Senior Legal Counsel, Governance & Company Secretarial

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world’s money. Min fees. Max ease. Full speed.

You will serve as the principal governance advisor and strategic partner to the Boards, local management and executive committees of Wise’s Belgian and Dutch entities and their branches, which operate under the supervision of the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) and the De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) respectively.

You will help ensure our corporate governance and operational resilience continue to meet the highest standards of governance discipline. In this high-impact role, you will be responsible for sustaining and enhancing our subsidiary governance framework, supporting operational resilience, and navigating complex regulatory environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide a full governance and company secretarial service to the relevant Wise entities, including regulatory and legal advisory, corporate governance ownership, entity governance and regulatory compliance, stakeholder management, and governance maturity.

Qualifications

• Belgian or Dutch-qualified lawyer with at least 7 years’ post-qualification experience or Corporate Secretary equivalent with comparable legal and governance experience.
• Knowledge of either Belgian company law (including the Companies and Associations Code) and/or Dutch company law (including Book 2 of the Dutch Civil Code), as well as the relevant corporate governance codes.
• Experience advising regulated financial-services entities on regulatory matters, whether in-house or in private practice.
• Demonstrated ability to navigate complex regulatory frameworks.
• Proven ability to influence, and constructively challenge, senior stakeholders, building credibility quickly at the most senior levels, advising the business on key risks and developing solutions.
• Strong command of regulatory concepts and supervisory expectations, with the judgement to anticipate what regulators such as the DNB and NBB will expect and to translate those imperatives into practical governance action.
• Ability to operate autonomously in fast-paced environments, managing multiple high-priority workstreams without sacrificing precision or quality.
• Experience providing governance services for a subsidiary entity within a multinational group.
• Fluent in English and either French or Dutch, with the other language as a strong advantage.

Additional Information

• Allowances and vouchers: meal vouchers (€8.00 per working day), eco-cheques (€250 a year), sports and culture cheques (€100 a year), home office and communications allowance (€159.48 net per month), representation allowance (€50 net per month), phone bill reimbursement (up to €40 per month).
• Commuting and mobility: public transport allowance (€34 per month), train subscription (half-time train card), bicycle allowance (€0.10 per kilometre cycled to work), company car scheme (eligible employees can join a car benefit programme).