Legal Counsel

Overview

This role involves legal counsel to help the organization navigate complex regulatory frameworks as it designs and launches innovative financial products and services. The position provides practical, business-oriented legal guidance across U.S. broker-dealer regulation, digital assets, payments, and other evolving areas of financial services.

Responsibilities

• Navigate complex regulatory frameworks to support the design and implementation of innovative financial products and services.
• Lead legal reviews of product design, marketing, and customer onboarding processes to ensure compliance with applicable regulations while enabling business growth.
• Support other business areas as needed, including digital assets, payments, and data privacy.
• Advise on the application of new or anticipated legal requirements and regulatory guidance to the firm’s systems, policies, and procedures.
• Monitor regulatory developments at relevant governmental agencies and self-regulatory organizations, including the SEC, FINRA, CFTC, FinCEN, and OFAC.
• Support engagement with regulators, including the SEC, FINRA, and other agencies.
• Draft agreements, disclosures, policies, and procedures.
• Conduct legal research and analysis on novel questions and provide clear, practical guidance to internal stakeholders.
• Manage litigation, arbitration, and other disputes, including developing case strategy, coordinating with outside counsel, responding to claims and discovery, and advising the business on risk and resolution options.
• Partner cross-functionally with Product, Brokerage, Crypto, Compliance, Anti-Money Laundering, Sales, and Success.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• J.D. degree (or foreign equivalent) and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar.
• 5–7+ years of legal experience, with at least 3 years focused on U.S. broker-dealer regulation, including the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, regulations and rules thereunder, FINRA rules, and other federal and state securities laws.
• Familiarity with U.S. cryptoasset regulatory regimes, including the SEC, CFTC, NYDFS, FinCEN, and AML requirements.
• Strong experience advising fintechs or financial institutions, ideally in a startup or growth-stage environment.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver strategic, business-oriented legal advice under tight deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and a practical, collaborative working style.
• Strong judgment, self-motivation, and the ability to work independently and manage multiple projects.
• Comfort with ambiguity and a growth mindset in a fast-scaling company.

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive salary and stock options
• Health benefits
• New hire home-office setup: one-time USD $500
• Monthly stipend: USD $150 per month via a Brex Card

Location

• U.S.-headquartered; global team with teammates spanning the USA, Canada, Japan, Hungary, Nigeria, Brazil, the UK, and beyond.