Senior Legal Counsel

  • Full-time
  • Department: Business Operations

Company Description

Have you ever worked for a company that actually wanted you to bring your whole self to work every single day?

About Tradeshift

Tradeshift is a unicorn in the fintech industry. We are disrupting a typically stagnant environment by connecting companies of all sizes and providing them with the platform and network needed to create value from old processes like procurement, invoicing payments, and workflow. We recognize that business is both messy and social - two revelations that have driven the development of Tradeshift, a platform for all your business interactions.  We are helping keep the economy going and helping small businesses from going under.

Founded in 2010 in Copenhagen, Tradeshift now boasts a global team of 750 employees, is now headquartered in San Francisco, California, and offices in New York, London, Copenhagen, Bucharest, Paris, Suzhou, Shanghai, and Tokyo.  Tradeshift has a global network of more than 1.5MM companies and has raised more than $600MM including $250MM from Goldman Sachs.  

Tradeshift is The Global Trade Company...we are synonymous with global trade; however, we still need to switch the language, change the narrative from Procure-to-Pay to FinTech.  Tradeshift truly believes to its core that we are playing a critical role in transforming Payments landscape.

Job Description

With the Tradeshift Cash program, Tradeshift is partnering with various companies to bring innovative approaches for liquidity to small and medium-sized suppliers on the Tradeshift platform.

A vacancy has arisen for a highly intelligent and commercially minded finance lawyer to join our small legal team as a Senior Legal Counsel, at least initially, reporting into the Associate General Counsel for Product, Alliances, and Compliance

You will take on a lot of responsibility and autonomy from day one in support of the Tradeshift early payment programs:

  • helping the Tradeshift CASH operations team manage relationships with strategic funding and finance partners,

  • instructing and coordinating with outside trade finance counsel in multiple jurisdictions, as needed,

  • providing business-savvy legal review of new product features and functionality and marketing messages,

  • working closely with commercial teams on customer-facing terms and new strategic alliance transactions,

  • providing general support driving strategic business initiatives, including development and deployment of new products, policies, and solutions.

Qualifications

You have the background…

  • English (UK) or US law qualified with 5-7 years experience in trade finance, securitization, and/or capital markets (or equivalent)

  • Significant prior work with trade finance, receivables purchase, supply chain finance (SCF), and/or securitizations is required. 

  • Direct experience in origination and execution of diversified pool securitization (e.g. trade receivables, auto, lease, other asset classes), receivables purchase, insured pool transactions, and/or supply chain finance.

  • Beginning-to-end expertise in complex multi-party strategic alliance transactions, including drafting and review of all related documentation.

  • Good knowledge of regulatory issues and industry approaches relating to financing, securitization, and/or direct lending, including AML, KYC, and financial service provider regimes

  • Proven ability to build trusted, professional relationships while maintaining independence.

It would be great if you also have…

  • Some familiarity with payment processing regulations and legal regimes,

  • Background in financial industry compliance program management,

  • Prior experience providing legal advice to a platform or SaaS company,

  • Multiple languages – English is required, but French and/or Spanish would be nice

  • You are personable and confident with the ability to interact effectively with senior executives.

Additional Information

Location:

Most Tradeshift employees are working remotely at this time but Tradeshift has main offices in Copenhagen, London, and San Francisco.  You could be located anywhere in the US, UK, or EU but a preference would be for NY, UK, Denmark, or California.

Culture:


Our culture began on day one when three Danes poured their brains, heart, and guts into creating a platform that could connect every business in the world. We expect each employee to approach their work with the same amount of pride and passion. One day you might find us having a ping pong match in the middle of the workday, and then you’ll find us handing off projects to colleagues in different time zones so we can continue progress around the clock. 

TradeShifters come from various backgrounds and nations, and we all thrive off challenging the status quo. We take pride in nurturing employee happiness, encouraging personal development, and welcoming teammates from all walks of life.

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