Associate Corporate Counsel

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.

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. 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.

As Associate Corporate Counsel, you will support Airwallex’s growth across the Americas by providing practical, business‑focused legal advice on corporate, regulatory and commercial matters. You will work closely with Corporate Development on fundraising and strategic transactions, partner with regional leaders on new market entry, and help align Airwallex’s global policies and governance with US and broader Americas requirements. You will also advise on marketing, referral and partnership initiatives, ensuring go‑to‑market activity is compliant and enables ambitious but responsible growth.

This role is based in New York.

You will:

• Provide clear, pragmatic advice on US and Americas legal and regulatory requirements impacting Airwallex entities in the region, helping teams navigate rules while enabling responsible growth.

• Support Corporate Development on fundraising rounds and strategic transactions, including due diligence, data rooms, corporate approvals, investment documentation, cap table changes and ongoing governance.

• Partner with business, Regulatory Legal and Regulatory Compliance on expansion into and launches in new markets across the Americas, including regulatory mapping, entity and licensing considerations, and corporate governance needs.

• Work closely with compliance, risk and other LRC teams globally to help align Airwallex’s policies, procedures and corporate governance frameworks across jurisdictions.

• Draft, review and negotiate referral agreements, marketing and sponsorship agreements, and other commercial arrangements in collaboration with Partnerships, Marketing and GTM teams, ensuring risks are appropriately managed and documented.

• Advise on legal issues related to marketing, advertising and promotions (including claims, disclosures, digital campaigns, co‑marketing and referral programs), and support review of customer‑facing materials for legal and regulatory compliance.

• Coordinate and manage outside counsel on specialised matters across the Americas, ensuring advice is high‑quality, cost‑effective and aligned to Airwallex’s risk appetite and business goals.

• Use technology and AI‑enabled tools (e.g. templates, playbooks, contract lifecycle tools, knowledge bases) to increase the speed, consistency and quality of legal work.

Airwallex is looking for people who meet the minimum requirements for this role. Preferred qualifications are great to have but not mandatory.