Top Senior Counsel Jobs in Chicago, IL

The Senior Counsel will provide legal support for business regions, handling contract issues, compliance matters, and dispute resolutions while working closely with management and the legal team.

Senior privacy attorney advising business, legal, compliance, and risk partners on privacy laws and compliance. Identify and mitigate privacy risks, draft notices and policies, support privacy controls and operations, advise on transactional privacy (contracts, M&A, due diligence), collaborate with outside counsel, and track privacy legislation and industry developments.

Senior commercial and technology-focused attorney providing strategic legal advice across Services & Solutions and Sales. Leads negotiation of complex technology and services contracts (MSAs, SOWs, SaaS/cloud, licensing), supports regulatory compliance (privacy, cybersecurity, AI governance), manages commercial risk, aids M&A due diligence, resolves disputes, and builds scalable contracting frameworks and playbooks. Partners with business leaders and mentors junior legal staff.

Provide transactional and strategic legal support for wholesale payments client negotiations: draft and negotiate documentation, advise on transaction structures and banking law, maintain templates and playbooks, implement negotiation technology, ensure compliance, and partner across functions to update processes and guidance.

Provide senior transactional legal support for Enterprise, Payments, and Ecosystem teams globally. Draft, negotiate, and structure complex fintech, payments, crypto, and technology agreements; develop contract templates and contracting workflows; advise on regulatory, tax, accounting, and operational implications; support enterprise sales, partnerships, and Arc network integrations; and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to drive commercial outcomes while staying current on digital assets and payments developments.

Provide legal counsel on sustainability matters and corporate governance. Advise on regulatory developments, disclosures, communications, third‑party partnerships, and sustainability policies. Prepare and review board and committee materials, manage board meeting logistics, maintain corporate records, facilitate director orientation, and support related projects and global legal teams to enable compliance and advance sustainability strategy.

The role involves providing legal advice on bank regulations, analyzing compliance requirements, engaging with regulators, and collaborating with legal teams on legislative matters.

The Corporate Counsel for M&A advises on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and related legal matters, reviewing agreements and supporting strategic initiatives.

Provide strategic legal support for the Arc blockchain, advising on design, regulatory compliance, and risk management while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

The Senior Corporate Counsel will serve as a procurement legal expert, review agreements, conduct vendor risk evaluations, and draft policies and templates.

Lead Apollo's litigation and disputes function end-to-end: manage active litigation, pre-litigation, regulatory inquiries, and arbitrations; oversee outside counsel and discovery (including e-discovery vendors); build litigation infrastructure and retention protocols; advise cross-functional stakeholders on litigation and privacy risk; identify systemic exposure and report to leadership.

Provide transactional legal support for Circle's global capital markets business, drafting and negotiating complex crypto, fintech, and capital markets agreements (exchanges, market makers, liquidity, collateral, tokenized assets). Support Arc's capital markets go-to-market, create contract templates and playbooks, streamline contracting workflows, advise cross-functional partners, and stay current on crypto, stablecoins, and blockchain regulatory developments to enable commercial partnerships and revenue opportunities.

Serve as primary legal partner to product, engineering, and design teams building stablecoins, payments, and crypto infrastructure. Provide full product lifecycle counseling on U.S. and international payments and securities regulations, resolve novel legal issues, partner cross-functionally with Compliance, Finance, and Risk, and build scalable legal processes and playbooks to enable compliant product launches.

Provide legal counsel and lead strategy for Discover Global Payment Network commercial agreements, product launches, and risk mitigation across Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada. Negotiate and draft contracts, support fintech and payment innovation, partner with internal legal, risk, and business teams, and drive process and template improvements to enable growth.

Provide legal counsel to the Premium Products & Experiences team for Capital One Travel. Advise on travel industry, consumer financial and marketing legal risks; review and negotiate third-party contracts; translate legal requirements for business teams; collaborate cross-functionally with Brand, Compliance, Business Risk, Corporate Communications, and Card teams to develop solutions and enable product initiatives.

Lead and grow the Vendor Legal team, manage and mentor attorneys, negotiate and close high-volume vendor agreements (SaaS, cloud, payments), build playbooks and templates, partner with cross-functional teams, and develop training to increase self-service and efficiency.

Lead regulatory strategy and compliance for Mastercard's global money transmission/payment licenses. Advise product and operations teams, manage regulatory examinations and external counsel, design compliance controls, monitor regulatory changes, engage with regulators, and report to senior management.

Provide corporate and transactional legal support for a private credit asset manager, handling licensing and regulatory filings, entity management, KYC/AML requests, NDAs, commercial contracts, governance, legal policy development, and litigation support while partnering with business, compliance, finance, and operations teams.

Lead negotiation and closing of SaaS, cloud and AI-related commercial agreements; partner with sales, product, engineering and support; ensure data privacy, security, and evolving AI governance compliance; enable sales through training and high-volume deal support; find commercial solutions to close complex, time-sensitive deals.

Provide end-to-end legal support for global corporate real estate, leasing, facilities operations, and construction/capital projects. Draft, negotiate and manage leases, purchase agreements, construction and equipment contracts; coordinate due diligence, local counsel, dispute resolution, and contract administration; develop templates, playbooks, and guide outside counsel to streamline processes and mitigate risk.

Lead and close complex sell-side software and SaaS transactions, draft and negotiate MSAs, order forms and SOWs, advise Sales and Deal Desk on privacy, security, AI, IP and open source issues, partner with cross-functional stakeholders, improve templates and contracting processes, and provide practical legal guidance balancing risk and commercial objectives.

Provide legal support to the LIHTC platform: review, negotiate and close LIHTC transactions; oversee due diligence; manage post-closing asset matters; engage outside counsel; review tax opinions; advise on corporate, tax and commercial mortgage loan issues; respond to investor counsel.

Manage Coinbase's defense in securities class actions and shareholder derivative suits. Lead pleadings, discovery, motions, expert work, settlement negotiations, and outside counsel. Advise senior leadership and the board on litigation risk, monitor corporate law developments, and manage D&O insurance relationships.

Serve as primary legal advisor on state and federal legislative and regulatory matters affecting vehicle titling and licensing. Lead legislative strategy, manage external lobbyists, draft comments and statutory language, testify before committees, track bills nationwide, implement new laws across operations, support compliance and training teams, and prepare lobbying disclosures and regulatory guidance.

Lead GC AI's privacy, data protection, and security compliance legal work: own GDPR/CCPA/CPRA posture, manage SOC 2/ISO programs, negotiate DPAs and security addenda, advise product and engineering on privacy-by-design and AI governance, support enterprise sales on security reviews, and maintain privacy/security playbooks.