agreements, data processing agreements, amendments, order forms, and vendor contracts. Manages the contract lifecycle from NDA through signature, advises sales and internal stakeholders, and helps improve contracting processes. Requires strong communication, organization, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple concurrent transactions in a fast-paced environment.

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.

Provides securities-law counsel for SEC reporting, public-company disclosures, NYSE compliance, Section 16 obligations, insider trading controls, and capital markets transactions. Drafts and coordinates regulatory filings, reviews earnings and investor communications, monitors legal developments, improves disclosure processes, manages outside counsel, and advises internal stakeholders on complex legal matters.

Senior Counsel will support MLB’s Business Development team by structuring, drafting, and negotiating complex commercial agreements, particularly involving gaming, sports betting, and regulated financial markets. The role provides strategic legal guidance, manages risk, develops templates and playbooks, supports executive decision-making, vets opportunities, and manages outside counsel. The position requires strong corporate, contract, and intellectual property law expertise and is based in New York City with five-day in-office attendance.

Provides practical legal advice on domestic and international employment matters, including employee relations, compliance, investigations, accommodations, wage and hour issues, terminations, agreements, policies, claims, audits, litigation, and immigration initiatives. Partners with HR, leadership, and cross-functional teams to manage risk and support business growth.

Provides legal guidance to product, engineering, security, and go-to-market teams across the product lifecycle. Advises on software licensing, open-source compliance, privacy, data protection, security controls, commercial enablement, regulatory risks, and enterprise software matters. Partners with senior leaders to identify and mitigate legal risks, develop scalable policies and playbooks, support launches, and train technical and non-legal stakeholders in a global SaaS environment.

Provides legal counsel and strategic guidance to Citi’s Americas Futures and Derivatives Clearing business. Advises management on laws, regulations, transactions, contracts, and legal, regulatory, and reputational risks. Collaborates with business, Legal, Risk, and compliance teams; evaluates proposals, supports business planning, monitors complex matters, and escalates issues appropriately. The role requires financial services experience, derivatives and clearing knowledge, strong negotiation skills, a law degree, and an active bar license.

Provides legal analysis and strategic guidance to the Mayor’s Office on legislation, ethics, litigation, investigations, contracts, transparency, conflicts of interest, and compliance. Advises senior policymakers and agencies, coordinates legal matters, drafts and reviews agreements, and supervises and mentors attorneys and other professionals.

Senior Staff Counsel investigates deceptive and unfair business practices, develops legal theories, leads enforcement actions and litigation, prepares cases for trial, conducts discovery and depositions, argues before courts and OATH, negotiates settlements, advises on regulated industries, and supervises junior attorneys and legal staff.

Senior Corporate Counsel supporting mergers and acquisitions, commercial transactions, contracting, licensing, collaborations, and enterprise growth initiatives. Responsibilities include due diligence, negotiating agreements, post-closing integration, regulatory counseling, dispute advice, client training, and strategic legal support for healthcare business divisions. The role requires managing complex transactions, advising executives, and collaborating with internal experts and outside counsel.