Job Description
Every day at FIS, innovators, problem solvers and changemakers work together to create technology that advances the world of finance. We embrace new ideas, challenge what's possible and empower our teams to make a lasting impact. If you're ready to help shape the future of fintech, unlock your next chapter with FIS.
Role Location: Jacksonville, FL - Hybrid (Tuesday-Thursday in-office)
About the Role
In this Senior Litigation Counsel role, you will manage complex commercial litigation, and disputes to protect FIS and advance its business objectives. You will serve as a strategic legal partner to executives and business leaders, providing practical advice on dispute avoidance, risk assessment, litigation strategy, and resolution. The role will have a particular emphasis on commercial disputes involving technology, software, financial services, intellectual property, contractual rights, and other significant enterprise matters. The preferred candidate will bring meaningful experience with intellectual property litigation, including patent, trade-secret, copyright, trademark, or software-related disputes.
About the Team
The FIS Legal team consists of approximately 200 attorneys and paraprofessionals worldwide who collaborate closely with business units to advance enterprise goals. We work pragmatically and efficiently, providing actionable legal guidance that helps the company manage risk, resolve disputes, protect its assets, and support innovation and operational execution.
Your key responsibilities
Commercial Litigation and Dispute Management
Manage a complex docket of commercial litigation, arbitration, pre-litigation disputes, and other contested matters in the United States and, where appropriate, internationally.
Develop and execute litigation strategies aligned with the company’s legal, business, financial, and reputational objectives.
Advise executives and business colleagues on risk assessment, litigation exposure, dispute resolution, and strategic alternatives.
Manage disputes involving commercial contracts, technology and software services, financial products and services, customer and vendor relationships, business torts, and other enterprise matters.
Conduct early case assessments and provide clear, practical recommendations regarding claims, defenses, potential exposure, settlement posture, and litigation strategy.
Identify opportunities to resolve disputes efficiently while preserving important legal, commercial, and strategic interests.
Intellectual Property and Technology Litigation
Manage and provide strategic advice on litigation involving patents, trade secrets, copyrights, trademarks, software, proprietary technology, data, and other intellectual property rights.
Advise on disputes concerning software ownership, licensing rights, source code, confidential information, restrictive covenants, and alleged misuse or misappropriation of technology.
Partner with intellectual property counsel, technologists, product teams, and business leaders to understand complex technologies and translate technical issues into effective legal strategies.
Evaluate potential intellectual property claims and defenses, including infringement, validity, ownership, inventorship, licensing, and damages issues.
Support the protection and enforcement of the company’s intellectual property and defend the company against third-party intellectual property claims.
What you bring
Required qualifications
Juris Doctor or equivalent legal degree and admission to practice law in at least one relevant U.S. jurisdiction.
At least eight years of legal experience, with a substantial focus on complex commercial litigation and dispute resolution in a law firm, corporate legal department, or combination of both.
Experience managing significant commercial litigation matters through key phases of a dispute, including early case assessment, pleadings, discovery, motions practice, mediation, settlement, trial preparation, or…