Top Legal Jobs in NYC, NY

Provides litigation support to attorneys handling civil litigation and insurance defense cases. Responsibilities include drafting, formatting, filing, and e-filing legal documents; docketing deadlines; managing case files and calendars; coordinating depositions, hearings, travel, and trial preparation; and communicating with clients and courts. Requires strong knowledge of civil litigation procedures, state and federal court filings, organization, confidentiality, and deadline management.

Leads corporate governance and legal entity integration for acquisitions, investments, and strategic transactions from due diligence through steady-state ownership. Coordinates cross-functional stakeholders, manages onboarding and post-close integration, maintains entity records, supports banking, KYC, UBO, and governance activities, and drives remediation, reporting, process improvement, and technology-enabled governance initiatives.

Supports private fund legal and transaction matters for Brookfield Infrastructure’s capital solutions platform. Responsibilities include investment structuring, transaction execution, securities and fund regulatory compliance, corporate and fund matters, documentation of fund flows, and process improvements. The role collaborates with finance, operations, tax, and paralegal teams while providing practical legal advice and managing multiple priorities.

Manages the company’s day-to-day legal function, including drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, developing legal SOPs and workflows, maintaining contract systems, tracking disputes and deadlines, managing outside counsel, monitoring legal spend, and identifying risks. Partners with executive and department leadership to resolve routine matters internally and escalate complex litigation, regulatory, and employment issues appropriately.

Collects, analyzes, reconciles, and enters case-related information into databases, documents, and spreadsheets for the United States Attorney’s Office. Maintains physical files, tracks case status and deadlines, coordinates information requests, prepares reports and correspondence, performs case-related word processing, and provides timely updates while supporting asset forfeiture and law enforcement activities.

Legal Counsel supporting live productions and content initiatives globally. Responsibilities include drafting and negotiating production, distribution, marketing, sponsorship, and talent agreements; advising on legal risks across jurisdictions; conducting legal research; managing legal projects and contract workflows; supporting intellectual property, privacy, regulatory, incident, and dispute matters; and preparing legal guidance, templates, training, and presentations.

Provides legal advice to a private wealth mortgage lending business across origination, servicing, enforcement, restructuring, documentation, title and lien matters, loan structuring, and consumer lending regulations. Advises business, risk, compliance, and operations stakeholders on jumbo mortgages and complex wealth ownership structures. Reviews lending documents, manages external counsel, supports regulatory examinations and audits, and handles escalated servicing, foreclosure, default, and loss-mitigation matters.

Provides legal counsel on artificial intelligence, data protection, privacy, cybersecurity, technology governance, sourcing, and related regulatory matters. Advises on AI development, procurement, integration, model training, EU AI Act and GDPR compliance, third-party risk, and incident response. Supports AI risk management, governance systems, regulatory notifications, remediation, and global business affiliates while collaborating with engineering, privacy, cybersecurity, sourcing, and intellectual property teams.

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.

Manages legal workstreams, vendor contracts, compliance records, deadlines, insurance claims, risk inspections, and litigation support. Reviews legal documents, tracks obligations, assists with subpoenas and discovery, conducts regulatory and operational research, prepares reports, and coordinates with internal teams, outside counsel, vendors, and government agencies. Requires onsite work five days per week and knowledge of New York landlord-tenant law and New York City court procedures.

Provides legal information, strategic guidance, and case management to borrowers facing complex student loan debt challenges. Negotiates with lenders and collectors, supervises student debt counselors, develops legal strategies, delivers training and presentations, maintains detailed case records, and identifies systemic issues affecting clients. The role requires an attorney committed to public service and higher education debt assistance.

Provides commercial legal support to Growth, Operations, Procurement, and other business stakeholders. Drafts, reviews, and negotiates B2B SaaS customer and supplier contracts; advises on risk allocation, pricing, liability, data protection, and compliance; and develops contracting templates, playbooks, and guidelines. The role requires independent legal judgment, cross-jurisdiction collaboration, and experience enabling efficient commercial transactions in a fast-paced legal technology company.

The Legal Manager leads cross-border case collaborations supporting migrant access to justice across the U.S., Mexico, and Central America. Responsibilities include immigration legal analysis, project and relationship management, advocate coordination, reporting, training, and bilingual legal writing. The role requires professional English and Spanish fluency, immigration law experience, strong project management skills, and occasional domestic and international travel. It is a remote, union position reporting to the Legal Director.

Provides US legal counsel across corporate governance, entity maintenance, financing, credit lines, commercial contracts, employment agreements, and cross-border fintech matters. Drafts and negotiates transactions, ensures compliance across US entities, and independently manages complex legal priorities while advising on US and LatAm operations.

Serve as the primary legal partner to Procurement, drafting and negotiating high-value buy-side agreements across SaaS, software, marketing, facilities, professional services, and real estate. Provide guidance on complex transactions, risk allocation, data privacy, technology contracting, and vendor risk. Develop scalable contracting processes, playbooks, templates, training, and knowledge resources while leveraging automation and legal technology. Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders and support broader Legal team initiatives.

Serve as the U.S. litigation subject matter expert for an AI legal technology company. Lead client meetings, analyze litigation portfolios, identify automation opportunities, develop tailored solutions, lead proof-of-concept engagements, build business cases, and partner with product, engineering, and implementation teams. Own strategic client relationships with general counsel and senior legal executives while translating litigation requirements into workflows and measurable outcomes.

Supports commercial loan transaction closings by organizing, cataloguing, reviewing, formatting, proofreading, scanning, and electronically filing legal documents. Maintains filing systems, databases, billing information, and time records; assists with invoicing and special projects. Communicates professionally with clients, financial institutions, title companies, opposing counsel, and attorneys while ensuring documents are complete and accurate.

Legal intern will review, draft, and edit sponsorship, endorsement, appearance, and content creation agreements. The role also involves researching legal questions, preparing memoranda and opinions, and collaborating with the legal department across company offices. Applicants must be current second- or third-year students at an ABA-approved U.S. law school and eligible to receive law school credit. The internship runs January 26 through April 30, 2027, for 20 hours weekly.

Owns commercial legal affairs across Havenly’s brand portfolio, including contracts, disputes, claims, settlements, compliance coordination, insurance matters, and acquisition-related obligations. The role assesses risks, negotiates practical resolutions, manages outside counsel, provides executive-ready updates, and improves legal processes using AI-assisted research, drafting, tracking, and analysis.

Represents clients in criminal appeals and post-conviction proceedings, managing a high-volume caseload that includes appellate briefs, oral arguments, CPL motions, sex offender registration hearings, and risk-level petitions. Responsibilities include legal research, brief writing, case strategy, client communication, courtroom advocacy, and collaboration with colleagues. The role requires strong legal analysis, writing, oral advocacy, organization, and commitment to public defense and social justice.

Represents clients accused of parole violations in revocation, recognizance, habeas corpus, appeals, and post-conviction proceedings. Handles hearings, court appearances, discovery, negotiations, contested litigation, and administrative appeals across New York City. Collaborates with paralegals, investigators, and social workers to develop mitigation strategies involving mental health, substance abuse, medical needs, and alternatives to incarceration.

Supports global fund legal operations for Brookfield’s Real Estate Group by managing corporate entities, legal documents, formations, dissolutions, tax forms, bank onboarding, securities filings, KYC requests, governance records, structure charts, and D&O registers. The role also drafts operating agreements, resolutions, and internal loan documents, coordinates with registered agents and service providers, and supports annual and ad hoc corporate governance projects.

The Vice President will source, underwrite, value, negotiate, and manage investments tied to litigation, bankruptcy, claims, judgments, and other legal processes. Responsibilities include assessing merits, damages, timing, collectability, and downside protection; building probability-weighted valuation models; drafting and negotiating transaction documents; monitoring case developments; sourcing opportunities through legal and restructuring networks; and managing outside counsel, experts, and advisors. The role requires substantial plaintiffs-side litigation experience, legal judgment, investment aptitude, quantitative comfort, a J.D., bar admission, and a judicial clerkship.

Represents immigrants in removal proceedings and applications for immigration relief before USCIS and EOIR. Conducts legal screenings, prepares filings and memoranda, attends hearings and interviews, manages clinic assistance, tracks cases, supports community outreach, liaises with partner organizations, and mentors interns, volunteers, and pro bono attorneys.

Temporary paralegal supporting NYLAG’s Immigrant Protection Unit across affirmative and defensive immigration matters. Responsibilities include Spanish interpretation and document translation, client intake and eligibility screening, case handling, USCIS filings, evidence and testimony preparation, data entry, referrals, and clinic coordination. The role requires fluency in Spanish, strong communication and analytical skills, project management abilities, and experience working with immigrant and marginalized communities.