Mercury

Banking for startups: mercury.com

Deputy General Counsel – Litigation

General CounselGeneral CounselFull TimeRemoteTeam 201-500Since 2019H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

California + 2 moreAll locations: California, New York, Oregon

Posted

54 days ago

Salary

$272.2K - $378K / year

12 yrs expEnglish

Job Description

• Own Mercury’s litigation and disputes portfolio, including civil litigation, arbitration, investigations, regulatory enforcement, and other adversarial matters. • Set litigation strategy, grounded in facts, risk tolerance, and business context. • Build and scale Mercury’s litigation function, including playbooks, escalation frameworks, and outside counsel strategy, with an eye toward achieving differentiated outcomes. • Oversee subpoena and government request response, balancing speed, rigor, and practicality. • Advise senior leadership and the Board during high-stakes situations, helping the company navigate tradeoffs and move forward decisively. • Identify patterns across matters, and partner with teams to reduce future risk through better systems, product design, or processes. • Be a calm, trusted presence when issues are ambiguous and timelines are short.

Job Requirements

  • 12+ years of legal experience, with significant litigation or enforcement experience.
  • An exceptional communicator and advocate, able to explain complex issues clearly and persuasively.
  • A strategic, practical thinker who can weigh risk without slowing the business unnecessarily.
  • Comfortable owning decisions and giving direct advice when there’s no obvious right answer.
  • Creativity is required, and a willingness to push beyond “the way things are normally done” to achieve outsized outcomes for Mercury.
  • A mix of in-house experience at a technology company (particularly in regulated industries) along with a strong law firm litigation background, with hands-on exposure to contested matters.
  • Fintech, financial services, and/or government experience are a plus.
  • Experience with government investigations/enforcement (federal + state) with pragmatic response posture.
  • Strong legal-tech instincts (including AI) - can evaluate tools, deploy them responsibly, and drive adoption to make the team meaningfully faster.

Benefits

  • The total rewards package at Mercury includes base salary, equity (stock options), and benefits.
  • Competitive salary
  • Flexible working hours

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