Senior Counsel, Risk

Requirements

• Juris Doctor (JD) and active bar membership in good standing of at least one U.S. jurisdiction
• 6+ years of experience as an attorney, including at least 3 years focused on one or more of the following: litigation or commercial disputes, creditors’ rights or collections, bankruptcy, regulatory investigations or enforcement, or incident response
• Experience owning pre-litigation disputes end to end, including demand letters, early case assessment, and deciding when to bring in outside counsel
• Working knowledge of the regulatory landscape applicable to fintech, such as state money transmission, UDAAP, Reg E and Reg Z, BSA/AML, and bank partnership models
• Demonstrated ability to run a high-volume, high-stakes docket independently, with excellent judgment on what to resolve, what to escalate, and what to fight
• Strong drafting instincts for customer-facing and regulator-facing communications, where precision and tone both matter
• A calm, structured approach under pressure and a bias toward action and clear ownership
• Low ego, high accountability, and comfort operating cross-functionally with Compliance, Risk, Operations, and Engineering, Product & Design
• Nice to have
• 3+ years of experience as an in-house attorney at a fintech, bank, broker-dealer, or payments company
• Experience responding to bank regulatory examinations or inquiries, including from the OCC or the Federal Reserve
• Broker-dealer regulatory experience, such as responding to FINRA or SEC examinations and information requests, handling FINRA customer arbitrations and complaints, Rule 4530 reporting, or advising on SEC enforcement inquiries and subpoenas
• Experience managing collections agencies or recovery counsel, including recovery strategy in Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 proceedings
• Experience with account ownership and beneficiary dispute frameworks
• Experience managing subpoena and third-party legal process response, including under RFPA, GLBA, and similar financial privacy frameworks
• Compensation
• The expected salary range for this role is $270,000 - $335,000 USD. However, the starting base pay will depend on a number of factors, including the candidate’s location, skills, experience, market demands, and internal pay parity. Depending on the position offered, equity and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package.
• Brex LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Capital One, N.A.
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