Senior Corporate Counsel (4 month Fixed-Term Contract) in New York, New York at StarCompliance

Role Overview

EST or CST based

The Senior Corporate Counsel (Fixed-Term Contract) will provide senior-level legal support to StarCompliance’s Legal Department during a defined period. This role is responsible for delivering both strategic legal advice and hands-on execution across commercial contracting, compliance, and legal operations.

The successful candidate will operate independently, manage complex legal matters, and support business-critical initiatives while ensuring continuity and efficiency within the Legal function.

- Independently draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, including enterprise SaaS contracts, vendor agreements, NDAs, and partnership arrangements

- Provide clear, pragmatic legal advice to business stakeholders across Sales, Product, Finance, and Operations

- Support revenue-generating activities while ensuring appropriate legal risk management

- Manage a high volume of contracts and legal requests, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery

- Maintain and improve contract templates, playbooks, and legal processes to enhance efficiency

- Provide support on compliance matters, including data privacy, information security, and regulatory obligations

- Assist with corporate governance, internal policies, and risk management initiatives

- Conduct legal research and provide guidance on relevant legal and regulatory developments

- Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure alignment between legal requirements and business operations

- Liaise with external counsel where required, ensuring effective and cost-efficient support

- Extensive experience drafting and negotiating enterprise level commercial contracts within a SaaS or technology environment

- Strong understanding of data privacy laws (including GDPR) and regulatory compliance frameworks (e.g. DORA)

- Ability to balance legal risk with commercial objectives in a fast-paced environment

- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills

- Highly organized, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines effectively

- Experience improving legal processes and operational workflows

- Proactive, adaptable, and able to work independently with minimal supervision

- Juris Doctor (J.D.) or equivalent law degree; active license to practice law in at least one jurisdiction

- 6-10+ years of post-qualification experience, including in-house experience in SaaS, RegTech, or a regulated technology environment

- Demonstrated ability to independently manage complex legal matters and support business priorities

- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage senior stakeholders

Additional Information

This is a fixed-term contract role for a period of approximately 4 months. The successful candidate is expected to quickly integrate into the Legal team, deliver immediate value, and operate with a high degree of autonomy.