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Senior Product Counsel

Whop· Legal
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Brooklyn, NY, Palo Alto, CA$275k - $325kFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Senior Product Counsel at Whop focusing on advising product, engineering, payments and risk teams on payments regulation, consumer protection and platform liability throughout product design, launch, and operation.

Responsibilities

  • Payments products. Advise on pay-ins, payouts, embedded checkout, stored balances, multi-currency flows and API products, including money transmission and licensing analysis, payment facilitator and marketplace models, and the allocation of regulatory responsibility with sponsor banks and processors.
  • Payment partner and network requirements. Interpret and operationalize card network rules and the requirements of our bank and processor partners, and support related audits, reviews and onboarding.
  • Financial crimes compliance. Partner with risk and compliance teams on BSA/AML, KYC/KYB, sanctions and fraud programs as they apply to product design and merchant onboarding.
  • Marketplace and platform issues. Advise on seller verification and transparency obligations (including the INFORM Consumers Act and the EU Digital Services Act), content and prohibited-products policies, intermediary liability, DMCA processes and Section 230.
  • Consumer protection. Advise on subscriptions, automatic renewal and negative option rules, refunds and disputes, pricing and fee disclosures, UDAP/UDAAP, and FTC guidance on endorsements and affiliate marketing.
  • Terms and policies. Own Whop's user-facing terms, seller and buyer agreements, acceptable use and prohibited-business policies, and in-product disclosures.
  • Privacy, data and AI. Advise on privacy-by-design, data use, and AI-enabled features, working with the commercial team on DPAs and customer-facing commitments.
  • International launches. Assess regulatory requirements for launches in Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Germany, France and Colombia, and coordinate with local counsel.
  • Regulatory engagement. Support licensing applications, regulator inquiries and examinations, and track legislative and regulatory developments that affect our products.
  • Scalable guidance. Build product review processes, launch checklists and guidance that let product teams move quickly without sacrificing compliance.

Qualifications

  • 5–10 years of legal experience, with substantial experience advising on payments, fintech or financial services products
  • JD and admission to the New York or California bar, or eligibility to register as in-house counsel
  • Working knowledge of U.S. payments regulation, including money transmission, BSA/AML, sanctions, card network rules and the bank partnership model
  • Experience advising online marketplaces or platforms on consumer protection and intermediary liability issues
  • Ability to translate complex regulatory requirements into clear, practical guidance for product and engineering teams
  • Sound judgment about regulatory risk, including when a requirement is firm and when there is room for a reasonable, well-documented position
  • Experience using AI tools to improve the efficiency and quality of legal work

Skills

Required:Payments regulationRegulatory guidance for product teams

Benefits

  • 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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