Legal Counsel, Regulatory Legal, Emea

**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 150,000 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 1,700 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 26 offices around the globe. Valued at US$6.2 billion and backed by world-leading investors including Visa, Airtree, Blackbird, Sequoia, DST Global, Greenoaks, Salesforce Ventures, Lone Pine, and Square Peg, 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.

**About the Team**

Airwallex’s Regulatory Legal team is a high-impact, collaborative group that plays a central role in enabling our expansion and success across the regions we’re present in. We support Airwallex’s continued growth by providing expert legal guidance on regulatory matters, partnering closely with Product Legal, Regulatory Compliance, Financial Crime Compliance, and other teams to deliver innovative financial products compliantly and at scale. This is a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment where you’ll work alongside committed colleagues, engage in strategic projects with global reach, and have direct influence on business-critical decisions. We value curiosity, ownership, and the ambition to drive outcomes in a complex, ever-evolving regulatory landscape.

**What you'll do**

This role is based in Amsterdam.

As Legal Counsel, Regulatory Legal responsible for the EMEA region, you will be a valuable member in helping our rapidly growing EMEA business navigate increasingly complex regulatory landscapes.

You will support our regulatory strategy and advise on complex regulatory issues in the United Kingdom, Europe and the Middle-East. You will also be responsible for ensuring we are compliant with our licensing and other regulatory requirements by implementing appropriate measures and controls. This dynamic role is ideal for someone who enjoys wearing multiple hats and solving complex issues for our clients, is detail oriented, willing to take on challenges and changes, obsessively curious and intellectually honest, thrives on taking actions and delivering impactful results, and aims to inspire and be inspired.

**Responsibilities**:

- Advise internal stakeholders on a broad range of regulatory matters throughout the EMEA region
- Find ways to mitigate legal and regulatory risks while progressing business objectives
- Support license maintenance activities including management of regulatory reports, requests for information, and regulatory examinations
- Partner closely with Product Legal, Regulatory Compliance and Financial Crime Compliance teams to ensure robust compliance with local and regional laws and regulations
- Review and update manuals, policies and procedures to ensure compliance with laws and regulations in the regions in which AWX operates while identifying opportunities to create efficiencies
- Manage external legal counsel and consultants, ensuring high-quality, cost-effective support is aligned with Airwallex’s business drivers and risk appetite
- Use AI to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of our Regulatory Legal function, including using existing third party tools and supporting the Legal function in developing and deploying AI-driven workflows
- Support and devise optimal paths to market to support Airwallex expansion activities
- Support government relations outreach to legislators and regulatory agencies

**Who you are**

We're looking for people who meet the minimum requirements for this role. The preferred qualifications are great to have, but are not mandatory.

Minimum qualifications:

- Qualified lawyer with 5+ years of post-qualification experience
- Strong regulatory experience gained in the fintech industry, reputable law firms or financial institutions. A mix of private practice and in-house experience is ideal but not mandatory
- Demonstrated success advising on regulatory matters and handling regulatory submissions, filings, and regulatory strategy
- Sound knowledge of the payments, credit card and/or investment firm regulatory environment across the EU
- Experience advising on consumer regulatory matters
- Strong stakeholder management skills and ability to deal with a range of internal and external stakeholders
- Proactive, results-driven, and take ownership of your work
- Collaborative team player, embraces managing ambiguity, multi-tasking and thriving in fast-paced, evolving environments
- Strong drafting and communication skills

Preferred qualifications:

- Experience working with stakeholders across the globe