Airwallex
Senior Regulatory Counsel, Americas
$180K–$240K
US - San Francisco +1 · Hybrid · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 27, 2026
- Location
- US - San Francisco
US - New York - Experience
- At least 8 years for Senior Regulatory Counsel; at least 5 years for Regulatory Counsel.
About the job
Advises Airwallex on regulatory legal matters across the Americas, supporting licenses, product expansion, regulatory strategy, and risk management.
What you'll do
- Advise on existing and potential licenses, regulatory obligations, filings, and market entry across the Americas.
- Monitor regulatory developments and partner with cross-functional teams on requirements affecting payments and financial products.
- Lead complex regulatory workstreams and regulator engagements, manage external counsel, and support government relations.
What they ask for
- Qualified lawyer with relevant post-qualification experience.
- Strong regulatory experience in fintech, law firms, and/or financial institutions.
- Experience advising on financial services or payments regulatory matters, submissions, filings, or strategy.
- Strong understanding of the Americas financial services regulatory environment.
Nice to have
- A mix of private-practice and in-house experience.
- Experience with new-market expansion, regulatory licensing, RegTech, LegalTech, or AI tools.
Pay
$180K – $240K (base salary)
Tools
Reg E, UDAAP, TILA, RPAA, FINTRAC
AI focus
Use AI and other tools to improve the Regulatory Legal team's scale, efficiency, and effectiveness; experience using, deploying, or developing RegTech, LegalTech, or AI tools is preferred.
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