Head of Corporate Legal

ABOUT AIRWALLEX Airwallex is the only unified payments and financial platform for global businesses. Powered by our unique combination of proprietary infrastructure and software, we empower over 200,000 businesses worldwide – including Brex, Rippling, Navan, Qantas, SHEIN and many more – with fully integrated solutions to manage everything from business accounts, payments, spend management and treasury, to embedded finance at a global scale. Proudly founded in Melbourne, we have a team of over 2,200 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 26 offices around the globe. Valued at US$8 billion and backed by world-leading investors including T. Rowe Price, Visa, Mastercard, Robinhood Ventures, Sequoia, Salesforce Ventures, DST Global, and Lone Pine Capital, Airwallex is leading the charge in building the global payments and financial platform of the future. If you’re ready to do the most ambitious work of your career, join us. ATTRIBUTES WE VALUE We hire successful builders with founder-like energy who want real impact, accelerated learning, and true ownership. You bring strong role-related expertise and sharp thinking, and you’re motivated by our mission and operating principles https://www.airwallex.com/us/operating-principles. You move fast with good judgment, dig deep with curiosity, and make decisions from first principles, balancing speed and rigor. You're humble and collaborative; turn zero‑to‑one ideas into real products, and you “get stuff done” end-to-end. You use AI to work smarter and solve problems faster. Here, you’ll tackle complex, high‑visibility problems with exceptional teammates and grow your career as we build the future of global banking. If that sounds like you, let’s build what’s next. ABOUT THE TEAM The Legal, Risk & Compliance (LRC) team at Airwallex is a collaborative group of legal minds and risk management experts. We're passionate about safeguarding Airwallex's operations, fostering a culture of compliance and ethical conduct, and ensuring we navigate the global financial landscape with integrity. We provide expert guidance and support to all areas of the business, proactively identifying, mitigating, and managing legal and financial risks. WHAT YOU’LL DO As the Head of Corporate Legal, you will serve as a specialist in matters concerning corporate governance, M&A, subsidiary management, stock plan administration, and various compliance issues. Managing a global team of 10, you'll grow, develop and inspire the Corporate Legal function to ensure we're scaling effectively towards IPO. In this pivotal role, you will provide support for strategic corporate transactions and ensure adherence to critical regulations. A key aspect of this position is your ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams from departments such as finance, accounting, tax, HR, corporate development, and IT. This role is based in San Francisco or New York. Responsibilities: - Offer counsel on general corporate law issues, such as corporate finance, accounting, tax, treasury, investor relations, corporate communications, ESG, and stock plan administration. - Maintain corporate governance guidelines, committee charters, and assist in preparing Board presentation materials. - Assist with mergers and acquisitions (M&A), corporate transactions, debt restructuring, and inter-company agreements. - Collaborate with the corporate strategy team to create term sheets, support due diligence efforts, actively manage deal processes and execution, and provide post-closing acquisition and integration support. - Assist with executive compensation matters, stock plan administration, equity incentive plan, employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), and corporate bonus plans. Who you are We're looking for people who meet the minimum qualifications for this role. The preferred qualifications are great to have, but are not mandatory. Minimum qualifications: - Juris Doctor degree - Thorough training and experience from a top-t