Counsel, Product Legal

Airwallex • San Francisco, CA

1d • $150,000 - $220,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

As Counsel in Product Legal, you will be a valuable member of the global Product Legal team and will help our rapidly growing business navigate an increasingly complex regulatory landscape. Although you will be based in the US, you will have multi-regional responsibility by supporting our product and partnership strategy and advising on complex technology transactions in EMEA and APAC. You will build strong business relationships with business teams and understand the business environment. When you don’t know the answer, you’ll know how to obtain the answer and explain it to business partners. This dynamic role is ideal for someone who enjoys wearing multiple hats and solving complex issues for our internal and external partners, is detail oriented, willing to take on challenges and changes, obsessively curious and intellectually honest, thrives on taking actions and delivering impactful results, and aims to inspire and be inspired. Experience in fintech or payments is welcomed, as is a demonstrated passion for mastering something new. Relevant subject-matter expertise may include knowledge of payments, card networks, and banking.
This hybrid role is based in San Francisco or New York City.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience as a lawyer at a top firm, in-house or a combination of both.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and ability to deal with a range of internal and external stakeholders
• Versatility in supporting Product in an advisory role and in supporting Sales on commercial documents and terms
• Proactive, results-driven, and take ownership of your work.
• Ability to multi-task and a team player with strong communication skills
• Strong drafting skills
• Ability to master new areas of the law quickly
• High levels of professionalism, integrity, and a strong work ethic, including a readiness to lend a helping hand to teammates

Nice To Haves

• In-house legal experience gained ideally in the fintech industry or financial institutions
• Subject-matter expertise in payments, card networks, or fintech
• Experience working with stakeholders across the globe

Responsibilities

• Provide advice and support to the product team, local legal teams, support functions, Airwallex management, and the Legal, Risk, and Compliance Department.
• Negotiate customer partnerships for major deals and manage commercial drafting of sales agreements
• Coordinate with local counsel across jurisdictions such as Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, The U.S., The UK., and The European Union to discern and devise optimal paths to market from a legal and regulatory perspective
• Liaise with senior stakeholders of the Airwallex group, located around the world.
• Manage external counsel and consultants on regulatory matters.
• Support negotiations on complex and novel agreements with our strategic partners
• Support government relations outreach to legislators and regulatory agencies

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed