About the role
As Counsel, Product Legal (Yield), you will be the lead counsel for Airwallex’s Yield product. You will help scale the product in existing and new markets by providing legal, regulatory and strategic advice across the full product lifecycle, including product design, licensing, regulatory engagement, partner arrangements, customer terms, disclosures, launch execution and product integration. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- JD (or equivalent law degree) and active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
- 5+ years of post-qualification experience, at least some of which was gained at a top-tier law firm
- Experience advising on investment products, discretionary or non-discretionary management, broker-dealer arrangements, custodial relationships, investment-management structures or related customer disclosures and documentation
- Strong regulatory advisory and/or product counseling experience with a reputable law firm, financial institution or fintech, including at least three years advising on wealth-management products
- Proven experience as a solution-oriented lawyer who enjoys working strategically with non-lawyers to support commercial outcomes
More about this role
Airwallex is the AI-native financial operating system for a real-time, intelligent economy. More than 675,000 businesses, including McLaren Racing, Qantas, SHEIN, and TikTok, use us, directly or through our platform partners, to run their financial operations or build and monetize financial products of their own.
We started in Melbourne in 2015 to build the infrastructure global commerce runs on. We're the regulated backbone behind global payments: not by accident, but by design. A decade plus, 85+ licenses, and a financial infrastructure spanning North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.
We're co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore, with more than 2,300 people across 27 offices. We hire builders with founder-level energy, people who move fast with good judgment, dig in with real curiosity, and make calls from first principles rather than waiting to be told what to do. Read our operating principles to see it in full.
Legal at Airwallex sits at the heart of the decisions that shape how Airwallex grows. This team backs the visionary builders transforming Airwallex into a generational financial company, sharing the journey of product development and sales...
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