Legal Counsel

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

Whether people and businesses are sending money to another country, spending abroad, or making and receiving international payments, Wise is on a mission to make their lives easier and save them money.

As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money.
For everyone, everywhere.

More about our mission and what we offer.

About the job:

You’ll undertake a wide range of legal matters relating to our day to day and strategic initiatives. In particular, you will be:

• Supporting the Latam Legal Counsel in driving key regional priorities, business planning, and growth strategies while evaluating overall legal risk considerations; 

• Structuring, drafting, and negotiating a wide variety of commercial agreements with banking partners, API users, and enterprise customers. You will translate complex operational structures into clear, actionable terms; 

• Based in our São Paulo office, working closely with multiple cross-functional business units across Latin America to provide day-to-day legal counsel. You will advise on ad-hoc challenges and a broad spectrum of legal matters, including financial regulations, consumer protection, payments, banking, marketing standards, commercial partnerships, and the launch of new products and features; 

• Partnering with cross-functional teams (Product, Finance, Banking, Risk, Compliance, and PR) to launch innovative products, localization features, and support upcoming licensing pipelines across Latin America; 

• Managing updates and general maintenance for customer agreements to reflect new services, market entries, and shifting local financial regulations. 

• Working with the global Legal Team (based in Austin, London, Tallinn, New York, Singapore, and São Paulo) to deliver initiatives that will impact the wider group and company;

• Working with other members of the legal team and outside counsel to analyze, evaluate, and manage local consumer litigation, regulatory disputes, and asset recovery matters;

• Reviewing current operational practices, developing localized templates, and streamlining legal workflows in Latin America to increase velocity for internal business teams;

• Staying up to date on legal developments in Latin America and advising on future-looking initiatives;

• Working with the Legal Team to support the wider needs of the company, for example training and workshops. 

• Providing legal support to Mexico, Chile and other countries in Latin America, as needed.

About you:

We are looking for a commercially minded, adaptable generalist attorney passionate about payments, fintech or financial services and with an eye on the future. You’ll have:

• 4 - 8 years PQE and be a fully qualified attorney with an active registration to practice law in Brazil;

• Previous law firm or in-house experience, focusing on payments, card processing, financial service, banking or investments;

• Fluent English and Portuguese speaking skills, and preferably also Spanish;

• Proven track record in autonomous commercial contract structuring, drafting, and high-stakes negotiation;

• Strong interest and experience in financial services regulation, including payments, consumer protection, banking and investments framework;

• A broad legal baseline that enables you to spot and resolve overlapping legal issues in upcoming product offerings (e.g., regulatory, contract, IP, privacy, consumer protection, risk); and an ability to distill complexity and to identify and clearly communicate practical, risk-based solutions;

• A focus on impact, through trusted relationships and attention to detail; 

• Demonstrated ability to analyze, evaluate and manage litigation and disputes resolution proceedings;

• Clear communication, project coordination, and management skills, including for partner relations;

• A sense of camaraderie and good humor while under pressure or tight deadlines;

• Wisdom, a world view and talent for thinking outside the box; and

• Professionalism, attention-to-detail, ability to prioritize and multitask and high integrity.

🚀 RSU’s in a rapidly growing company
💪 An annual self-development budget
🩺 Health and dental allowance for you and your dependents - CarePlus (Master1)
💝 Company-paid: Life Insurance, and an EAP program
☀️ Paid time off: 30 days vacation + 3 “Me” days + 1 volunteer day, annually
🏝️ A paid 6-week sabbatical leave after four years
👶🏼 18-weeks of paid parental leave, after a year with us and child care assistance
🚌 Transportation vouchers
🍕 Meal (708 BRL per month) and food (1,166 BRL per month) vouchers
🏋️ TotalPass access to 3,500 gyms and studios throughout Brazil

For everyone, everywhere. We're people building money without borders  — without judgement or prejudice, too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse, equitable and inclusive.

We're proud to have a truly international team, and we celebrate our differences.
Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected, empowered to contribute towards our mission and able to progress in their careers.

If you want to find out more about what it's like to work at Wise visit Wise.Jobs.

Keep up to date with life at Wise by following us on LinkedIn and Instagram.

For everyone, everywhere. We're people building money without borders  — without judgement or prejudice, too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse, equitable and inclusive.

We're proud to have a truly international team, and we celebrate our differences.
Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected, empowered to contribute towards our mission and able to progress in their careers.

If you want to find out more about what it's like to work at Wise visit Wise.Jobs.

Keep up to date with life at Wise by following us on LinkedIn and Instagram.