OnHires - Head of Legal

• Qualified solicitor or barrister in England & Wales, typically with 8+ years PQE. • Hands-on UK financial services regulatory experience, including at least one FCA authorisation or variation of permission that you personally owned or materially led, from perimeter analysis to decision. • Direct, personal interaction with the FCA: correspondence, meetings and representation that you led yourself. • Crypto or digital-asset legal experience at licensed or established firms, such as registered or authorised exchanges, regulated on/off-ramps, licensed custodians or infrastructure providers. • Cryptoasset, e-money or payments perimeter experience. Engagement with the 2025–26 FCA cryptoasset consultations is highly relevant. • Ability to draft and negotiate English-law B2B fintech agreements independently. • A track record of owning regulatory outcomes, not only advising on them. Law-firm backgrounds are welcome where this is evident. • Ability to take a clear position under pressure from senior stakeholders and counterparties, and to translate legal risk into business options with a recommendation. • Comfort operating as a remote senior with no legal support structure beneath you, working with a leadership team based outside the UK. • Practical use of AI tools in legal drafting, research or review. • Fluent legal English to regulator-facing standard. • Existing right to work in the UK, and the ability to attend regulator meetings in London as required. • Team management experience is not required. We welcome strong senior counsel ready to step into a Head of Legal role. • Previous Head of Legal, GC or senior counsel role at a UK-authorised EMI, PI or FCA-registered cryptoasset firm. • Experience of a firm moving from AML registration to full FSMA authorisation. • Involvement in industry working groups or trade association engagement on the new UK crypto regime. • Knowledge of UK safeguarding and prudential requirements for e-money and payments. • Crown Dependency (Jersey, Guernsey, Isle of Man) or Australian regulatory exposure. • Card scheme legal experience, such as Visa/Mastercard rules and principal membership. • Experience building a legal or regulatory function in a jurisdiction from scratch. • What’s on offer • What’s on offer • A direct reporting line to the CEO and ownership of the company’s UK market entry. • A defining role in a first-wave authorisation under the UK’s new cryptoasset regime. • A remote setup in the UK, with a flat structure and fast decisions. • An employment or B2B contract, with a performance bonus linked to UK authorisation milestones. • A fast, transparent hiring process, typically completed within four weeks.