Paralegal - Brazilian Customer Litigation

Wise • Austin, TX

16d

About The Position

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world’s money. Min fees. Max ease. Full speed. Whether people and businesses are sending money to another country, spending abroad, or making and receiving international payments, Wise is on a mission to make their lives easier and save them money. As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money. For everyone, everywhere. More about our mission and what we offer . YOUR MISSION: Wise continues to pioneer new ways for people to send, spend and manage their money across borders and currencies. Your mission is to enable, protect and empower the business and people of Wise to help achieve growth with minimal distraction. JOB PURPOSE: This position’s purpose is to support customer litigation cases in the Americas, with a particular focus on Brazilian matters.

Requirements

• Must speak Portuguese fluently.
• Experience with, or understanding of, legal processes, litigation, disputes and/or general payments industry-related matters are strongly preferred.
• Ability to juggle multiple matters at once across different areas of expertise.
• Ability to evaluate and summarize legal advice and communicate it in a succinct way to other teams internally.
• Have a get-it-done, collaborative approach to problem solving.

Nice To Haves

• Spanish speaking is not required, but nice to have.

Responsibilities

• Together with members of the Legal team, work to create, improve and support the customer litigation processes. This includes ensuring efficient processes by receiving, documenting and processing all legal documents.
• Work with teams beyond Legal to understand customer profiles and research claims being made against Wise.
• Ensure that customer litigation cases are correctly documented, and all the necessary data points are accurately recorded.
• Identify risks, gaps in data collection and/or process gaps in relation to the customer litigation cases and propose solutions.
• Collect relevant information, conduct preliminary investigation and legal research, develop legal basis and draft legal documents necessary for customer litigation cases.
• Work with internal teams to deliver customer litigation reports for external audits and/or internal data assessments.
• Coordinate with, and instruct external counsel in various jurisdictions to send legal documents and take action on behalf of Wise.
• Ensure appropriate escalation of complex cases to the relevant legal counsel when necessary.

What This Job Offers

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