Airwallex
Corporate Counsel
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Location
- UK - London
- Published
- Sep 24, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 26, 2026
About this role
ABOUT AIRWALLEX
Airwallex is the AI-native financial operating system for a real-time, intelligent economy. More than 675,000 businesses, including McLaren Racing, Qantas, SHEIN, and TikTok, use us, directly or through our platform partners, to run their financial operations or build and monetize financial products of their own.
We started in Melbourne in 2015 to build the infrastructure global commerce runs on. We're the regulated backbone behind global payments: not by accident, but by design. A decade plus, 85+ licenses, and a financial infrastructure spanning North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.
We're co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore, with more than 2,700 people across 27 offices. We hire builders with founder-level energy, people who move fast with good judgment, dig in with real curiosity, and make calls from first principles rather than waiting to be told what to do. Read our operating principles https://www.airwallex.com/en-us/operating-principles to see it in full.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
As Associate Corporate Counsel, you will support Airwallex’s growth in the UK by providing practical, business-focused legal advice on corporate, regulatory and commercial matters. You will work closely with Corporate Development on strategic transactions such as fundraising and M&A, partner with UK and regional leaders on new market entry, support license expansion, and help align Airwallex’s global policies and governance with UK and relevant EMEA requirements. You will also advise on marketing, referral and partnership initiatives, ensuring go-to-market activity is compliant and enables ambitious but responsible growth. This role is based in London.
RESPONSIBILITIES
You will:
- Provide clear, pragmatic advice on UK and relevant EMEA legal and regulatory requirements impacting Airwallex entities in the region, helping teams navigate applicable rules while enabling responsible growth.
- Support Corporate Development on fundraising rounds and strategic transactions, including due diligence, data rooms, corporate approvals, investment documentation, cap table changes and ongoing governance.