Legal Counsel - Regulatory and Compliance

Legora • New York, NY

6d • $187,000 - $220,000

About The Position

As Regulatory & Compliance Counsel at Legora, you will be central to our legal technology innovation, ensuring regulatory compliance, managing legal risks, and supporting business operations across all teams. As part of the legal team, you will provide compliance guidance to commercial and product teams on matters ranging from data privacy to AI governance. This is a high-trust, high-responsibility role with clear business impact, requiring you to operate with autonomy, sound judgment, and precise execution. You will serve as a strategic partner to product development, InfoSec, and commercial teams, leveraging your legal expertise to identify solutions and drive innovation in our mission to transform legal work globally.

Requirements

• J.D. (or equivalent) with admission to practice in at least one U.S. state (or another common law jurisdiction).
• 4+ years of experience at a top-tier law firm and/or as in-house counsel.
• Proven expertise advising on GDPR, CCPA, and cross-border privacy compliance.
• Familiarity with ISO standards and global compliance frameworks.
• Strong experience negotiating B2B SaaS agreements and supporting commercial teams. You’re an excellent negotiator.
• Strong legal judgment and confidence in making decisions independently
• Highly organized, responsive, and solutions-oriented
• Comfortable working across time zones in a global environment, and owning your priorities
• Your focus is on achieving meaningful business outcomes, translating into actionable advice delivered clearly and comprehensively.
• You thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic entrepreneurial environment and rapidly evolving business setting. You take initiative and are committed to delivering high-quality results.
• You are excited about the potential of technology to transform the legal industry. You have a keen interest in AI and legal tech, and you are eager to learn and apply thesetools in real-world settings

Responsibilities

• Provide compliance oversight and guidance to senior stakeholders across operational, commercial and product teams on regulatory matters, risk assessment, and compliance frameworks for new services, processes, contracts, partnerships, and supply chains.
• Review and provide compliance input on commercial contracts, ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements and company policies.
• Conduct compliance assessments of product designs, data flows, and operational processes, identifying regulatory risks and developing risk mitigation strategies.
• Contribute to building legal infrastructure: templates, playbooks, and internal tooling, including how we use Legora to operationalize legal work and collaborate across teams.
• Develop and maintain privacy compliance programs, conduct data protection impact assessments, and ensure ongoing compliance with applicable data protection regulations.
• Establish efficient and scalable compliance frameworks and monitoring systems, developing compliance policies and guidelines that enable teams to proactively integrate regulatory requirements and compliance controls into products and processes.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior