codex - Senior Legal Counsel, APAC
Requirements
• Qualified lawyer with 8 –10 years of experience, ideally combining a first-tier law firm foundation with in-house experience at a fintech payments company • Deep expertise in financial partnership contracts and payments regulation — this is a domain specialist role, not a generalist one • Comfortable operating autonomously: you can pick up a complex contract, identify the issues, and drive it to execution without needing significant direction • Commercially aware — you understand that legal is an enabler of the business, not a gate, and you give advice accordingly • Meticulous and detail-oriented, with the communication skills to translate complex legal positions into clear guidance for non-lawyers • Based in APAC or a time zone that overlaps meaningfully with the team • Experience across multiple APAC and other regions and familiarity with the regulatory frameworks governing cross-border payments and digital assets in the region • Exposure to stablecoin or digital asset regulation • Prior experience as a solo or early legal hire at a fast-growing fintech
Responsibilities
• Financial Partnership Contracts • Review, negotiate, and execute commercial agreements with financial partners — payment providers, banking counterparties, liquidity providers, and PSPs • Own the contract lifecycle end-to-end: preparing markups, tracking open issues, coordinating with counterparties, and driving to execution without losing momentum • Maintain and update standard form FP agreements as the regulatory and commercial environment evolves • Advise the Financial Partnerships and Sales teams on commercial terms, entity routing, and deal structuring across multi-entity, multi-jurisdiction arrangements • Financial Partner RFIs & Due Diligence • Manage inbound legal and regulatory due diligence requests from financial partners — collating documentation, preparing regulatory status summaries, and coordinating with Compliance on AML/CFT-related queries • Prepare and maintain legal memos, licensing summaries, and corporate documentation packages for partners requiring clarity on Codex's regulatory status and entity structure • Ensure Codex's outbound KYB documentation to financial partners is accurate, current, and responsive • Product Regulatory Analysis • Analyse the regulatory implications of new products, payment corridors, and client segments before they go live — identifying licensing requirements, restrictions, and structural considerations across relevant jurisdictions • Advise Product and Engineering on the legal constraints that affect feature design, entity routing, and market entry sequencing • Monitor regulatory developments across key jurisdictions (APAC, LATAM, EMEA) and brief the legal and business teams on material changes
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