Overview
This role serves as the principal legal lead for global regulatory affairs within a leading blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency exchange. The position involves ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements across multiple jurisdictions and managing associated legal risks worldwide. The legal lead will develop and execute a global regulatory legal strategy aligned with evolving international laws, directives, and regulatory frameworks in the cryptocurrency and financial services sectors.
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage the global regulatory legal team, providing strategic legal expertise and direction to address complex regulatory challenges across all regions.
- Develop, implement, and continuously refine the global regulatory legal strategy to ensure compliance with diverse regulatory regimes and proactively manage legal risks.
- Act as the primary legal liaison with regulatory authorities worldwide, building and maintaining strong relationships to facilitate constructive dialogue and advance regulatory interests.
- Oversee the preparation, submission, and management of regulatory filings, licenses, permits, and approvals required for operations in multiple jurisdictions.
- Provide expert legal advice on a broad range of regulatory matters affecting products, services, and business operations globally.
- Monitor and interpret regulatory developments across key markets, anticipate potential legal impacts, and advise senior management on necessary compliance measures and strategic legal responses.
- Coordinate and lead legal responses to regulatory inquiries, investigations, audits, and enforcement actions worldwide, ensuring timely and effective resolution.
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including compliance, risk, business development, and product to embed regulatory legal considerations into global business processes and product launches.
- Drive the development and delivery of regulatory legal training and awareness programs for internal stakeholders globally to enhance the regulatory compliance culture.
- Manage relationships with external legal counsel and consultants globally to support regulatory matters and complex legal issues.
- Oversee the global regulatory legal team’s operational functions, including budgeting, resource allocation, and performance management.
Requirements
- Qualified to practice law in a leading jurisdiction with significant international regulatory legal experience.
- Minimum of 15 years’ experience in regulatory legal roles, preferably within technology, financial services, or cryptocurrency sectors.
- Proven expertise in managing complex regulatory compliance issues and engaging with regulatory authorities across multiple jurisdictions globally.
- Strong knowledge of global financial products, including spot and derivatives trading, payment systems, and digital assets.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and execute global regulatory strategies in a fast-evolving and highly regulated environment.
- Experience leading and managing high-performing legal teams across multiple regions.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to build trusted relationships with regulators, business leaders, and external counsel.
- Deep understanding of the cryptocurrency industry and its regulatory landscape worldwide.
- Exceptional communication and negotiation skills, with fluency in English; additional language skills are a plus.
- Strong business acumen combined with a pragmatic and solutions-oriented approach to regulatory challenges.
- Ability to work effectively in a dynamic, fast-paced, and high-pressure environment, managing multiple priorities and deadlines.
Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive salary and company benefits.
- Work-from-home arrangement (may vary depending on the nature of the business team).
Location
Global role with responsibilities spanning multiple jurisdictions.