Senior Counsel, Litigation

FIS•US FL JAX 347, FL

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

FIS is hiring a Senior Litigation Counsel to manage complex commercial litigation and disputes, protect the company, and advance its business objectives. The role acts as a strategic legal partner to executives and business leaders, providing practical advice on dispute avoidance, risk assessment, litigation strategy, and resolution. The work particularly emphasizes commercial disputes involving technology, software, financial services, intellectual property, contractual rights, and other significant enterprise matters. The preferred candidate has meaningful intellectual property litigation experience, including patent, trade-secret, copyright, trademark, or software-related disputes. The FIS Legal team includes approximately 200 attorneys and paraprofessionals worldwide. It works closely with business units to advance enterprise goals and provides pragmatic, efficient, and actionable guidance to help manage risk, resolve disputes, protect company assets, and support innovation and operational execution. The position is based in Jacksonville, Florida, with a hybrid schedule requiring in-office work Tuesday through Thursday.

Requirements

Juris Doctor or equivalent legal degree and admission to practice law in at least one relevant U.S. jurisdiction.
At least eight years of legal experience, with a substantial focus on complex commercial litigation and dispute resolution in a law firm, corporate legal department, or a combination of both.
Experience managing significant commercial litigation matters through key phases, including early case assessment, pleadings, discovery, motions practice, mediation, settlement, trial preparation, or arbitration.
Ability to analyze complicated legal and factual issues and provide clear, practical advice to executives and business colleagues.
Experience directing outside counsel and managing litigation strategy, budgets, discovery, and case outcomes.
Strong legal research, writing, advocacy, analytical, communication, and negotiation skills.
Ability to independently manage multiple complex matters and drive projects to completion in a dynamic, matrixed, and global organization.
Ability to utilize technology, including legal technology and AI-enabled tools, to enhance legal operations, manage risk, and drive efficient outcomes.

Nice To Haves

Significant experience with intellectual property litigation, particularly patent, trade-secret, copyright, trademark, software, or technology disputes.
Experience litigating disputes involving software licensing, source code, proprietary technology, confidential information, data rights, or technology-services agreements.
Experience with patent infringement, invalidity, licensing, ownership, inventorship, damages, or related patent-litigation issues.
Experience working with engineers, developers, product leaders, technical experts, and expert witnesses on technically complex matters.
Experience with financial services, banking, payments, fintech, information technology, software, technology services, or outsourcing.
Admission to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, or a technical or scientific background relevant to patent litigation; beneficial but not required.

Responsibilities

Manage a complex docket of commercial litigation, arbitration, pre-litigation disputes, and other contested matters in the United States and, where appropriate, internationally.
Develop and execute litigation strategies aligned with the company’s legal, business, financial, and reputational objectives.
Advise executives and business colleagues on risk assessment, litigation exposure, dispute resolution, and strategic alternatives.
Manage disputes involving commercial contracts, technology and software services, financial products and services, customer and vendor relationships, business torts, and other enterprise matters.
Conduct early case assessments and provide practical recommendations concerning claims, defenses, potential exposure, settlement posture, and litigation strategy.
Identify opportunities to resolve disputes efficiently while preserving important legal, commercial, and strategic interests.
Manage and provide strategic advice on litigation involving patents, trade secrets, copyrights, trademarks, software, proprietary technology, data, and other intellectual property rights.
Advise on disputes concerning software ownership, licensing rights, source code, confidential information, restrictive covenants, and alleged misuse or misappropriation of technology.
Partner with intellectual property counsel, technologists, product teams, and business leaders to understand complex technologies and translate technical issues into effective legal strategies.
Evaluate potential intellectual property claims and defenses, including infringement, validity, ownership, inventorship, licensing, and damages issues.
Support the protection and enforcement of the company’s intellectual property and defend the company against third-party intellectual property claims.