Airwallex Limited

Head of Corporate Legal

Airwallex Limited$200K — $250K *
Legal & Accounting
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Juris Doctor degree
  • Experience from a top-tier law firm
  • 15 years in corporate law, especially in tech
  • Cross-border management expertise
  • Strategic thinker with business acumen
  • Detail-oriented and proactive

Responsibilities

  • Provide counsel on corporate law issues like finance and governance
  • Maintain corporate governance guidelines and committee charters
  • Assist with M&A and corporate transactions
  • Collaborate on term sheets and due diligence
  • Manage post-closing acquisition and integration support
  • Handle executive compensation and stock plans

Benefits

  • Professional growth in a high-impact role
  • Opportunity to lead and inspire a global legal team
  • Engagement with diverse cross-functional teams
  • Support in strategic corporate transactions
  • Potential to influence the company's trajectory towards IPO
Full Job Description
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 Singapore.

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-tier law firm.
  • 15 years of progressive corporate law experience, with a focus on rapidly growing tech companies.
  • Demonstrated cross-border management expertise.
  • Strategic thinker with sound business acumen.
  • Proactive and detail-oriented individual adept at excelling in fast-paced environments.


Preferred qualifications:
  • Fintech/payments experience is highly desirable
Applicant Safety Policy: Fraud and Third-Party Recruiters

To protect you from recruitment scams, please be aware that Airwallex will not ask for bank details, sensitive ID numbers (i.e. passport), or any form of payment during the application or interview process. All official communication will come from an [redacted].com email address. Please apply only through careers.airwallex.com or our official LinkedIn page.

Airwallex does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters. Airwallex will not pay any fees to search firms/recruiters if a candidate is submitted by a search firm/recruiter unless an agreement has been entered into with respect to specific open position(s). Search firms/recruiters submitting resumes to Airwallex on an unsolicited basis shall be deemed to accept this condition, regardless of any other provision to the contrary.

About Airwallex Limited

Airwallex is a financial technology company that provides cross-border payment solutions for businesses. The company was founded in 2015 by a group of entrepreneurs from Australia and China. Airwallex's platform allows businesses to make and receive payments in multiple currencies at competitive exchange rates. The company has raised over $400 million in funding to date and has offices in several countries, including Australia, China, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
Learn more about Airwallex Limited
Size
800 employees
Industry
Founded
2015

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