Senior Counsel, Litigation and Employment

Whop•Brooklyn, NY

18h•Onsite

About The Position

Whop is hiring an experienced litigator to own its disputes function and serve as the company’s primary employment counsel. The role manages litigation, arbitration, and pre-litigation disputes; protects and enforces intellectual property; handles consumer and merchant disputes and complaints; and advises the people team on U.S. and international employment matters. The Senior Counsel handles matters directly when appropriate, selects and manages outside counsel when needed, and develops processes to prevent disputes from recurring. The role covers litigation and arbitration strategy, budgets, settlements, outside counsel oversight, consumer and merchant complaints, arbitration terms and class-action or mass-arbitration risk, trademark and brand protection, content-related infringement, DMCA processes, employment advice, international hiring structures, internal investigations, subpoenas, law-enforcement requests, legal holds, and e-discovery. It also builds playbooks, templates, training, and AI-assisted workflows to manage legal matters consistently and efficiently. The position is based in Brooklyn, New York, or Palo Alto, California, and is in office five days a week. The role reports to the General Counsel. Whop describes itself as an in-office company of about 100 people and says it provides team members with meaningful ownership, resources, and autonomy. The base salary range has not yet been provided; total compensation includes equity.

Requirements

6–10 years of legal experience, with substantial commercial or consumer litigation experience at a leading law firm, in-house, or both.
JD and admission to the New York or California bar, or eligibility to register as in-house counsel.
Experience managing litigation and arbitration matters end to end, including outside counsel management and budgeting.
Experience advising on employment matters, or a strong foundation in employment litigation.
Working knowledge of trademark and copyright law, including DMCA processes.
Sound judgment about litigation risk and settlement value, with the ability to explain recommendations clearly to business leaders.
Strong organization across a high volume of concurrent matters.
Experience using AI tools to improve the efficiency and quality of legal work.

Nice To Haves

Consumer class-action or mass-arbitration defense experience.
Experience with payments disputes, chargebacks, or financial-services litigation.
Experience with online marketplaces, platform liability, or creator-economy businesses.
California employment law experience.
Experience with regulatory investigations or attorney general inquiries.
Background as a litigation associate at a leading law firm with commercial, consumer class-action, or employment experience; as in-house litigation or employment counsel at a technology, fintech, payments, or marketplace company; or as a litigator with business, founder, or operating experience.

Responsibilities

Manage Whop’s litigation and arbitration docket from intake through resolution, including case strategy, budgets, settlement decisions, and outside counsel oversight; handle smaller matters directly.
Oversee escalated disputes with buyers, sellers, and partners, including demand letters, small claims, regulatory and attorney general complaints, and other pre-litigation matters.
Work with payments, support, and risk teams to resolve disputes early and address their root causes.
Own Whop’s arbitration agreement and dispute resolution terms, including strategy for managing class-action and mass-arbitration risk.
Manage Whop’s trademark portfolio and brand protection program, handle infringement claims involving platform content, oversee DMCA and repeat-infringer processes with the product team, and advise on copyright, trade secret, and open-source questions.
Advise on hiring, compensation, performance management, terminations, workplace investigations, leave and accommodation, and employee policies across a growing multi-state team.
Advise on hiring and employment structures in new international markets, including work with employers of record and local counsel.
Lead internal investigations and manage subpoenas, law-enforcement requests, legal holds, and e-discovery.
Build playbooks, templates, training, and AI-assisted workflows for dispute intake, demand responses, takedowns, and employment decisions.