Top Senior Legal Jobs in Atlanta, GA

Lead and own the company's global disputes portfolio end-to-end, handling commercial, employment, IP, regulatory inquiries, internal investigations, and third-party legal processes. Advise business leaders and the Board, manage outside counsel and litigation budgets, develop playbooks and discovery/legal-hold practices, and partner cross-functionally to mitigate and resolve disputes.

Engage qualified lawyers or law firms in Samoa and Mexico to prepare a corporate due-diligence legal opinion (Chinese preferred, English acceptable). The opinion must cover corporate particulars, shareholding structure, historical changes, investments/assets/personnel, business compliance, taxation, litigation/penalties, and any other material matters. Provide proposal, estimated timeline, and list of documents required.

Engage a licensed lawyer or law firm to produce a jurisdiction-specific legal opinion covering incorporation and good standing, shareholding history, board composition, business compliance, assets/title issues, tax registration/status (including Hong Kong profits tax exposure), litigation/arbitration history (company and principals), and employment/labour compliance. Deliverable: signed English PDF on firm letterhead with supporting appendices. Provide credentials, conflicts check, task breakdown, timeline (1–2 weeks) and fee proposal; list client documents required for the opinion.

Lead compliance efforts at Readymode, ensuring adherence to telecommunications laws by developing robust policies, educating teams, and maintaining relationships with regulatory authorities.

The AGC/DGC will provide high-level legal advice, coordinate legal initiatives, manage contracts, and handle IP and privacy matters across jurisdictions.

Lead GoFundMe's global payments legal strategy and advise C-suite on payments, fintech, and financial services matters. Partner cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Compliance, Risk, and Finance to enable product innovation, regulatory compliance, licensing, and supervisory examinations. Build governance, legal operating models, scalable review processes, and commercial frameworks. Negotiate and counsel on strategic payment partnerships, card/ACH network rules, AML/BSA, KYC/KYB, sanctions, and cross-border regulatory matters to support platform expansion and risk management.

Lead a remote library and research team delivering legal, regulatory, and competitive research to attorneys. Oversee client relationships, implement research workflows and tools, govern digital resources, champion adoption of AI-powered legal technologies, and manage projects, budgets, vendors, and staff development to ensure timely, accurate insights.

Provide commercial legal support for Americas (including LATAM): draft, negotiate, and close complex SaaS and software agreements; lead cross-border transactions; advise on regulatory and compliance matters; maintain templates and scalable contracting workflows; provide training and partner with sales and business leaders to enable revenue growth.

Build and run legal operations: implement contract lifecycle and document management systems, design intake/process workflows, support compliance (AML/KYC, sanctions, regulatory filings), manage corporate governance and entity administration, liaise with outside counsel, and help develop AI-enabled legal workflows alongside the General Counsel.

The Legal Operations Director will streamline legal processes, oversee legal technology, and enhance operational performance through strategic initiatives and metrics analysis.

This role involves delivering high quality legal research services and coordinating with the Research & Information Services team to support client engagements.