Senior Legal Counsel

Senior Legal Counsel

Were looking for a Senior Legal Counsel to join our growing Legal Team in New York. 

This role will be disputes-focussed and is a unique opportunity to build on your litigation and broader disputes experience help deliver Wises mission of money without borders grow as a lawyer in a global fast-paced listed company environment and help millions more people save money.  

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. 

About the role: 

• Advise and lead on a broad range of disputes both US-focussed and globally including high-value litigations and arbitrations regulatory matters competition disputes IP disputes consumer disputes and asset recovery cases.

• Work closely with a range of internal and external stakeholders on contentious matters including working with junior lawyers to gather facts and develop arguments and submissions and liaising closely where appropriate with external counsel.

• Advise update and liaise with various internal stakeholders on the status of ongoing contentious matters including Treasury Banking and Expansion Risk Compliance Operations and various Boards and committees.  

• Build relationships with multiple business units across the Company and become a trusted advisor on a range of issues including financial and consumer regulations sanctions AML and anti-bribery issues banking arrangements new products partnerships employment issues etc.

• Identify assess manage and report risks to the business and provide practical advice solutions to reduce or mitigate risk. 

• Work with the Legal Team (based in London New York Austin Tallinn Singapore Brussels and São Paulo) to deliver initiatives that will impact the wider business.

• Report to Head of Legal Disputes in London. 

This role will give you the opportunity to: 

• Choose your path to impact - we believe people are most empowered when they can act autonomously. So rather than being told what to do youll take ownership from day one. Of course you will have feedback from smart curious people across Wise but youll experience unique levels of ownership and empowerment within your role.

• Be part of our mission to make money without borders the new normal.

About you: 

• A Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an ABA accredited law school and qualified to practice law in New York.

• At least 7 years of professional experience as an attorney.

• Background in commercial disputes with experience of securities and shareholder litigation and banking or payments industry-related disputes.

• Ability to lead on multiple contentious matters at once across different jurisdictions.

• Ability to evaluate and summarise legal advice and communicate advice in a succinct and pragmatic way to different areas of the business.

• Ability to navigate difficult issues and multiple stakeholders advising the business on key risks and developing solutions.

• Have a get-it-done collaborative approach to problem solving.  

• Have a committed and dependable work ethic. 

• Fluent in English. Proficiency in Spanish and Portuguese is not required for the day-to-day function of this role but is a nice to have.

Were people without borders without judgement or prejudice too. We want to work with the best people no matter their background. So if youre passionate about learning new things and keen to join our mission youll fit right in. 

Additional Information :

For everyone everywhere. Were people building money without borders  without judgement or prejudice too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse equitable and inclusive.

Were proud to have a truly international team and we celebrate our differences.
Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected empowered to contribute towards our mission and able to progress in their careers.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time