Top Legal Jobs in NYC, NY

Advise Capital One’s Board, Compensation Committee, and senior management on executive compensation, governance, fiduciary duties, securities regulations, and corporate transactions. Lead compensation disclosures in SEC filings, Section 16 compliance, plan and agreement reviews, M&A integration, regulatory monitoring, committee materials, and governance initiatives. Partner with Legal, Finance, Tax, compensation teams, vendors, and other stakeholders in a complex, highly regulated environment.

Provides strategic legal counsel to Network Marketing, Brand, and Communications teams; manages legal reviews, improves review processes, partners cross-functionally, and oversees outside counsel on complex matters. Requires a Juris Doctor, active state bar membership, and at least six years of attorney experience. The role is hybrid and focuses on payments, marketing, brand, and communications legal matters.

Provides legal and regulatory counsel to enterprise technology teams developing and governing AI-driven, cloud, and emerging technology platforms. Advises on technology risk, cybersecurity and privacy laws, regulatory examinations, audits, disclosures, strategic technology contracts, and third-party vendor relationships. Partners with technology, product, design, risk, compliance, regulators, and business leaders to identify risks and enable legally supported innovation.

Manages global privacy compliance as a second-line advisor across APAC, EMEA, and the Americas. Responsibilities include monitoring privacy laws, advising business lines on privacy risks and controls, challenging risk assessments, mapping regulations to processes, supporting cross-border data governance, reviewing complaints, guiding remediation, engaging legal and compliance teams, and reporting on compliance activities.

Provides legal counsel and strategic guidance for Global Payment Network commercial transactions. Negotiates and drafts agreements, advises on merchant, issuer, and acquirer relationships, identifies and mitigates risk, leads transactional attorneys and legal professionals, and improves contract templates, playbooks, and legal processes. Partners with internal counsel and business teams across the enterprise.

Lead procurement contract lifecycle: assess transactions, draft and negotiate agreements, manage multiple contracts to completion, advise stakeholders on risk mitigation and contracting strategy, and collaborate with legal, compliance, and business teams.

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.

Advise Capital One’s Board, committees, and senior management on corporate governance, fiduciary duties, securities regulations, and governance policies. Manage board logistics, agendas, meetings, minutes, resolutions, director onboarding, annual stockholder meetings, and related legal materials. Coordinate outside counsel and lead governance projects while handling SEC, NYSE, Delaware law, and regulatory requirements in a complex financial-services environment.

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.

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.