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Legal Counsel, Commercial

New York, NY, USFull-time2026-10-07 → 2026-11-09

Core

Draft, review, and negotiate complex commercial agreements (payment processing, platform, partner, technology licensing, data sharing, vendor) and provide legal support to commercial, product, partnerships, and operations teams.

Role type

In-house commercial legal counsel

Builds

Commercial agreements and legal processes for a global payments platform

Domain

Fintech / Payments

Required skills

Contract drafting and negotiation, risk management, regulatory compliance knowledge, stakeholder partnership, project management, external counsel management

Preferred skills

Experience in regulated industries (payments, card networks, banking), AI-enabled legal tools usage

Technologies

AI-enabled legal tools

Responsibilities

Draft and negotiate complex commercial agreements; Provide day-to-day legal support across deal lifecycle; Identify and manage legal risk; Develop and maintain contract templates and playbooks; Advise on regulatory and compliance considerations; Collaborate with internal legal teams on regulatory, privacy, and litigation matters

Seniority

Mid-level, hands-on IC