About Airwallex

Airwallex is the only unified payments and financial platform for global businesses. Powered by our unique combination of proprietary infrastructure and software, we empower over 200,000 businesses worldwide – including Brex, Rippling, Navan, Qantas, SHEIN and many more – with fully integrated solutions to manage everything from business accounts, payments, spend management and treasury, to embedded finance at a global scale.

Proudly founded in Melbourne, we have a team of over 2,000 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 26 offices around the globe. Valued at US$8 billion and backed by world-leading investors including T. Rowe Price, Visa, Mastercard, Robinhood Ventures, Sequoia, Salesforce Ventures, DST Global, and Lone Pine Capital, Airwallex is leading the charge in building the global payments and financial platform of the future. If you’re ready to do the most ambitious work of your career, join us.

Attributes We Value

We hire successful builders with founder-like energy who want real impact, accelerated learning, and true ownership. You bring strong role-related expertise and sharp thinking, and you’re motivated by our mission and operating principles. You move fast with good judgment, dig deep with curiosity, and make decisions from first principles, balancing speed and rigor.

You're humble and collaborative; turn zero‑to‑one ideas into real products, and you “get stuff done” end-to-end. You use AI to work smarter and solve problems faster. Here, you’ll tackle complex, high‑visibility problems with exceptional teammates and grow your career as we build the future of global banking. If that sounds like you, let’s build what’s next.

About the team

The Legal, Risk & Compliance (LRC) team at Airwallex is a collaborative group of legal minds and risk management experts. We're passionate about safeguarding Airwallex's operations, fostering a culture of compliance and ethical conduct, and ensuring we navigate the global financial landscape with integrity. We provide expert guidance and support to all areas of the business, proactively identifying, mitigating, and managing legal, compliance and financial risks.

What you'll do

As (Senior) Counsel, Product Legal, APAC, you will be a trusted business partner to Product teams and other stakeholders responsible for launching and developing products in the Airwallex product suite. You’ll support Product stakeholders throughout the entire product lifecycle—providing advice on the legal and regulatory aspects of new product ideas as well as enhancements to existing products, from ideation through to launch and expansion. This is a high-impact, cross-jurisdictional role ideal for a solution-oriented lawyer who thrives in a fast-paced, innovative fintech environment. This role is based in Singapore.

Responsibilities:

• Act as a trusted advisor to Product teams and other stakeholders, supporting the launch and development of new and existing products across the Airwallex suite

• Provide pragmatic, risk-weighted legal and regulatory advice throughout the product lifecycle, from ideation to launch and market expansion

• Coordinate with counsels across jurisdictions such as Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, the U.S., the U.K., and the European Union to discern and devise optimal paths to market for key products from a regulatory and legal perspective

• Translate legal and regulatory advice into actionable solutions that can be integrated into the product development process

• Identify synergies and efficiencies in product development across jurisdictions as products scale and expand into new markets

• Become an expert in key products in Airwallex’s product suite, understand the commercial drivers, and provide legal and regulatory advice that is strategic and solution-oriented

• Collaborate closely with the Regulatory Compliance team and Product Marketing team, as well as Data Privacy, Risk, and Financial Crime Compliance teams, to ensure robust compliance and effective go-to-market strategies

• Manage external legal counsel and consultants, ensuring high-quality, cost-effective support aligned with business drivers and risk appetite

• Monitor regulatory trends and developments in APAC, identifying changes that may impact business operations and strategic objectives

Who you are

We're looking for people who meet the minimum requirements for this role. The preferred qualifications are great to have, but are not mandatory.

Minimum qualifications:

• Law degree from a renowned university and 5–12 years of post-qualification experience, at lea...