Top Legal Jobs in NYC, NY

Supports NYC Emergency Management’s Office of the Chief Counsel through legal research, drafting policies, opinions, contracts, and memoranda; assists with emergency procurements, FOIL requests, COIB memos, compliance, and records management. Candidates must maintain college or graduate-school matriculation, demonstrate strong organizational and legal research skills, understand legal terminology and contract drafting, uphold high ethical standards, and have completed a Professional Responsibility course.

Provide corporate governance and board support for the Corporate Secretary's Office: prepare board books and meeting materials in Diligent, manage subsidiary records (GEMS), assist with director onboarding, notarization/apostilles, handle governance inquiries via Power Apps, and support attorneys and executives on corporate governance tasks.

Supports the legal and regulatory framework for U.S. and international private wealth funds. Responsibilities include developing compliance policies, overseeing fund service providers and AML controls, screening sales intermediaries, testing compliance procedures, monitoring trading restrictions, reviewing marketing materials, preparing regulatory filings, and responding to client questionnaires, RFPs, and RFIs. The role collaborates extensively with legal, compliance, operations, finance, distribution, and client-service teams.

Supports the legal team by processing and reviewing levies, garnishments, bankruptcy filings, subpoenas, probate claims, and court documents. Responsibilities include account research, document retrieval and redaction, legal correspondence, docket monitoring, deadline verification, and maintaining accurate case records. The role requires strong attention to detail, analytical ability, communication skills, and proficiency with Excel and multiple software systems.

Provide legal, regulatory, and risk-management advice to wealth business areas administering trusts and fiduciary services for high-net-worth clients and families. Develop practical, commercially sensible solutions, mitigate legal and business risks, and identify and address issues proactively. The role requires a Juris Doctor or equivalent, admission to at least one state bar, and at least five years of trusts and estates experience, including sophisticated fiduciary administration. Fiduciary litigation and in-house legal experience are preferred.

Lead Biograph’s legal function and healthcare compliance program, covering HIPAA, Stark Law, AKS, CPOM, licensing, credentialing, contracts, governance, employment, privacy, security, audits, and risk management. Advise executives and cross-functional teams on regulatory matters, oversee external counsel, develop compliance training and policies, and support expansion across healthcare markets.

Provides legal consultation and representation to noncitizens in non-detained removal proceedings, affirmative immigration matters, asylum cases, USCIS matters, and Family Court SIJS proceedings. The attorney manages case files, handles a high-volume caseload, trains volunteers and law students, conducts community education, collaborates across interdisciplinary teams, and represents Legal Aid in immigrant communities.

Drafts, reviews, and negotiates global technology and commercial agreements, including SaaS, reseller, service-level, procurement, partnership, and data processing agreements. Partners with go-to-market and other stakeholders on customer transactions, privacy, data protection, intellectual property, and cross-border regulatory matters. Develops contract templates, playbooks, legal processes, and practical guidance for global teams while supporting GDPR, CCPA, CPRA, and other privacy compliance requirements.

Handle legal matters for hedge funds, hybrid funds, and portfolio investments, including fund formation, structuring, negotiations, investment documentation, regulatory review, and external counsel management. Collaborate with investment, accounting, operations, investor relations, and external clients while assessing industry and regulatory developments affecting BXMA’s business.

Lead and operationalize responses to subpoenas and eDiscovery demands; manage the end-to-end eDiscovery lifecycle; coordinate internal and external stakeholders; draft and improve policies and processes for customer data requests; monitor legal and regulatory developments; and act as project manager to drive litigation operations and legal tech–driven workflow improvements.

Supports the United States Attorney’s Office Asset Forfeiture Section by collecting, analyzing, reconciling, entering, and organizing case information. Maintains physical and electronic files, tracks deadlines and case status, coordinates information requests, prepares accurate reports and legal documents, performs case-related word processing, and provides timely updates. The role requires strong attention to detail, organization, communication, data-entry accuracy, Microsoft Office proficiency, and eligibility for a lengthy background investigation.

Provides strategic legal guidance on privacy, data protection, cybersecurity, IT contracts, procurement, compliance, and emergency management initiatives. Drafts and negotiates SaaS and data-processing agreements, advises on privacy regulations, supports breach investigations, develops compliant agency processes, coordinates with government counsel, and supervises legal and administrative staff. The role also participates in emergency operations center rotations, trainings, drills, litigation support, policy development, and interagency initiatives.

Provide legal counsel for Palantir's US government business: draft and negotiate contracts and licenses, advise on compliance, IP, data privacy, and employment issues, manage government inquiries, and track federal AI/data/national security policy to translate risks into legal strategy. Partner with business, government affairs, and policy teams to support product and contracting decisions and respond to litigation and regulatory requests.

Serve as lead commercial counsel for the go-to-market organization, negotiating complex enterprise, strategic, partnership, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, and AI agreements. Advise sales and business stakeholders on risk, regulatory, privacy, and commercial issues; build scalable legal processes, templates, playbooks, risk frameworks, CLM tools, and AI-enabled workflows; support quote-to-cash automation; and partner with senior leaders on strategic initiatives.

Provides broad legal support for a proprietary trading firm, including analyzing new business opportunities, drafting and negotiating commercial, technology, data, vendor, trading, and counterparty agreements. Advises on corporate, employment, and personnel matters; manages outside counsel; and supports legal needs across jurisdictions and international offices.

Provides legal counsel to financial solutions leadership, supporting deal structuring, transaction execution, risk mitigation, contract negotiation, legal research, and document preparation. Manages outside counsel, advises senior stakeholders, protects company interests, and supports corporate governance, restructuring, M&A, and cross-functional projects. Requires independent judgment, strong communication, project leadership, and insurance or reinsurance financial solutions experience.

Provide legal advice for equity-linked derivatives transactions, including delta-one and non-delta-one products. Draft, negotiate, and execute derivatives and financing documents; identify and escalate legal, regulatory, and reputational risks; collaborate with business and control teams; and manage external counsel. The role requires expertise in ISDA documentation, U.S. securities laws, broker-dealer regulations, Exchange Act rules, and Title VII, plus experience with complex equity derivatives products.

Supports Legal and Compliance Group projects through document and contract review, case law updates, records management analysis, and operational efficiency initiatives. Interns collaborate with team members, work independently, and apply research, data analysis, communication, and organizational skills in a financial-services and public-service environment.

Provides telephonic legal guidance and resources to clients on family law, tenant rights, consumer issues, and other everyday legal matters. Researches changing legislation, supports development of legal assistance strategies and services, and completes special projects. Requires a licensed attorney with a JD, broad legal knowledge, strong communication and customer-service skills, critical thinking, multitasking ability, and computer proficiency.

As Privacy Senior Counsel at Fiserv, you will lead legal support for the privacy program focusing on AI governance. Responsibilities include advising stakeholders on AI and data privacy laws, drafting privacy agreements, and ensuring compliance with regulations.

Serve as a business-minded legal partner across commercial contracting, corporate matters, employment, privacy, healthcare compliance, product counseling, AI, and general business issues. Negotiate enterprise technology agreements, advise leadership and cross-functional teams, support HIPAA and data protection needs, manage outside counsel, and build scalable legal templates, policies, playbooks, and approval processes.

Legal Intern supporting the Corporate Legal Team with contract review, including IT transactions, NDAs, Statements of Work, AI, and data privacy and security matters. The role also assists with risk, compliance, governance discussions, legal and document review, administrative tasks, and departmental projects. Interns gain hands-on experience in the specialty insurance industry while developing legal research, writing, collaboration, and business skills.

Provides broad legal and operational support to the General Counsel, including contract review and administration, employment matters, insurance, litigation, claims, legal records, outside counsel coordination, and department reporting. Manages contract and document systems, tracks obligations and deadlines, supports workflow improvements and automation, and assists with AI-enabled legal processes. Requires discretion, strong organization, communication, independent judgment, and the ability to manage multiple priorities.

Supports the legal team with contract lifecycle management, contract drafting and review, records maintenance, M&A due diligence, closing documentation, legal billing, expense accruals, litigation recordkeeping, and cross-functional legal operations projects. The role also manages contract repositories, deal files, legal invoices, and administrative requests while handling confidential information and improving processes.

Entry-level Legal Assistant supporting an in-house legal and compliance team at a life sciences company. Responsibilities include legal research, corporate records, equity administration, litigation support, contract intake and redlining, compliance and privacy coordination, due diligence, filings, and legal AI tool adoption. The role is suited to a recent graduate planning to attend law school and requires strong organization, writing, analytical skills, discretion, and proficiency with Microsoft Office and AI tools.