In-House Immigration Counsel

As a member of the Legal team at Akuna, you will contribute to an environment of confidentiality, accountability, and collaboration. Our Legal team provides legal advice, services and support to the business on a wide range of topics, and we are seeking an In-House Immigration Counsel to manage issues related to Akuna’s foreign national employees, prepare non-immigrant and immigrant visa petitions, and advise employees and managers on relevant regulations, policies and procedures. You will work closely with business and legal professionals within Akuna and other institutions. Using your up-to-date knowledge, you will support Akuna in meeting its strategic and operational goals. In this role, you will:

• Prepare a full range of business immigration applications for employees across various disciplines
• Review of case documents, tracking, monitoring, and logging all evidence and documents for relevant petitions, and prepare documentation for filings
• Liaise with employees to communicate immigration case status
• Research immigration law, processes, and procedures to ensure company compliance
• Advise on I-9 and E-Verify compliance and corporate immigration policies and strategies
• Develop best practices and communication workflows for new employee intake

Qualities that make great candidates:

• JD Degree from an ABA accredited law school and license to practice law in the U.S.
• 5+ years of experience as an immigration attorney
• Experience in full range of NIV petitions, including H-1B, E-3, B-1, and L-1A/L-1B; PERM, I-140, I-485; and RFE responses
• Ability to prioritize, manage, and implement multiple projects in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment
• Excellent attention to detail and case management/organizational skills
• Ability to take ownership and complete assignments under minimal supervision
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Extraordinary interpersonal skills and client service attitude
• Handles confidential information with professionalism
• Proficiency in MS Office, including Excel, Word and PowerPoint

About Akuna:

Akuna Capital is an innovative trading firm with a strong focus on collaboration, cutting-edge technology, data driven solutions and automation. We specialise in providing liquidity as an options market maker – meaning we are committed to providing competitive quotes that we are willing to both buy and sell. To do this successfully we design and implement our own low latency technologies, trading strategies and mathematical models. At Akuna we have a flat structure, where the best idea wins.

Our Founding Partners, including our CEO Andrew Killion, first conceptualised Akuna in their hometown of Sydney. They opened our first office in 2011 in Chicago, the heart of the derivatives & options industry. Akuna then expanded to Sydney in 2018 to be the centre of our Asian trading operations. We are currently trading HK, Korea, cryptocurrencies and US night markets and are excited for expansions into all the major Asian exchanges. We also have offices in Shanghai and Boston.

At Akuna, we believe that the people are the centre of everything we do. Our Sydney office has a start-up feel with around 100 people, which means you really get to know the team! We run social poker competitions, office happy hours, have a fully stacked breakfast and snack room, host social events, go on company trips, have social clubs, and offer great training with our Akuna University. We are expanding rapidly and looking for the best talent to join us on this journey. If you enjoy being part of smart, driven teams with real challenges to solve- this could be the place for you!