Senior Counsel, Litigation (Fintech)

Location: Jacksonville, Florida, United States — hybrid, with in-office work Tuesday through Thursday.

Company

hirify.global provides technology and services for the financial services industry, with a global legal team supporting enterprise operations, innovation, risk management, and dispute resolution.

What you will do

• 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 legal, business, financial, and reputational objectives.
• Advise executives and business leaders on risk assessment, litigation exposure, dispute resolution, claims, defenses, settlement posture, 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.
• Manage intellectual property and technology litigation involving patents, trade secrets, copyrights, trademarks, software, proprietary technology, data, licensing, source code, and confidential information.
• Partner with intellectual property counsel, technologists, product teams, and business leaders to evaluate claims and defenses and protect company intellectual property.

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.
• Experience managing significant commercial litigation through 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.
• Experience directing outside counsel and managing litigation strategy, budgets, discovery, and case outcomes.
• 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 have

• Significant experience with intellectual property litigation involving patents, trade secrets, copyrights, trademarks, software, or technology disputes.
• Experience with 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 in 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 relevant technical or scientific background, is beneficial but not required.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid and flexible work environment.
• Internal career growth opportunities.
• Diverse and collaborative atmosphere.
• Professional and personal development resources.
• Opportunities to volunteer and support charities.
• Employment includes a conditional-offer drug test for positions located in the United States.