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Salary: USD 120,000 - 170,000 / annual
Public is the world's first agentic brokerage, offering a comprehensive multi-asset investing platform where members can invest in stocks, options, bonds, crypto, and event contracts across personal brokerage, margin, retirement, and business accounts. The company has raised $400 million from top-tier investors including Accel, Tiger Global, and notable figures like Maria Sharapova and Scott Galloway.
You'll join the Legal team as a generalist counsel with emphasis on litigation, regulatory matters, compliance, privacy, and product counseling. This is a highly hands-on role at a regulated financial services and technology company.
Key responsibilities include:
**Litigation & Regulatory:** Manage disputes from start to finish, including escalated customer complaints, FINRA arbitrations, privacy claims, and civil litigation. Handle outside counsel oversight on complex matters. Respond to regulatory inquiries and investigations, partner with Compliance on SEC, FINRA, CFTC, and NFA examinations, and translate lessons learned into improved products and processes.
**Broker-Dealer & Investment Adviser Regulation:** Partner with Compliance on SEC-registered investment adviser and FINRA-member broker-dealer obligations. Monitor regulatory developments, maintain current policies and procedures, and provide practical guidance to business teams on AML, regulatory filings, and registrations.
**AI Governance:** Develop and oversee the program governing customer-facing AI products and internal AI tools. Set practical policies, establish quality assurance processes, assess new AI use cases, and track emerging laws and guidance.
**Privacy & Cybersecurity:** Own the privacy program including notices, consumer requests, data mapping, and record retention. Partner with Engineering and IT on cybersecurity, fraud prevention, and incident response.
**Product Counseling:** Work closely with Product, Engineering, and Marketing teams from concept through launch, identifying regulatory risks early and finding practical solutions.
**Contract Negotiation & Legal Systems:** Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements (vendor, marketing, data). Build playbooks and templates to help business teams navigate legal requirements. Improve tools and systems using AI to increase efficiency.
The role is based in New York City with Monday-through-Thursday office presence.
**Requirements:**
- J.D. from an ABA-approved law school (or foreign equivalent)
- Admission to at least one U.S. bar, in good standing
- 2-5 years of legal experience, ideally at a top law firm followed by in-house experience at a technology or financial services company/start-up
- Experience with a broad range of legal matters
- Strong leadership and communication skills with ability to collaborate cross-functionally and influence senior stakeholders
- High level of integrity and ability to balance legal/compliance obligations with business objectives
- Comfort with ambiguity and pressure; ability to identify, prioritize, and resolve issues quickly and independently
- Track record of quickly learning and using new software (project management, compliance tools)
- Experience using AI tools responsibly to improve legal processes, or demonstrated willingness to learn
**Bonus Experience:**
- Litigation, arbitration (especially FINRA), or regulatory examinations and investigations
- Broker-dealer, investment adviser, or futures regulation
- Privacy, cybersecurity, or AI governance programs
- Negotiating commercial agreements
- Partnering with compliance teams on efficient compliance systems
