Senior Legal Counsel, Disputes

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.

We’re looking for a Senior Legal Counsel to join our growing Legal Team in Austin. 

This role will be disputes-focussed and is a unique opportunity to build on your litigation and broader disputes experience, help deliver Wise’s 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, you’ll take ownership from day one. Of course, you will have feedback from smart, curious people across Wise but you’ll 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 at least one US state.

• At least 6 years of professional experience as an attorney.

• 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.”

• Background in commercial disputes, preferably with experience of banking or payments industry-related contentious matters.

• 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. 

We’re people without borders — without judgement or prejudice, too. We want to work with the best people, no matter their background. So if you’re passionate about learning new things and keen to join our mission, you’ll fit right in. 

Click HERE for more info on our benefits (Austin)

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

We're 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.

If you want to find out more about what it's like to work at Wise visit Wise.Jobs.

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