Lawyer jobs in Florida

About the role

The world of finance moves fast. At FIS, we’re faster. Our teams are empowered to learn, grow, and make an impact–in their careers and communities. We deliver innovation that advances the way the world pays, banks and invests. If you want to grow personally and professionally, we’d like to know: Are you FIS? The FIS Legal team is comprised of 200+ attorneys and paraprofessionals worldwide who are a part of the Legal, Compliance & Corporate Affairs (LCCA) group, which includes professionals who serve as advisors to and partners with our businesses. Teams within our group work collaboratively with each other and with our business colleagues to solve problems in an effective and pragmatic manner. We view our role as one of strategic enablement and support for our business leaders in a variety of legal, compliance and corporate affairs matters. We strive to assist our businesses in meeting their objectives with sound, reasonable and well-considered legal counsel and compliance analysis and support. This role sits within the FIS Regulatory Legal team.  Regulatory Legal is a global team that provides expert legal advice on a broad range of existing and emerging financial services and technology laws and regulations; regulatory policy matters; engagements with regulators; regulatory compliance and financial crime risk; sustainability regulations; and antitrust/competition issues.  Regulatory Legal ensures that FIS’ products, services, and regulated entities have the legal support necessary to operate in compliance with applicable regulations, and the team serves as a trusted and strategic partner to all businesses and corporate functions globally across the enterprise. This includes both day‑to‑day advisory work and issue‑driven support.

What you'll bring

• Minimum 8–12 years of post-qualification experience (PQE) in a relevant legal practice area.
• Deep knowledge of, and substantial experience advising on, evolving global AI laws, rules and regulations, including the EU AI Act and U.S. state AI regulations.
• Relevant experience in adjacent legal fields, including Financial Services Regulatory, IP and Data Privacy will also be considered.
• Strong communication, research, writing, and analytical skills, including drafting of advice, as well as the ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to review and evaluate multi-faceted issues and counsel business colleagues on complex legal questions relating to various regulatory issues.
• Experience advising clients in a complex, diversified, global organization.
• Experience prioritizing and managing multiple projects efficiently and effectively in a fast-paced business environment and driving complex projects to completion.
• Confident and proactive self-starter with strong interpersonal skills and a demonstrated ability to provide sound legal advice, exercise good judgement, and work well with management and cross functional stakeholders, including at senior levels.
• Cyber legal experience.
• Familiarity with AI governance frameworks and risk management, including the NIST AI Risk Management Framework or equivalent.