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In-house counsel roles qualify for H-1B visa, O-1 visa, and EB-1 or EB-2 green card sponsorship. Law firms and corporations regularly sponsor attorneys, but your J.D. and active bar admission are non-negotiable requirements for specialty occupation classification. For detailed occupation requirements, see the O*NET profile.
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With 1,000+ intelligence professionals serving over 1,900 clients worldwide, Recorded Future is the world's most advanced, and largest, intelligence company!
In-House Counsel, Americas
Boston, MA | Hybrid, 2–3 days per week in the office
Recorded Future is seeking an In-House Counsel to support our business across the Americas, including North America, LATAM, and Public Sector customers, from SMB through Strategic accounts.
You'll help move customer agreements forward, starting with quote approvals and existing-customer contracts and progressing into new-business negotiations. You'll also gain exposure to vendor, procurement, and marketing matters, collaborate with Mastercard's legal specialists, and have room to improve processes and develop interests in areas such as AI and privacy.
What You'll Do:
- Review and approve sales quotes, ensuring accurate terms and alignment with company guidelines.
- Draft, review, and negotiate customer agreements, including order forms, MSAs, amendments, DPAs, and security and AI addenda.
- Partner with Sales, RevOps, and Finance to resolve commercial requests and improve contracting responsiveness.
- Apply established playbooks and approval thresholds, proposing practical solutions and escalating exceptions.
- Support vendor and procurement contracting in Ironclad, plus occasional marketing agreements.
- Build independence in customer negotiations and contribute ideas to improve legal workflows.
What You'll Bring:
- A law degree from an accredited university and admission to a U.S. bar in good standing.
- 1+ years of law firm or in-house experience, with prior exposure to SaaS contracts and familiarity with DPAs.
- Transactional training and practical drafting and negotiation skills.
- Foundational understanding of privacy, information security, and AI contract issues, plus willingness to learn our products and use AI tools.
- Sound judgment, clear communication, and a practical approach to supporting the business.
- Strong attention to detail and the ability to manage high-volume, repeatable work alongside more complex matters.
- Fluent English and availability to work from our Boston office 2–3 days per week.
Helpful, but not required: Experience with large-enterprise or public-sector agreements; Spanish or Portuguese language skills.
COMPENSATION
- The base salary range for this full-time position is $149,000-$209,000. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The salary displayed reflects the range for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by state, work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. This position may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, and medical, dental, vision, life insurance and 401K. Your recruiter can share more about the specific details of the compensation and benefit package during the hiring process.
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Why should you join Recorded Future?
Recorded Future employees (or "Futurists"), represent over 40 nationalities and embody our core values of having high standards, practicing inclusion, and acting ethically. Our dedication to empowering clients with intelligence to disrupt adversaries has earned us a 4.6-star user rating on G2 and more than 50% of Fortune 100 companies as customers.
Want more info?
Blog & Podcast: Learn everything you want to know (and maybe some things you'd rather not know) about the world of cyber threat intelligence
Linkedin, Instagram & Twitter: What's happening at Recorded Future
The Record: The Record is a cybersecurity news publication that explores the untold stories in this rapidly changing field
Timeline: History of Recorded Future
Recognition: Check out our awards and announcements
We are committed to maintaining an environment that attracts and retains talent from a diverse range of experiences, backgrounds and lifestyles. By ensuring all feel included and respected for being unique and bringing their whole selves to work, Recorded Future is made a better place every day.
If you need any accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to our recruiting team at careers@recordedfuture.com
Recorded Future is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and we encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. Recorded Future does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender including pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law.
Recorded Future will not discharge, discipline or in any other manner discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because such employee or applicant has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed the compensation of the employee or applicant or another employee or applicant.
Recorded Future does not administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. This is in compliance with the law of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and in alignment with our hiring practices across all jurisdictions.
Recorded Future maintains a drug-free workplace.
Note: Our interview process for all final-round candidates requires a mandatory in-person interview or a live, scheduled video conference with the hiring manager. We do not conduct interviews via instant messaging or text. All communications during the application process will come from individuals within our HR department via their Recorded Future email address.
Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives: Recorded Future will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Recorded Future, including those sent to our employees or through our website, will become the property of Recorded Future. Recorded Future will not be liable for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
Agencies must have a valid written agreement in place with Recorded Future's recruitment team and must receive written authorization before submitting resumes. Submissions made without such agreements and authorization will not be accepted and no fees will be paid.
INTRODUCTION
With 1,000+ intelligence professionals serving over 1,900 clients worldwide, Recorded Future is the world's most advanced, and largest, intelligence company!
In-House Counsel, Americas
Boston, MA | Hybrid, 2–3 days per week in the office
Recorded Future is seeking an In-House Counsel to support our business across the Americas, including North America, LATAM, and Public Sector customers, from SMB through Strategic accounts.
You'll help move customer agreements forward, starting with quote approvals and existing-customer contracts and progressing into new-business negotiations. You'll also gain exposure to vendor, procurement, and marketing matters, collaborate with Mastercard's legal specialists, and have room to improve processes and develop interests in areas such as AI and privacy.
What You'll Do:
- Review and approve sales quotes, ensuring accurate terms and alignment with company guidelines.
- Draft, review, and negotiate customer agreements, including order forms, MSAs, amendments, DPAs, and security and AI addenda.
- Partner with Sales, RevOps, and Finance to resolve commercial requests and improve contracting responsiveness.
- Apply established playbooks and approval thresholds, proposing practical solutions and escalating exceptions.
- Support vendor and procurement contracting in Ironclad, plus occasional marketing agreements.
- Build independence in customer negotiations and contribute ideas to improve legal workflows.
What You'll Bring:
- A law degree from an accredited university and admission to a U.S. bar in good standing.
- 1+ years of law firm or in-house experience, with prior exposure to SaaS contracts and familiarity with DPAs.
- Transactional training and practical drafting and negotiation skills.
- Foundational understanding of privacy, information security, and AI contract issues, plus willingness to learn our products and use AI tools.
- Sound judgment, clear communication, and a practical approach to supporting the business.
- Strong attention to detail and the ability to manage high-volume, repeatable work alongside more complex matters.
- Fluent English and availability to work from our Boston office 2–3 days per week.
Helpful, but not required: Experience with large-enterprise or public-sector agreements; Spanish or Portuguese language skills.
COMPENSATION
- The base salary range for this full-time position is $149,000-$209,000. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The salary displayed reflects the range for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by state, work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. This position may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, and medical, dental, vision, life insurance and 401K. Your recruiter can share more about the specific details of the compensation and benefit package during the hiring process.
LI-Hybrid
Why should you join Recorded Future?
Recorded Future employees (or "Futurists"), represent over 40 nationalities and embody our core values of having high standards, practicing inclusion, and acting ethically. Our dedication to empowering clients with intelligence to disrupt adversaries has earned us a 4.6-star user rating on G2 and more than 50% of Fortune 100 companies as customers.
Want more info?
Blog & Podcast: Learn everything you want to know (and maybe some things you'd rather not know) about the world of cyber threat intelligence
Linkedin, Instagram & Twitter: What's happening at Recorded Future
The Record: The Record is a cybersecurity news publication that explores the untold stories in this rapidly changing field
Timeline: History of Recorded Future
Recognition: Check out our awards and announcements
We are committed to maintaining an environment that attracts and retains talent from a diverse range of experiences, backgrounds and lifestyles. By ensuring all feel included and respected for being unique and bringing their whole selves to work, Recorded Future is made a better place every day.
If you need any accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to our recruiting team at careers@recordedfuture.com
Recorded Future is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and we encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. Recorded Future does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender including pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law.
Recorded Future will not discharge, discipline or in any other manner discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because such employee or applicant has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed the compensation of the employee or applicant or another employee or applicant.
Recorded Future does not administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. This is in compliance with the law of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and in alignment with our hiring practices across all jurisdictions.
Recorded Future maintains a drug-free workplace.
Note: Our interview process for all final-round candidates requires a mandatory in-person interview or a live, scheduled video conference with the hiring manager. We do not conduct interviews via instant messaging or text. All communications during the application process will come from individuals within our HR department via their Recorded Future email address.
Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives: Recorded Future will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Recorded Future, including those sent to our employees or through our website, will become the property of Recorded Future. Recorded Future will not be liable for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
Agencies must have a valid written agreement in place with Recorded Future's recruitment team and must receive written authorization before submitting resumes. Submissions made without such agreements and authorization will not be accepted and no fees will be paid.
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Confirm your bar admission is in a U.S. jurisdiction
USCIS requires active U.S. bar membership to classify in-house counsel as a specialty occupation. Foreign-licensed attorneys need to pass a U.S. bar exam before most employers will initiate H-1B sponsorship for a legal role.
Target companies with established legal departments
Large corporations, financial institutions, and tech companies with dedicated legal teams sponsor in-house counsel far more consistently than small businesses. They have HR infrastructure, immigration counsel relationships, and budget to manage H-1B petitions and PERM labor certification.
Understand your practice area affects sponsorship willingness
Corporate, securities, IP, and compliance counsel roles attract more sponsorship offers than generalist positions. Employers filling specialized legal gaps are more motivated to sponsor because qualified candidates with the right combination of expertise and U.S. bar admission are genuinely scarce.
Factor in the H-1B lottery if you're not cap-exempt
Most in-house roles are cap-subject, meaning you need to win the H-1B lottery in April. Nonprofit and government legal departments are cap-exempt. If lottery odds concern you, explore O-1A eligibility based on published legal work, awards, or high-profile matters.
Ask about PERM sponsorship timing early in negotiations
Employers who sponsor in-house counsel for green cards typically begin PERM labor certification after one to two years. Clarifying this timeline during offer negotiations sets expectations and helps you plan around India or China priority date backlogs if applicable.
Highlight your area of law and specific deal or case experience
Generic legal resumes don't move sponsorship conversations forward. Employers need to justify specialty occupation to USCIS with a specific role description. Quantify transactions closed, regulatory matters handled, or compliance programs built to make the business case concrete.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does an in-house counsel role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, in-house counsel consistently qualifies as a specialty occupation because the role theoretically and practically requires a J.D. and U.S. bar admission. USCIS has approved thousands of H-1B visa petitions for corporate attorneys. The key is that the job description must make clear the position requires legal expertise in a specific practice area, not just general business judgment.
Do I need a U.S. law degree to get sponsored as in-house counsel?
Not necessarily a U.S. J.D., but you do need active admission to a U.S. state bar. Foreign-educated attorneys can satisfy this by passing the bar in jurisdictions that permit foreign law graduates to sit for the exam, such as New York or California. Your underlying law degree must still meet USCIS equivalency standards for the specialty occupation determination.
Which types of employers sponsor in-house counsel most frequently?
Fortune 500 companies, major financial institutions, large technology firms, and pharmaceutical companies are the most consistent sponsors. These employers have recurring legal hiring needs, dedicated immigration budgets, and outside counsel relationships that make H-1B petitions routine. Smaller companies can and do sponsor, but the process is less established and approval timelines can be harder to predict. Browse in-house counsel roles with sponsorship on Migrate Mate to see which employers are actively hiring.
Can I switch employers on an H-1B as in-house counsel?
Yes. H-1B portability allows you to start working for a new employer as soon as the new H-1B petition is filed, without waiting for approval, as long as your previous H-1B was approved and your status has been maintained. Your new employer must file a new H-1B petition with the same specialty occupation documentation. Each employer sponsorship is independent, so PERM and green card progress does not transfer.
What green card path do most in-house counsel use?
Most in-house counsel pursue EB-2 through PERM labor certification, which requires the employer to conduct a supervised recruitment process proving no qualified U.S. worker is available. Attorneys with significant published legal scholarship, high-profile representations, or leadership in bar associations may qualify for EB-1A extraordinary ability or EB-1B outstanding researcher, which skip PERM entirely and move faster for applicants from backlogged countries.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored In House Counsel jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.