Senior Counsel, Risk

Brex·San Francisco, California, United Statessenior

In short

→Asesor legal clave en incidentes críticos, disputas y procesos regulatorios.
→Gestión end-to-end de disputas, cobranzas, bancarrotas y reclamaciones de fondos.
→Destacado rol como coordinador legal entre equipos durante crisis y compliance.

Fluency in English required

In ~1 minute you get: who interviews you, the likely questions answered from your CV, and your CV tailored to this job. Free, no card.

🎧Land the interview? Bring the copilot. Our free extension listens to the live interview and flashes 3-4-word anchors from your resume and prep — glance, connect, talk. Get the extension →

What they ask for

✓Experiencia en derecho corporativo o de riesgos en entornos fintech o bancarios.
✓Capacidad para gestionar disputas legales, cobranzas y bancarrotas.
✓Conocimiento en derecho de créditos, propiedad de cuentas y derecho bancario.
✓Experiencia en gestión de incidentes legales y coordinación interdepartamental.
✓Familiaridad con regulaciones financieras y cumplimiento regulatorio.
✓Habilidades de comunicación y redacción legal avanzadas.

Don't tick every box? That's normal — your free dossier shows your gaps and how to cover them in the interview.

Corporate LawRisk ManagementDispute ResolutionBankruptcy LawCollectionsRegulatory ComplianceIncident ResponseLegal OpsOutside Counsel ManagementCustomer Remediation

Who should you write to at Brex?

Your free dossier identifies the people who'd interview you — their background, what they value, and how to reach out so you stand out before applying.

Why join us Brex is the intelligent finance platform that enables companies to spend smarter and move faster in more than 200 markets. By combining global corporate cards and banking with intuitive spend management, bill pay, and travel software, Brex enables founders and finance teams to accelerate operations, gain real-time visibility, and control spend effortlessly. Brex’s AI-native automation and world-class service eliminate manual expense and accounting tasks for customers so they can focus on what matters most. Tens of thousands of the world's best companies run on Brex, including DoorDash, Coinbase, Robinhood, Zoom, Plaid, Reddit, and SeatGeek. Working at Brex allows you to push your limits, challenge the status quo, and collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry. We’re committed to building a diverse team and inclusive culture and believe your potential should only be limited by how big you can dream. We make this a reality by empowering you with the tools, resources, and support you need to grow your career. Legal at Brex The Legal team helps the company grow responsibly, advocating for Brex and for the thousands of growing businesses we serve. We provide strategic advice and guidance to all Brex teams, protect Brex, advise on risk, and represent the company externally, negotiating with partners and interacting with regulators. Reimagining the financial system in a highly regulated environment requires creativity and resourcefulness, and we welcome the challenge. Where you’ll work This role will be based in our San Francisco office. We are a hybrid environment that combines the energy and connections of being in the office with the benefits and flexibility of working from home. We currently require a minimum of three coordinated days in the office per week, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. As a perk, we also have up to four weeks per year of fully remote work! What you'll do As Risk Counsel, you will own the legal response to the moments that matter most: disputes, incidents, collections, and regulatory inquiries. You will be the connective tissue between Legal, Compliance, Risk, Operations, and our product teams when things go wrong, and you will drive them to resolution. Specifically, you will: • Manage pre-litigation matters end to end, including demand letters, disputes with customers, vendors, and counterparties, and early case assessment, working with outside counsel where escalation is warranted • Lead the legal resolution of account and funds ownership disputes, including competing claims to accounts, deceased or dissolved account holders, business partner separations, and interpleader-adjacent scenarios • Oversee the legal side of collections on delinquent commercial card and lending balances, including strategy for escalated accounts, engagement and management of collections agencies and outside counsel, and ensuring collections practices comply with applicable law and our bank partner requirements • Manage bankruptcy matters involving Brex customers and counterparties, including proof of claim filings, automatic stay compliance, preference and clawback exposure, and coordinating recovery strategy in Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 proceedings • Serve as legal lead on incidents across the company, from intake through root cause, coordinating cross-functional response and ensuring privilege is appropriately established and maintained • Drive remediation programs arising from incidents, including scoping affected customer populations, structuring remediation approaches, and documenting completion • Own legal review and strategy for customer outreach connected to incidents and remediations, including notification content, timing, and channel decisions • Prepare and man

Looking for something similar?

Leave your email and we'll alert you when matching jobs appear.

Don't apply unprepared

We research who's interviewing you, tailor your CV and rehearse you live — first one free.