Assistant General Counsel

The role

The Assistant General Counsel is a senior legal advisor on corporate, financing, securities and strategic transactions. The role leads M&A and complex financing work and advises executive leadership and cross-functional teams. It also includes mentoring junior legal staff.

What you will do

• Lead mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, partnerships and other corporate development deals from structuring through post-closing integration.
• Lead complex financing work, including warehouse, receivables and securitization structures, credit facilities and capital markets transactions.
• Advise on U.S. securities law compliance and public company disclosure obligations, including periodic reports and filings.
• Prepare Board and committee materials, resolutions, governance policies and corporate records.
• Advise executive leadership on securities, insider trading, governance and disclosure matters.
• Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders and manage outside counsel through transactions.
• Identify legal risks and develop practical, commercially focused solutions.
• Develop scalable legal processes, templates and governance practices.
• Use AI-assisted legal tools and advise on AI governance, privacy and related legal risks.
• Mentor junior legal professionals.

Required qualifications

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school.
• Active membership in at least one U.S. state bar in good standing.
• 12+ years of corporate law experience, including significant experience at a nationally recognized law firm and/or a sophisticated in-house legal department.
• Extensive M&A experience leading mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and strategic transactions from signing through post-closing integration.
• Deep finance expertise in structured and corporate finance transactions, including warehouse financing, receivables financing, securitizations, credit facilities and capital markets.
• Strong securities law knowledge, including public company or foreign private issuer reporting and disclosure (Form 20-F, Form 6-K, earnings releases, investor communications).
• Demonstrated ability to advise senior leadership on complex legal, governance and strategic matters.
• AI fluency: able to evaluate AI-generated legal work, understand AI governance and privacy considerations, and apply sound judgment when using AI in legal workflows.
• Commercial judgment and ability to manage multiple high-priority matters independently.
• Experience managing outside counsel and partnering across Legal, Finance, Treasury, Investor Relations and Corporate Development.
• Experience improving legal operations, governance processes, templates or scalable legal frameworks.

Nice to have

• Experience as in-house counsel at a public fintech, financial services or payments company, or equivalent advisory experience at a top-tier law firm.

Benefits

• Flexible working culture
• Incentive programs
• Unlimited PTO
• Generous paid parental leave
• Family support policies
• Company-sponsored 401k match
• Learning and wellness subscription stipend
• Casual dress code at the Union Square office
• Employer-sponsored medical insurance for you and your dependents, with several 100% company-covered options
• Full range of medical, financial and other benefits

Before you apply

• The posting states that the company participates in the federal E-Verify program.
• The role is at-will; the company may change base salary and other compensation or benefits at any time.

About the company

Zip Co Limited (ASX: ZIP) is a digital financial services company offering point-of-sale credit and digital payment services. It operates in Australia, New Zealand and the US, connecting customers with a global network of merchants.