Wise · 5 hours ago
Senior Legal Counsel
New York, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
7+ years expWise is a global technology company focused on improving the way money is moved and managed internationally. The Senior Legal Counsel will lead on various disputes and provide legal guidance to support the company's mission of facilitating seamless financial transactions across borders.
Financial Services
Responsibilities
Advise and lead on a broad range of disputes both US-focused 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
Qualification
Required
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 ideally with a mix of private and in-house experience
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
Company
Wise
Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move money around the world.
Founded in 2011London, GB
5001-10000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Harsh Sinha
Chief Technology Officer
Ben Johnson
North America Lead, Partner Management - Wise Platform
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