Deputy General Counsel – Litigation
Mercury
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: California • New York • United States
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Salary
💰 $272,200 - $378,000 per year
About the role
- 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.
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
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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