Senior Counsel negotiating diverse commercial agreements for industry - leading quantum computing company. Collaborating with legal and internal teams while providing critical legal guidance.
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.
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