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Airwallex is an AI-native financial operating system serving over 676,000 businesses globally, including McLaren Racing, Qantas, SHEIN, and TikTok. The company operates as the regulated backbone for global payments across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, with 85+ licenses and 2,300+ employees across 27 offices.
As Counsel, Product Legal (Yield), you will serve as the lead counsel for Airwallex's Yield product, a wealth-management offering. You will be responsible for scaling the product across existing and new markets by providing comprehensive legal, regulatory, and strategic advice throughout the entire product lifecycle—from design and licensing through regulatory engagement, partner arrangements, customer terms, disclosures, and launch execution.
Key responsibilities include:
- Acting as a trusted business partner to Yield Product teams and cross-functional stakeholders
- Advising on legal and regulatory aspects of new product ideas and enhancements from ideation through launch and expansion
- Coordinating with local counsel across multiple jurisdictions (Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, US, UK, EU) to determine optimal market-entry strategies
- Translating complex legal and regulatory requirements into actionable solutions integrated into product development, including product requirements, customer terms, and launch materials
- Identifying synergies and efficiencies as Yield scales into new markets, developing repeatable legal frameworks and playbooks
- Collaborating with Regulatory Compliance, Product Marketing, Licensing, Risk, and regulated partners (banks, broker-dealers, custodians, investment managers) on product governance and partner arrangements
You will work closely with global product teams and cross-functional partners, coordinating advice across multiple jurisdictions while maintaining the regulatory discipline that protects Airwallex's competitive moat.
REQUIREMENTS:
Minimum qualifications:
- JD (or equivalent law degree) with active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
- 5+ years of post-qualification legal experience, with some experience 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 3 years advising on wealth-management products
- Proven track record as a solution-oriented lawyer who works strategically with non-lawyers to support commercial outcomes
- Strong stakeholder-management and communication skills, with ability to work effectively across Product, Compliance, Risk, Operations, Marketing, external counsel, and senior stakeholders across multiple jurisdictions
- Demonstrated ability to manage complex, cross-jurisdictional legal workstreams, prioritize competing demands, and take ownership from product ideation through launch and expansion
Preferred qualifications:
- In-house legal experience in fintech, financial services, wealth management, asset management, securities, brokerage, or other regulated financial-services environments
- Experience working across securities, investment-adviser, investor-protection, fiduciary, suitability, or equivalent regulatory frameworks in multiple jurisdictions
- Experience building scalable legal playbooks, product-governance processes, launch checklists, or other tools that improve legal efficiency
- Comfort operating in high-standards environments with fast iteration cycles and evolving priorities, with a curious, collaborative, and ownership-oriented approach
