Top Legal Jobs in Philadelphia, PA

Provides practical legal advice on commercial contracts, regulatory compliance, data privacy, employment matters, and vendor and sales agreements. Drafts and negotiates SaaS, technology, consulting, and service contracts; supports procurement, sales, and HR teams; monitors global legal developments; and advises on compliance. Leads adoption of automation, AI, and legal technology to improve legal operations and supports scalable processes for a fully remote technology company.

Paid 10-week legal internship supporting FIRE’s free-expression and academic-freedom advocacy. Interns conduct legal and policy research, investigate speech violations, draft public commentary, policy analyses, memos, correspondence, and bill analyses, monitor legislation, and assist with advocacy projects and Newsdesk work. The program includes seminars with FIRE leadership and civil-liberties experts. Applicants must be rising second- or third-year law students authorized to work in the United States.

Serve as principal legal and strategic advisor to the CEO/COO, family ownership group, Board, and executive team. Manage corporate legal affairs across contracts, IP, M&A, real estate, employment, international trade, logistics, litigation, compliance, and risk management. Oversee in-house attorneys and outside counsel, set legal strategy and budgets, support global growth and corporate governance, and partner with HR and IT on employment, data privacy, cybersecurity, and AI governance.

Serve as senior legal advisor to commercial teams across the United States and Canada. Draft, review, negotiate, and execute B2B SaaS and technology agreements; advise stakeholders on contractual and commercial risks; manage provisions covering liability, indemnification, data protection, intellectual property, confidentiality, warranties, service levels, and termination; and develop templates, playbooks, fallback positions, training, and contracting process improvements.

Provides strategic legal counsel on AI governance, emerging technology transactions, cybersecurity risk, incident response, regulatory compliance, data protection, and technology contracts. Advises the CISO and cross-functional teams on global AI and cybersecurity laws, risk frameworks, breach notifications, vendor assessments, and M&A due diligence. Leads policy development, regulatory engagement, training, and executive-level guidance in a highly regulated pharmaceutical environment.

Serve as the CLO's Chief of Staff and lead Legal Operations: manage a small team and global legal budget, own legal vendor and tech strategy (CLM, e-billing, litigation tools), build dashboards and metrics, drive cross-functional integration, and implement AI-driven automation to improve reporting, decision-making, and operational efficiency across legal, corporate development, and IT.

Develop AI prompts, playbooks, agents, automations, and legal workflows for contracting, counseling, and governance. Partner with in-house legal teams to understand needs, implement practical solutions, deliver customer and internal training, support adoption, collaborate with Customer Success, and provide product feedback. Serve as a legal subject matter expert during sales demonstrations while using the platform internally to improve guidance and customer outcomes.

Support Fetch’s privacy and data governance program under Corporate Counsel, Privacy. Responsibilities include documenting data discovery exercises, mapping data flows, maintaining data inventories, reviewing legal and technical documentation, and communicating project updates. The three-month remote internship begins in January 2027 and requires 12–15 hours per week. The intern will gain exposure to privacy compliance, data governance, and in-house legal operations at a consumer technology company.

Provides legal and regulatory guidance on digital assets, tokenized securities, and SEC-regulated entities. Supports securities-law compliance, product launches, transactions, regulatory examinations, audits, policies, and external counsel management. Drafts and negotiates commercial agreements while monitoring developments affecting digital assets and securities markets.

Senior Legal Counsel will advise Gilbane’s Mid-Atlantic Division on construction contracts, commercial transactions, claims, disputes, risk management, compliance, safety, and procurement. The role drafts and negotiates agreements, guides project teams through claims and dispute resolution, manages outside counsel, develops risk mitigation processes, and trains operational teams. The position requires an experienced in-house construction attorney who can partner with project and executive leadership across a fast-paced construction environment.

Own the operational backbone of the Legal function, including intake, matter tracking, contract lifecycle management, corporate records, governance calendars, compliance administration, policy management, legal playbooks, outside-counsel coordination, and cross-functional legal projects. The role also manages legal technology, employee training, reporting, and support for privacy, security, AI governance, accessibility, SOC 2, and CMMC initiatives.

Leads complex data center, infrastructure, procurement, lease, colocation, facilities, and operations agreements for a global cloud platform. Negotiates transactions, advises cross-functional teams on risk and performance, supports international expansion, and develops scalable legal templates, playbooks, and approval frameworks. Requires substantial in-house infrastructure transaction experience, a J.D., and active U.S. bar admission.

Provides enterprise legal leadership and oversees compliance strategy, regulatory risk, governance, audit readiness, investigations, contracting, and executive reporting for a multi-state healthcare organization. Advises senior leadership and the board, translates healthcare regulations into operational guidance, manages outside counsel, and scales the legal and compliance function.

Provides legal support for corporate and commercial matters, including contract drafting, negotiation, confidentiality agreements, regulatory compliance, corporate policies, and document management. The role advises on business practices, mitigates legal risk, develops legal training materials, and collaborates with business teams in a fast-paced, multicultural environment.

Serves as primary legal partner to global functions, advising on corporate, commercial, fundraising, nonprofit, employment, privacy, and operational matters. Structures and negotiates partnerships, funding arrangements, technology agreements, and data-sharing agreements. Leads legal strategy for data partnerships, MNO data, remote enablement, and cross-country initiatives. Builds legal templates and playbooks, supports charitable giving and public affairs compliance, coordinates external counsel, and develops practical approaches to novel regulatory issues.

Provide hands-on commercial legal support for U.S. and Canadian operations: draft, review, and negotiate contracts; manage contract lifecycle; advise on regulatory, compliance, ESG, export controls and antitrust matters; coordinate external counsel; and support U.S. corporate governance and entity management.

Senior Legal Counsel specializing in securities law, SEC and NYSE compliance, corporate governance, public disclosures, and SEC filings. The role advises senior leadership, collaborates with finance and investor relations, monitors regulatory developments, and supports M&A, financings, and other corporate matters. Requires independent judgment, strong communication, legal analysis, and the ability to travel up to 15%.

Supports investment management teams with legal and regulatory analysis across fixed income, municipal investments, and financial services. Responsibilities include drafting and interpreting legal documents, researching statutes and regulatory developments, resolving operational and contractual issues, evaluating regulatory impacts of products and strategies, maintaining legal databases, preparing reports, and supporting attorneys and business stakeholders.

Provides legal advice, negotiates contracts, prepares legal documents, and addresses employment law and compliance matters. Collaborates with internal teams, external partners, and customers to ensure legal compliance and deliver strategic guidance in a fast-paced remote environment.

Leads legal operations transformation and enablement, including legal technology architecture, AI-enabled workflows, contract lifecycle management, process optimization, metrics, vendor management, change management, and budgeting. Builds scalable contracting infrastructure, improves self-service and legal intake, reduces outside counsel reliance, partners with IT and enterprise teams on technology delivery, and manages legal operations staff while supporting commercial and procurement contracting.

Senior Commercial Counsel supporting Americas go-to-market activities by reviewing and negotiating complex SaaS, software licensing, professional services, reseller, and customer agreements. The role leads multijurisdictional transactions, advises on regulatory and compliance developments, trains stakeholders, maintains legal policies and templates, and develops scalable workflows. Candidates should have strong commercial legal experience, business judgment, communication skills, and a U.S. state bar membership, with experience in high-growth technology companies preferred.

Own attorney and client relationships, coordinate case progress from intake to resolution, provide status updates, remove bottlenecks, and ensure timely, high-quality client communication and case velocity in collaboration with Legal Ops.

Own and scale the company’s global privacy and data protection program. Advise product, engineering, sales, marketing, security, and executives on privacy laws, data transfers, DPAs, AI governance, security commitments, incident response, and regulatory requirements. Manage privacy assessments, data inventories, notices, training, outside counsel, and vendor relationships. Partner with Security and GRC on audits, certifications, breach response, government requests, and customer obligations while building scalable processes and eventually a privacy team.

As a Paralegal at Hamilton Lane, you will support attorneys with fund documents, regulatory filings, manage legal documentation, and communicate with clients and outside counsel.

Leads and builds Tailscale’s global legal function, advising executives and cross-functional teams on corporate governance, product, privacy, data, security, intellectual property, employment, commercial, compliance, and international matters. Establishes legal strategy, processes, systems, and operating models; hires and develops the legal team; manages outside counsel; supports strategic transactions and partnerships; and translates complex legal and regulatory issues into practical business guidance.