Senior Counsel, Litigation and Employment

The role

You will own the disputes function and serve as the primary employment counsel. You will manage litigation, arbitration, intellectual property, consumer and merchant disputes, and employment matters.

What you will do

• Manage litigation and arbitration docket from intake through resolution
• Oversee escalated disputes with buyers, sellers and partners
• Own Whop's arbitration agreement and dispute resolution terms
• Manage trademark portfolio and brand protection program
• Advise on hiring, compensation, performance management, terminations, workplace investigations, leave and accommodation, and employee policies
• Advise on hiring and employment structures in new markets
• Lead internal investigations and manage subpoenas, law enforcement requests, legal holds and e-discovery
• Build playbooks, templates, training and AI-assisted workflows

Required qualifications

• 6–10 years of legal experience, with substantial commercial or consumer litigation experience at a leading law firm, in-house or both
• JD and admission to the New York or California bar, or eligibility to register as in-house counsel
• Experience managing litigation and arbitration matters end to end, including outside counsel management and budgeting
• Experience advising on employment matters, or a strong foundation in employment litigation
• Working knowledge of trademark and copyright law, including DMCA processes
• Sound judgment about litigation risk and settlement value
• Strong organization across a high volume of concurrent matters
• Experience using AI tools to improve the efficiency and quality of legal work

Nice to have

• Consumer class action or mass arbitration defense experience
• Experience with payments disputes, chargebacks or financial services litigation
• Experience with online marketplaces, platform liability or creator economy businesses
• California employment law experience
• Experience with regulatory investigations or attorney general inquiries

Benefits

• Health, vision and dental coverage
• Unlimited PTO
• Equinox membership
• Lunch and dinner, Monday through Friday
• Rent stipend for living within half a mile of the office
• Citi Bike membership (Brooklyn)
• Rideshare home after 10 p.m.
• Latest MacBook Pro

About the company

Whop is building institution-grade financial infrastructure for internet entrepreneurs. More than 27,000 internet businesses use the Whop Payments Network.