Hybrid Assistant General Counsel

at Bitstamp

• Job title: Assistant General Counsel
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior, Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Postgraduate Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Luxembourg

About the role

• Assistant General Counsel overseeing compliance across Bitstamp’s operations in Europe, focusing on financial and crypto regulations. Leading legal projects while collaborating with various stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Serve as regulatory counsel with a focus on financial and crypto regulation in the European Union (primarily Luxembourg and Slovenia, potentially Lithuania) and other relevant markets (e.g. British Virgin Islands, United Kingdom, Singapore).
• Manage licensing and regulatory communications, including ongoing supervision and regulatory correspondence from Legal perspective.
• Provide strategic legal advice on the design, development, and modification of products and services in response to evolving regulatory landscapes.
• Counsel internal stakeholders on crypto-asset services, payment services, and e-money frameworks.
• Lead or independently handle regulatory and product implementation projects, anticipating risks and proposing practical, business-aligned solutions.
• Provide general in-house legal support, including but not limited to corporate governance, litigation support, and contract negotiation and review.

Requirements

• Law Degree in any EU jurisdiction, LLM considered an asset.
• At least 8 years of experience in an in-house legal role or in a law firm of good repute.
• Strong knowledge in crypto assets/products and related regulation.
• Strong knowledge in corporate, finance, payment, data and/or consumer protection laws.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills. Excellent knowledge of English language (written and verbal).
• Ability to analyze and synthesize complex information and distil into readily comprehensible and practical advice relevant to the commercial, strategic and financial context, applying a risk-based approach to development of business solutions and decision-making. Demonstrate a creative and innovative approach by finding different ways to look at problems and design novel solutions.
• Autonomous, pro-active and hands-on with the ability to prioritize and manage own work effectively, apply a breadth of technical, business, product and customer domain knowledge, own the outcome and make an impact.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Used to working in a diverse, international, fast-moving business and fast evolving regulatory environment.