Legal Counsel - Litigation & Regulatory

About the role

We are seeking a versatile lawyer to join Betterment's legal team. This role is central to Betterment's mission to make investing smarter, easier, and more accessible.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted legal partner to the business, triaging and investigating escalated concerns
• Resolve and avoid potential disputes, driving pre-litigation strategy
• Represent Betterment in litigation, arbitrations, and regulatory proceedings
• Manage and collaborate with outside counsel
• Coordinate responses to third-party subpoenas
• Navigate legal and regulatory requirements to address operational issues and enhance Betterment’s products and services
• Support Betterment’s policy advocacy efforts by analyzing proposed legislation and rulemakings relevant to Betterment’s business

Requirements

• A JD, admitted to the NY bar, with at least 4 years of relevant in-house or firm litigation experience
• An adaptable mindset and innate curiosity
• A bias toward action and solving problems, not just issue spotting
• The ability to take ownership over your work and manage projects independently
• Excellent writing ability
• Comfort navigating complexity and creating simplicity
• A passion for Betterment’s products and mission

Qualifications

• Knowledge of financial services regulation, especially the Advisers Act, ERISA, securities and/or banking law and related regulations
• Arbitration experience, especially FINRA or AAA proceedings
• Familiarity with privacy and/or information security issues
• Experience in retail financial services or representing financial services clients
• In-house experience at a startup or high growth company