Counsel, Corporate & Commercial

We are looking for a dynamic corporate & commercial lawyer to join our Boston-based Legal team. This role is international and highly cross-functional, with responsibility for corporate governance and subsidiary management, expansion efforts in North America, Europe and Asia, as well as support for general commercial matters. This lawyer will also have significant runway to grow in the role and expand their areas of responsibility. A successful candidate will be entrepreneurial, resourceful, comfortable learning new things and highly effective at organization, prioritization and driving impact across the business.

This position will be based in our Boston office with a hybrid work schedule, 4 days in office and 1 day remote each week.

What You'll Do

• End-to-end management of our global subsidiaries across North America, Europe and Asia, partnering closely with Tax, Treasury, Finance and other functions to optimize our global legal and operational structure.
• Drive and scale international enablement workstreams, including maintaining playbooks for international expansion and standardizing repeatable processes. 
• Support general commercial matters, including contract drafting and negotiation, legal research and analysis and other internal legal requests.
• Partner closely with the business to manage a centralized knowledge base of applicable regulations and compliance requirements for regulated business lines.
• Select and manage outside counsel where needed; hold external advisors to a high bar and act as the bridge between outside counsel and our internal teams to drive cost-effective and business-oriented solutions.

What You'll Need

• J.D. with top academic credentials and membership with at least one state bar.
• Excellent analytical, writing and communication skills, with the ability to navigate a large organization and collaborate cross-functionally. 
• Willingness to master new and unfamiliar areas of practice. Legal knowledge related to any of the following is a plus: e-commerce, commercial contracts, privacy and data protection, consumer finance, and supply chain issues.
• Project management experience and the ability to prioritize, multi-task, meet deadlines and maintain flexibility in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

• Self-motivation to seek out challenges and tenacity to pursue excellent outcomes; willingness to roll-up sleeves, pitch-in and tackle problems of all shapes and sizes. 

Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities
Wayfair is fully committed to providing equal opportunities for all individuals, including individuals with disabilities. As part of this commitment, Wayfair will make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified individuals with disabilities, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on business operations. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact candidateaccommodations@wayfair.com.
 
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About Wayfair Inc.
Wayfair is one of the world’s largest online destinations for the home. Whether you work in our global headquarters in Boston or Berlin, or in our warehouses or offices throughout the world, we’re reinventing the way people shop for their homes. Through our commitment to industry-leading technology and creative problem-solving, we are confident that Wayfair will be home to the most rewarding work of your career. If you’re looking for rapid growth, constant learning, and dynamic challenges, then you’ll find that amazing career opportunities are knocking.

No matter who you are, Wayfair is a place you can call home. We’re a community of innovators, risk-takers, and trailblazers who celebrate our differences, and know that our unique perspectives make us stronger, smarter, and well-positioned for success. We value and rely on the collective voices of our employees, customers, community, and suppliers to help guide us as we build a better Wayfair – and world – for all. Every voice, every perspective matters. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic.

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