Financial Services Associate Attorney

Experience: Mid Level

Salary: $235,000 - $365,000 per year

• Advise on bank regulatory, anti-money laundering, consumer protection, fintech, chartering, licensing, cryptocurrency, and related matters.
• Handle complex regulatory and transactional issues, investigations, administrative enforcement actions, and legislative matters.
• Work with U.S. and international financial institutions, fintech platforms, and other regulated entities.
• Engage with federal and state banking regulators and contribute to strategy, written advocacy, and client counseling.
• Collaborate across litigation, corporate, legislative, investigations, and regulatory teams.

• Mid-level associate in the JD  range.
• Demonstrated experience and continued interest in financial-services regulation or adjacent areas.
• Strong research, writing, analytical, teamwork, and independent problem-solving skills.
• Excellent academic credentials and references; current admission or eligibility for admission in the selected jurisdiction.

• Experience before or within the Federal Reserve, FDIC, OCC, FinCEN, or state banking agencies

A globally recognized law firm with more than 1,000 lawyers across 16 offices is expanding several elite regulatory, transactional, and finance practices. The platform advises more than half of the Fortune 100 and is especially differentiated by its ability to combine sophisticated regulatory insight, high-stakes litigation strength, and complex transactional capability across more than 40 practice and industry groups.

• Class Years: JD
• Compensation: $235,000-$365,000 base salary; hours-based bonus eligible
• Practice Size:
  More than 70 financial-services lawyers
• Hours:
  
  2,000-hour bonus threshold; qualifying credit structure applies
• Ranked among the top 10 firms on The American Lawyer's 2025 A-List, with 173 lawyers ranked by Chambers and 202 recognized by Legal 500 in 2026.
• Collegial, team-oriented culture with meaningful responsibility, direct client exposure, and interdisciplinary work across offices and practices.
• Robust associate development through formal partner, counsel, peer, and group mentoring; annual retreats; practice-specific training;
  Trial School; deposition-skills workshops; and a proprietary in-house learning platform.
• Associates may use up to 100 hours annually for a shadowing program that allows them to observe trials, hearings, client meetings, and other advanced professional activities.
• Billable-hour framework: 2,000-hour annual bonus threshold, with market reporting indicating approximately 1,800 client-billable hours and up to 200 qualifying hours for pro bono and other approved activities.
• Flexible hybrid culture historically recognized for allowing approximately 50% remote work, subject to client, team, office, and current firm expectations.
• Exceptional pro bono platform: more than 107,000 pro bono hours recorded in 2025, with recent recognition from the Financial Times and Bloomberg Law.
• Comprehensive attorney benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401(k), paid leave, mental-health and well-being resources, medical concierge support, and commuter benefits

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New York,NY, US