Senior Legal Counsel

Advise product and business teams on the design, structuring, and launch of crypto, web3, fintech, and payments products. Assess regulatory requirements, support licensing work, review customer-facing materials, negotiate contracts, coordinate local counsel, and build scalable compliance guidance.

Responsibilities

• Advise product and business teams on product design, structuring, and launches.
• Assess products against applicable regulatory frameworks and identify licensing, registration, or structuring needs.
• Produce practical regulatory analysis on token classification, financial products, indexes, derivatives, and DeFi.
• Lead and support licence applications, including submissions, regulator responses, and obligation tracking.
• Track regulatory developments and translate them into practical business guidance.
• Identify legal and regulatory issues early and provide strategic guidance to stakeholders.
• Embed AML, KYC, sanctions, and travel rule considerations into product design.
• Review marketing and customer-facing materials for regulatory compliance.
• Advise on paid placement, sponsorship, advertising, promotions, and disclosure compliance.
• Advise on conflicts of interest and maintain independence and disclosure standards.
• Support ongoing regulatory compliance across markets and coordinate local counsel.
• Draft and negotiate commercial contracts and provide risk assessments.
• Respond to inquiries from internal teams, counterparties, and regulators.
• Build scalable internal guidance, playbooks, and processes.

Requirements

• Be a qualified lawyer with 4 to 7 years of post-qualification experience.
• Have direct experience advising crypto or web3 businesses.
• Know regulatory frameworks applicable to crypto, web3, fintech, or financial services.
• Know financial promotions and advertising or marketing regulation for financial or crypto products.
• Understand trading, brokerage, or market infrastructure regulation.
• Have experience across regulatory, licensing, product, and commercial work.
• Work across multiple jurisdictions.
• Work autonomously under tight deadlines.
• Communicate regulatory issues clearly to non-lawyers.
• Manage competing priorities and multiple matters.
• Be fluent in English.