Coin Market Cap Ltd - Senior Legal Counsel
Requirements
• Qualified lawyer with 4 to 7 years PQE, ideally in house, with direct experience advising crypto or web3 businesses. Exposure to payments or financial services regulation is a strong plus. • Strong working knowledge of the regulatory frameworks that apply to crypto, web3, fintech, or financial services, with the ability to apply them to real products rather than in the abstract. • Working knowledge of financial promotions and advertising or marketing regulation as it applies to financial or crypto products, including paid placement, sponsorship, and disclosure requirements. • Familiarity with the regulation of trading, brokerage, or market infrastructure activities, and the ability to recognise when a product crosses into a regulated activity. • Track record across regulatory, licensing, product, and commercial work, rather than a single specialism. • Comfort working across multiple jurisdictions and a willingness to get up to speed quickly on unfamiliar regimes, with support from local counsel where needed. • Ability to work autonomously and reliably under tight deadlines in a fast paced, high performance environment. • Clear written and verbal communication, with the ability to explain regulatory issues to non lawyers and to work with global teams across time zones. • A practical, solution oriented approach, with the initiative to spot issues early and propose workable answers. • Strong organizational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and multiple matters at once. • Fluency in English. • Experience with licensing or registration for crypto, payments, or financial services providers, for example VASP or other crypto-asset service provider regimes. • Familiarity with frameworks across more than one region, for example MiCA, UK and US regimes, or APAC, EMEA and LATAM markets. • Working knowledge of AML and KYC obligations, sanctions, and consumer or data protection rules as they apply to financial and crypto products. • Experience engaging directly with regulators. • Ability to speak and write in Chinese is a plus. Other languages are welcome. • Awareness of the regulatory issues raised by the use of AI in financial or crypto products is welcome but not required.
Responsibilities
• Advise product and business teams on the design, structuring, and launch of new products and features, balancing commercial goals against regulatory requirements. • Assess how crypto and web3 products fit within applicable regulatory frameworks, and flag where licensing, registration, or structuring changes are needed. • Produce clear regulatory analysis on questions such as token classification, financial product and index classification, derivatives, and DeFi, and turn it into practical positions for the business. • Lead and support license applications end to end, including preparing submissions, responding to regulator questions, and tracking conditions and obligations. • Track regulatory developments across crypto, web3, fintech, and payments, and translate them into practical guidance and action for the business. • Identify legal and regulatory issues early and provide clear, strategic guidance to stakeholders across the company. • Embed compliance into product design, including AML, KYC, sanctions, and travel rule considerations. • Review marketing and customer facing materials for regulatory compliance. • Advise on and review paid placement, sponsorship, and other advertising and customer facing products for promotions and disclosure compliance. • Advise on conflicts of interest, including those arising from affiliated venues or group entities, and help maintain independence and disclosure standards. • Support ongoing regulatory compliance across markets, and coordinate local counsel on multi jurisdiction questions. • Draft and negotiate commercial contracts across business lines, providing risk assessments and practical suggestions that protect the business while supporting growth. • Respond to inquiries and information requests from internal teams, external counterparties, and regulators. • Help build scalable internal guidance, playbooks, and processes so the business can move quickly while staying compliant.
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