Senior Legal Counsel Regulatory
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Description
You will provide legal guidance on UK, EU, and Middle East operations. You will advise on stablecoin, payment, and card products; draft legal documents and commercial agreements; manage regulatory and privacy obligations; support card-program compliance; oversee external counsel; and engage regulators.
Responsibilities
- Advise on legal and compliance issues for stablecoin, payment, and card products
- Expand product offerings in line with regulatory requirements
- Draft and maintain customer-facing legal documents
- Manage UK, EU, Middle East, financial services, digital asset, and privacy regulatory requirements
- Monitor regulatory developments and advise on their business impact
- Own the global data privacy legal function
- Design compliant product structures with Product and Commercial teams
- Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements
- Support card programme compliance under Visa and Mastercard rules
- Ensure compliance with financial services regulation, AML/CTF, sanctions, and Travel Rule obligations
- Manage outside counsel relationships and legal spend
- Engage regulators and industry associations
Requirements
- 5+ years of post-qualification experience
- Qualification in England and Wales or an EU Member State
- Experience advising on digital assets and payments
- Knowledge of FCA regulation and UK financial services law
- Working knowledge of EU financial services regulation and a MENA regulatory framework
- UK GDPR and/or EU GDPR advisory experience
- Familiarity with AML/CTF, sanctions compliance, and Travel Rule obligations
- Ability to translate complex regulation into practical business guidance