Assistant General Counsel

The posting, as Zip Co Limited wrote it

• Legal Expertise: J.D. from an accredited law school, active membership in at least one U.S. state bar in good standing, and 12+ years of corporate law experience within a nationally recognized law firm and/or sophisticated in-house legal team.
• M&A Leadership: Extensive experience leading complex mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and strategic transactions, with end-to-end ownership from signing through post-closing integration.
• Remote-first opportunity for US-based employees with the option to work in-person out of our Manhattan office

Start your adventure with Zip

We’re seeking an experienced and strategic Assistant General Counsel to join Zip’s Legal team, serving as a senior subject-matter expert across our corporate, financing, securities and strategic transaction activities. This is a highly visible role partnering with executive leadership, Finance, Group Treasury, Investor Relations, Strategy and cross-functional stakeholders to provide practical legal guidance that enables business growth while appropriately managing legal risk.

As a trusted legal advisor, you’ll play a lead role in sophisticated corporate transactions, advise on securities and disclosure matters, support complex financing initiatives, and help shape scalable legal processes that support Zip’s continued growth. You’ll combine exceptional legal judgment with strong commercial acumen to navigate complex business challenges in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

This is a remote-first role, with occasional in-person team gatherings and the option to work from our Manhattan office.

Interesting problems you’ll get to solve

• Primary legal lead for mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, strategic partnerships, and other corporate development initiatives from transaction structuring through post-closing integration.
• Primary legal lead for complex financing activities, including warehouse financing arrangements, receivables financing structures, securitizations, credit facilities, capital markets transactions, guarantees, and liquidity initiatives.
• Advise on U.S. securities law compliance and public company disclosure obligations, including periodic reporting, registration statements, and other filings applicable to public company or foreign private issuer frameworks.
• Support the Company's corporate governance framework by preparing Board and committee materials, resolutions, governance policies, and related corporate records, while advising on governance matters and evolving best practices.
• Partner with executive leadership to provide strategic legal counsel on securities laws, insider trading compliance, corporate governance, and public company disclosure requirements.
• Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders and manage outside counsel throughout all phases of strategic transactions while driving efficient execution.
• Identify legal risks and develop practical, commercially focused solutions that enable business objectives while appropr

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nd/or equity awards, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. If hired, employees will be in an "at-will" position and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation or benefit program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

Be a part of a team that reflects the diversity of our customers

We pride ourselves on being a workplace that provides equal opportunities to people of all ages, cultural backgrounds, sexual orientations, gender identities, abilities, veteran status, and everything else that makes you unique.

Equally, we're committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive. Please let us know if there are any adjustments that need to be made to ensure you have a fair and equitable experience.

And finally…get to know us

Zip Co Limited (ASX: ZIP) is a digital financial services company, offering innovative, people-centered products.

Operating in two core markets - Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) and the US, Zip offers access to point-of-sale credit and digital payment services, connecting millions of customers with its global network of tens of thousands of merchants.

We’re proud to be a values-led business and our values - Customer First, Own it, Stronger Together and Change the Game - guide us in everything we do.

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