[Hiring] Senior Legal Counsel @Coin Market Cap

Role Description

We are looking for a lawyer who pairs strong regulatory judgment with hands-on product sense to support our business across crypto, web3, fintech, and payments. We operate globally, so you will work across multiple jurisdictions and help us navigate a patchwork of fast-moving regimes. You will sit close to the product and business teams, advising on how products are designed, structured, and launched while keeping us on the right side of regulation. This is a role for someone who is comfortable where the rules are still developing and who can give clear, practical answers under time pressure.

Qualifications

• 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, high-performance environment.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills.
• A practical, solution-oriented approach with the initiative to spot issues early.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and multiple matters at once.
• Fluency in English.

Requirements

• Experience with licensing or registration for crypto, payments, or financial services providers.
• Familiarity with frameworks across more than one region, for example MiCA, UK and US regimes, or APAC, EMEA, and LATAM markets.
• 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; other languages are welcome.
• Awareness of the regulatory issues raised by the use of AI in financial or crypto products is welcome but not required.

Responsibilities

• 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, financial product and index classification, derivatives, and DeFi.
• 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 to stakeholders.
• Embed compliance into product design, including AML, KYC, sanctions, and travel rule considerations.
• Review marketing and customer-facing materials for regulatory compliance.
• Advise on conflicts of interest and help maintain independence and disclosure standards.
• Support ongoing regulatory compliance across markets and coordinate local counsel on multi-jurisdiction questions.
• Draft and negotiate commercial contracts across business lines.
• Respond to inquiries and information requests from internal teams, external counterparties, and regulators.
• Help build scalable internal guidance, playbooks, and processes.