Brex
Senior Counsel, Risk
$270K–$335K
San Francisco, California, United States +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 22, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, California, United States
New York, New York, United States - Experience
- 6+ years as an attorney, including at least 3 years focused on one or more of: litigation or commercial disputes, creditors’ rights or collections, bankruptcy, regulatory investigations or enforcement, or incident response.
- Education
- Juris Doctor (JD)
About the job
Leads legal responses to disputes, collections, bankruptcy matters, incidents, regulatory inquiries, and third-party legal process, while improving risk-response practices across the company.
What you'll do
- Manage pre-litigation disputes, account ownership matters, collections, and customer bankruptcy matters.
- Lead incident response, remediation strategy, customer communications, and related regulatory inquiries.
- Oversee subpoena and third-party legal process responses; build playbooks and advise teams on reducing risk.
What they ask for
- Juris Doctor (JD) and active bar membership in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
- Experience owning pre-litigation disputes end to end, including demand letters, early case assessment, and outside counsel decisions.
- Working knowledge of fintech regulations, such as state money transmission, UDAAP, Reg E and Reg Z, BSA/AML, and bank partnership models.
- Ability to independently manage a high-volume, high-stakes docket and draft customer- and regulator-facing communications.
Nice to have
- 3+ years as an in-house attorney at a fintech, bank, broker-dealer, or payments company.
- Experience with bank regulatory examinations or inquiries, broker-dealer regulatory matters, collections and recovery, account ownership disputes, or third-party legal process.
Pay
$270,000 - $335,000 USD (base salary)
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