In-House Legal Lead - Fintech/Wealth Tech

Nevis; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Nevis Wealth is looking for its first in-house counsel to establish and lead the company’s legal function in New York. You will work directly with the CEO and executive team to shape commercial, privacy, and corporate policies that scale with the business.

You will own end-to-end contracting, privacy governance, and governance-related activities, partnering with Sales, Product, Finance, People, Security, and leadership to enable responsible growth.

Qualifications

• J.D. and active US state bar (New York preferred).
• 4–8 years of relevant legal experience.
• Strong experience negotiating SaaS and technology agreements.
• Working knowledge of US privacy laws and DPAs.
• Experience with fintech/wealth tech or B2B SaaS businesses.
• Strong commercial judgment balancing risk with business goals.
• Comfortable operating independently with high ownership.
• Interest in legal operations, automation, and AI tools.

Responsibilities

• Own the full customer contracting lifecycle including MSAs, SaaS agreements, DPAs, NDAs, order forms, security addenda, and vendor agreements.
• Lead negotiations with enterprise customers, strategic partners, and key vendors.
• Build scalable contract templates, negotiation playbooks, fallback positions, and approval processes.
• Support privacy, data governance and compliance with US/UK requirements.
• Partner with product, engineering, and security on data usage and AI-related features.
• Maintain privacy documentation, notices, and compliance records.
• Support fundraising diligence and corporate governance with external counsel.
• Establish governance records and cap table coordination.

Skills

SaaS contract negotiation

US privacy law

Data governance

Corporate governance

Fundraising diligence

Legal operations & automation

Independent working

AI in legal tech

Education

J.D. and US bar admission

Job description

Nevis Wealth is looking for its first in-house counsel to establish and lead the company’s legal function in New York. You will work directly with the CEO and executive team to shape commercial, privacy, and corporate policies that scale with the business.

You will own end-to-end contracting, privacy governance, and governance-related activities, partnering with Sales, Product, Finance, People, Security, and leadership to enable responsible growth.