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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