# Assistant General Counsel

**Company:** [Attain](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/attain)
**Location:** Chicago, IL, New York, NY
**Role:** Legal
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Data Privacy, Adtech, Commercial Contracting, Data Licensing, Msa, Dpa, Sow, Legal Operations, Contract Review, Artificial Intelligence, Consumer Financial Services, Tila, Fcra, Glba, Tcpa
**Posted:** 2026-08-18

> Assistant General Counsel will serve as the second in-house lawyer, leading adtech-focused data privacy and commercial contracting while supporting fintech and company-wide legal matters. The role requires a JD, active bar membership, approximately seven or more years of post-JD experience, and strong autonomy.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Negotiate and close commercial agreements for the adtech business, including data licenses, MSAs, DPAs, SOWs, and order forms with agencies, platforms, publishers, and retail media networks.
- Advise product, engineering, and growth teams on new features and data flows.
- Build the data privacy program, including data inventory, consent and opt-out reviews, vendor diligence, and consumer data request processes.
- Support expansion of the consumer fintech business alongside specialist consumer regulatory counsel.
- Build legal operations using AI where appropriate, including intake, negotiation playbooks, self-service templates, first-pass contract review, matter management, reporting, and company-wide contracting and signature-authority policies.
- Manage outside counsel, including scope, budget, and rates.
- Support legal matters across shared services, employment, intellectual property, corporate matters, structured financings, insurance, and state-level licensing.

## Requirements
- JD and active bar membership in good standing.
- Approximately 7+ years of post-JD experience, combining law firm training with in-house experience.
- Deep data privacy experience, ideally in adtech, data licensing, or a data-driven consumer business.
- Experience with state privacy laws, consent and opt-out mechanics, sensitive data, data broker and deletion-request regimes, and controller and processor allocation in DPAs.
- Substantial high-volume commercial and sales contracting experience, including data licenses, MSAs, DPAs, SOWs, and order forms.
- Legal operations experience and AI fluency.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced environment.

## Nice-to-haves
- Consumer financial services or fintech experience, including earned wage access, buy-now-pay-later, or bank partnerships.
- Knowledge of TILA and Regulation Z, EFTA and Regulation E, FCRA, the Military Lending Act, TCPA, UDAAP, GLBA, and state licensing and registration regimes.
- Experience managing litigation, arbitration, or regulatory matters.

## Work Arrangement
- Hybrid schedule in New York, NY or Chicago, IL: four days in the office and one day remote.

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