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 work hard and our teams have great freedom and responsibility to choose the best solutions, technologies and approaches to evolve the product to the next level.

We believe that being a global, multicultural company is a tremendous strength and we have people working from 18 different countries with hubs in Bucharest, Copenhagen, Kuala Lumpur, and San Francisco. We believe that if we truly focus on how to work distributed and collaborate across locations and (home) offices, we will not only enjoy work more but also build better products for our customers, and ultimately be a better company.

About The Role

Tradeshift is increasingly a fintech company and is partnering with various companies to bring innovative approaches for liquidity to small and medium-sized suppliers on the Tradeshift platform and to integrate from the Tradeshift platform and B2B SaaS products to more financial services.

A vacancy has arisen for a highly intelligent and commercially minded financial services lawyer to join our small legal team as an Associate General Counsel, at least initially, reporting into the General Counsel who is based in the US.

What You’ll Be Doing

You will take on a lot of responsibility and autonomy from day one in support of the Tradeshift financial-service related integration projects and early payment programs:

• helping the Tradeshift CASH operations team manage relationships with strategic funding and finance partners,
• Supporting the Tradeshift Go business team as Tradeshift seeks to expand geographic coverage
• instructing and coordinating with outside trade finance counsel in multiple jurisdictions, as needed,
• providing compliance-focused legal review of new product functionality and marketing messages related to financial services integration,
• working closely with commercial teams on customer-facing terms and new strategic alliance transactions,
• providing general support driving strategic business initiatives into the financial services sector

Let’s Connect If You…

• JD/Equivalent from accredited University or US law qualified with 5-7 years experience in trade finance, securitization, and/or capital markets (or equivalent)
• 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
• 3-5 years experience with financial services compliance requirements and processes from in-house role at a financial services or fintech company
• Experience leading negotiations opposite large companies and coordinating legal counsel 
• Proven ability to build trusted, professional relationships while maintaining independence.

Preferred (Nice to Have) Qualifications:

• Some familiarity with payment processing regulations and legal regimes in SE Asia,
• 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.

Location:

Most Tradeshift employees in the UK and US 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 or Western EU but a preference would be for US to facilitate in person meetings.  Based on current partnerships, a US authorized lawyer is preferred.

Additional Information

We value diversity at our company. Tradeshift prohibits unlawful discrimination based on race, color, religious or religious creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state, or local laws. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.