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Airwallex is an AI-native financial operating system serving over 675,000 businesses globally, including McLaren Racing, Qantas, SHEIN, and TikTok. The company operates as the regulated backbone for global payments with 85+ licenses and a presence across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific. With 2,300+ employees across 27 offices, Airwallex is co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore.
As Director of Corporate Legal (M&A), you will lead high-impact corporate transactions across Airwallex globally. You'll own the full lifecycle of private-company fundraising and financing transactions, including equity and equity-linked deals, from term-sheet development through definitive agreements, diligence, negotiation, closing, and post-close actions. You'll design and execute domestic and cross-border M&A and strategic transactions, including acquisitions of licensed fintech entities and other strategic assets, while advising on structure, documentation, regulatory and licensing considerations, closing mechanics, and post-closing integration.
Key responsibilities include:
- Partnering with the CEO's Office, Corporate Development, Investor Relations, Finance, Tax, Regulatory Legal, Regulatory Compliance, Product Legal, Data & Privacy, Risk, and other Legal teams to execute complex, cross-border transactions
- Structuring secondary sales and private-company liquidity programs for existing shareholders, employees, and early investors, including tender offers, transfer restrictions, ROFR/ROFO mechanics, and stakeholder approvals
- Selecting, managing, and directing external counsel across multiple jurisdictions, maintaining high standards for quality, commerciality, speed, and cost
- Building scalable transaction processes, playbooks, templates, and approval frameworks, leveraging LegalTech and AI to increase speed, consistency, and deal capacity
- Shaping secondary sales, corporate governance, capital structure, intragroup reorganizations, and corporate actions to support Airwallex's global entity and ownership structure
You'll work from the San Francisco or New York office on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.
REQUIREMENTS:
- U.S. legal qualification or foreign equivalent with an active license to practice in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
- 10+ years of experience in an in-house legal department and/or private practice advising on private-company financing and M&A, with a strong track record running transactions end to end
- Significant experience drafting and negotiating core transaction documentation for equity financings, M&A, joint ventures, and secondary sales, including term sheets, purchase and merger agreements, shareholder and investor rights agreements, and ancillary documents
- Strong working knowledge of U.S. corporate and securities law as applied to private companies, particularly private-company fundraising, secondary transactions, and corporate governance
- Demonstrated ability to work directly with senior executives, investors, and cross-functional stakeholders, providing clear, commercially grounded, and risk-balanced advice in fast-moving environments
- Excellent drafting, negotiation, analytical, and project-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple complex matters simultaneously and drive deals to closure under tight timelines
PREFERRED:
- Experience in high-growth technology, fintech, payments, or broader financial services, ideally with exposure to cross-border structures and licensed entities
- A mix of top-tier law firm and in-house experience, ideally in a late-stage growth or pre-IPO company
- Experience designing or executing private-company secondary programs, tender offers, or other structured liquidity solutions
- Demonstrated experience collaborating with Legal, Risk & Compliance peers on transactions intersecting with regulatory and product issues
- Experience building or enhancing transaction-related legal operations, including processes, playbooks, templates, and tooling, to support scale in a global organization
