Senior Counsel, Litigation

FIS Global•Jacksonville, FL

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

FIS is hiring a Senior Counsel, Litigation to manage complex commercial litigation and disputes, protect the company, and advance its business objectives. The role serves as a strategic legal partner to executives and business leaders, providing practical advice on dispute avoidance, risk assessment, litigation strategy, and resolution. It focuses particularly on commercial disputes involving technology, software, financial services, intellectual property, contractual rights, and other significant enterprise matters. The position is based in Jacksonville, Florida, with a hybrid schedule requiring in-office work Tuesday through Thursday. The FIS Legal team includes approximately 200 attorneys and paraprofessionals worldwide. The team works with business units to provide actionable legal guidance, manage risk, resolve disputes, protect company assets, and support innovation and operational execution. The Senior Counsel will manage litigation and arbitration in the United States and, where appropriate, internationally; develop strategies aligned with legal and business objectives; advise stakeholders on exposure and resolution options; and direct outside counsel. The role also provides strategic advice and handles litigation involving intellectual property and technology, including patents, trade secrets, copyrights, trademarks, software, proprietary technology, and data. The preferred candidate has meaningful experience in intellectual property litigation.

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 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.
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 use 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.

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 recommend practical approaches to claims, defenses, potential exposure, settlement posture, and litigation strategy.
Identify opportunities to resolve disputes efficiently while preserving 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 develop effective legal strategies.
Evaluate potential intellectual property claims and defenses, including infringement, validity, ownership, inventorship, licensing, and damages issues.
Support protection and enforcement of the company’s intellectual property and defend the company against third-party intellectual property claims.
Direct outside counsel and manage litigation strategy, budgets, discovery, and case outcomes.