Senior Legal Counsel
Location
Singapore
Posted
2 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Legal Counsel
CoinMarketCap
• Advise product and business teams on the design, structuring, and launch of new products and features. • Assess how crypto and web3 products fit within applicable regulatory frameworks. • Produce clear regulatory analysis on questions such as token classification and derivatives. • Lead and support license applications end to end. • Track regulatory developments across crypto, web3, fintech, and payments. • Identify legal and regulatory issues early and provide clear, strategic guidance. • Embed compliance into product design, including AML, KYC, and sanctions considerations. • Review marketing and customer facing materials for regulatory compliance. • Advise on conflicts of interest, including those arising from affiliated venues. • Support ongoing regulatory compliance across markets. • Draft and negotiate commercial contracts across business lines. • Respond to inquiries and information requests from internal teams and regulators. • Help build scalable internal guidance and processes to ensure compliance.
Job Requirements
- Qualified lawyer with 4 to 7 years PQE, ideally in house, with direct experience advising crypto or web3 businesses.
- Strong working knowledge of the regulatory frameworks that apply to crypto, web3, fintech, or financial services.
- Working knowledge of financial promotions and advertising or marketing regulation as it applies to financial or crypto products.
- Familiarity with the regulation of trading, brokerage, or market infrastructure activities.
- Track record across regulatory, licensing, product, and commercial work.
- Comfort working across multiple jurisdictions and a willingness to get up to speed quickly on unfamiliar regimes.
- Ability to work autonomously and reliably under tight deadlines in a fast paced environment.
- Clear written and verbal communication, with the ability to explain regulatory issues to non lawyers.
- A practical, solution oriented approach.
- Strong organizational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities.
- Fluency in English.
- Preferred: Experience with licensing or registration for crypto, payments, or financial services providers.
- Familiarity with frameworks across more than one region.
- Working knowledge of AML and KYC obligations, sanctions, and consumer or data protection rules.
- Experience engaging directly with regulators.
- Ability to speak and write in Chinese is a plus.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Remote work options
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