Public
Counsel
$120K–$170K
New York, New York +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 19, 2026
- Location
- New York, New York
New York, New York, United States - Experience
- 2-5 years of legal experience.
- Education
- J.D. from an ABA-approved law school (or foreign equivalent).
About the job
Provides broad legal counsel to a regulated investing and technology business, covering litigation, regulatory compliance, privacy, AI governance, product advice, contracts, and legal processes.
What you'll do
- Manage litigation, investigations, regulatory inquiries, and examinations; advise on broker-dealer, investment adviser, and prediction-markets regulation.
- Own privacy work and support cybersecurity, incident response, and AI governance, including policies and review of new AI use cases.
- Advise Product, Engineering, and Marketing; negotiate commercial agreements and improve legal playbooks, tools, and processes.
What they ask for
- J.D. from an ABA-approved law school (or foreign equivalent) and admission to at least one U.S. bar in good standing.
- Experience with a broad range of legal matters.
- Strong leadership and communication skills, cross-functional collaboration, and ability to influence senior stakeholders.
- Ability to learn and use new software; responsible use of AI tools to improve legal processes, or demonstrated willingness to learn.
Nice to have
- Experience ideally at a top law firm and then in-house at a technology or financial services company / start-up.
- Experience in litigation, arbitration, regulatory matters, financial regulation, privacy, cybersecurity, AI governance, commercial agreements, or compliance systems.
Pay
$120,000 to $170,000 USD base salary
Tools
AI
AI focus
Expand the AI governance program for customer-facing products and internal tools by setting policies and quality assurance processes, assessing use cases, and tracking emerging laws and guidance; use AI to improve legal processes and systems.
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