Senior Legal Counsel
About the Role
You will provide practical, commercially focused legal advice on regulatory issues affecting products, payments and digital assets. You will partner with product, engineering, growth and go-to-market teams to assess risk and enable compliant launches. You will lead regulatory projects, draft and negotiate commercial agreements, manage external counsel, and improve legal templates and processes so the business can move quickly and responsibly.
Requirements
- 5 to 8 years post-qualification experience (PQE)
- Australian practising certificate
- Ability to advise on Australian legal and regulatory requirements
- In-house or private practice experience in a scale-up or high-growth environment
- Experience advising on regulatory matters in financial services, payments or fintech
- Experience advising on product and marketing compliance
- Exposure to employment and privacy matters
- Strong stakeholder management and execution capability
Responsibilities
- Own and drive regulatory advisory workstreams
- Provide strategic guidance on evolving laws and regulations
- Partner with Product, Engineering, Growth and Go To Market teams to assess risk
- Lead proactive regulatory projects and plan for upcoming reforms
- Advise on and contribute to employment and privacy matters
- Draft, review and negotiate commercial agreements
- Instruct and manage external counsel, including scope and budgets
- Develop templates, self-serve guidance and legal operations improvements
- Deliver concise, actionable advice for non-legal stakeholders
- Build internal relationships and influence cross-functional stakeholders
Benefits
- Employee Stock Options (ESOP)
- Hybrid working model with Sydney-based employees onsite three days per week
- Remote work options and WeWork All-Access pass
- Lunch provided daily in Sydney CBD office
- Quarterly end of cycle celebration awards and dinner
- USD 500 work-from-home allowance
- USD 600 per annum for internet and phone
- USD 75 per quarter for remote employee local celebrations
- Medical and 401K insurance for US employees
- Novated leasing available for Australian employees
- Up to USD 1,350 per annum for courses and events
- Access to free online courses via Udemy
- USD 800 per year for health and wellbeing
- 24/7 unlimited counselling via EAP for employee and family
- Monthly subsidy and discounted rate with ClassPass and 1-year free Breethe membership
- 12 weeks paid parental leave plus additional 6 weeks for birthing parent
- Miscarriage leave and additional leave for IVF treatments
- Two additional paid annual leave days at the end of the year
- Paid birthday day off