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We're looking for a Legal Counsel to join our growing Legal Team in Austin, TX and help support the North America region. This is a unique opportunity to build on your legal experience, help deliver Wise's mission of money without borders, grow as a lawyer in a fast-paced listed company environment, and help millions more people save money. This is a broad, high-coverage generalist role. You'll undertake a wide range of legal matters relating to Wise's day-to-day operations and strategic initiatives across North America.
Job Responsibility
Working closely with and building relationships with multiple business teams across Wise to provide strategic advice and practical solutions on a wide range of legal matters, including financial and consumer regulation, payments, banking arrangements, money transmission, new products, partnerships and employment
Owning aspects of the contract lifecycle with bank partners, online platforms and enterprise customers, from structuring and drafting to negotiation
Assessing and advising the business on risks specific to feature launches, regulatory implications and the overall relationship with a bank partner or online platform
Collaborating with multiple business teams to launch innovative products, services and partnerships, including Product, Finance, Banking, Risk, Compliance and People
Supporting expansion efforts across North America (including Canada), license applications, market entry and corporate matters
Managing changes to Wise's customer agreement for new services, new market entry and general agreement maintenance
Identifying, assessing, managing and reporting the risks to the business, and providing practical advice and solutions to reduce or mitigate risk
Reviewing current practices, developing and maintaining templates, and streamlining legal processes
Mentoring and upskilling business teams and other members of the Legal team, including supporting responses to legal support queries
Working with the global Legal team (based in Austin, London, Tallinn, New York, Tampa, Singapore and São Paulo) to deliver initiatives that impact the wider group, including training and workshops