Senior Counsel, Litigation and Employment
Brooklyn, NY, Palo Alto, CA$300k - $350kFull-timePosted 1w ago
About the role
Senior Counsel responsible for leading Whop's disputes function and serving as primary employment counsel, managing litigation/arbitration, IP protection, consumer/merchant disputes, and employment matters across the U.S. and internationally.
Responsibilities
- Litigation and arbitration. Manage Whop's litigation and arbitration docket from intake through resolution, including case strategy, budgets, settlement decisions and oversight of outside counsel. Handle smaller matters directly.
- Consumer and merchant disputes. Oversee escalated disputes with buyers, sellers and partners, including demand letters, small claims, regulatory and attorney general complaints, and other pre-litigation matters. Work with payments, support and risk teams to resolve disputes early and address their root causes.
- Dispute resolution program. Own Whop's arbitration agreement and dispute resolution terms, including strategy for managing class action and mass arbitration risk.
- Intellectual property. Manage Whop's trademark portfolio and brand protection program, handle infringement claims involving content sold on the platform, oversee DMCA and repeat-infringer processes with the product team, and advise on copyright, trade secret and open source questions.
- Employment. Advise on hiring, compensation, performance management, terminations, workplace investigations, leave and accommodation, and employee policies across a fast-growing, multi-state team.
- International employment. Advise on hiring and employment structures in new markets, including work with employers of record and local counsel.
- Investigations and requests. Lead internal investigations, and manage subpoenas, law enforcement requests, legal holds and e-discovery.
- Prevention. Build playbooks, templates, training and AI-assisted workflows for dispute intake, demand responses, takedowns and employment decisions, so the team handles growing volume consistently and efficiently.
Qualifications
- 6–10 years of legal experience, with substantial commercial or consumer litigation experience at a leading law firm, in-house or both
- JD and admission to the New York or California bar, or eligibility to register as in-house counsel
- Experience managing litigation and arbitration matters end to end, including outside counsel management and budgeting
- Experience advising on employment matters, or a strong foundation in employment litigation
- Working knowledge of trademark and copyright law, including DMCA processes
- Sound judgment about litigation risk and settlement value, with the ability to explain recommendations clearly to business leaders
- Strong organization across a high volume of concurrent matters
- Experience using AI tools to improve the efficiency and quality of legal work
Skills
Required:Litigation managementEmployment lawIntellectual property
Nice to have:AI tools for legal work
Benefits
- Base salary of $300,000-$350,000 + meaningful equity
- Health, vision and dental coverage
- Unlimited PTO
- Equinox membership
- Lunch and dinner, Monday through Friday
- Rent stipend for living within half a mile of the office
- Citi Bike membership (Brooklyn)
- Rideshare home after 10 p.m.
- Latest MacBook Pro
Last updated Oct 26, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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