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From the employer's careers site First seen 14 Nov 2026

Senior Legal Counsel (Corporate)

Wise London senior full-time

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Description

We are seeking a Senior Legal Counsel (Corporate) to join our global Legal team, focused on corporate law, corporate governance, and strategic transactions across a listed, multi-jurisdictional group.

As a public company dual-listed on Nasdaq and the London Stock Exchange and operating across the UK, EMEA, the US and beyond, Wise's corporate agenda is broad and fast-moving. You will be providing strategic corporate law advice and practical, commercially-focused solutions to the group and its subsidiary entities across general corporate law and corporate governance.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Providing strategic corporate law advice and practical solutions to the group and its subsidiary entities
  • Advising on capital markets and group disclosure matters
  • Supporting capital raising and treasury activity
  • Leading and supporting reorganisations and corporate development activity
  • Advising the group Finance function on the corporate and governance aspects of the group's consolidated annual report and accounts
  • Advising Reward on the corporate and governance implications of share option and other equity incentive arrangements
  • Supporting corporate governance across the group's entities
  • Preparing, reviewing and negotiating a broad range of corporate agreements and documents
  • Working as part of a team of generalist lawyers to support the wider commercial needs of the business
  • Leading and evolving corporate legal processes, procedures and governance-risk frameworks
  • Managing relationships with external counsel and suppliers
  • Understanding the real risks to the business and advising on the operational impact and practicalities of those risks
  • Mentoring and upskilling other members of the Legal team and the wider business

We offer:

  • Stock options as part of compensation package
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Wellbeing support
  • 6 weeks of paid sabbatical after 4 years at Wise on top of annual leave

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Skills

Required

  • corporate law
  • corporate governance
  • strategic transactions
  • capital markets
  • group disclosure
  • treasury
  • M&A
  • commercial drafting
  • negotiation

Nice to have

  • experience in a listed company environment
  • knowledge of EU and/or US corporate laws

Ready to apply?

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