Assistant General Counsel – Product and Regulatory Legal (EU)

Overview

You will act as a senior EU product-focused legal adviser supporting Product, Design and Engineering to launch compliant crypto offerings. You’ll clarify regulatory perimeters, advise on licensing strategies, and guide cross-functional teams through complex regimes. The role partners with senior leadership to shape compliant products in a fast-moving, remote setup. This is a high-impact opportunity to help scale crypto products globally.

Responsibilities

• Provide cross-functional product counselling from discovery to launch for EU launches
• Advise on regulatory perimeters across MiFID II/MiFIR, MiCA, EMIR, PSD2/EMD2 and banking rules
• Oversee payments, e-money offerings, open banking, and account-access obligations
• Manage bank partnerships, licensing workstreams, and regulator interactions
• Draft and negotiate client-facing terms and conditions
• Mentor junior lawyers and set writing quality standards
• Utilize AI-assisted tools to speed regulatory analysis and drafting
• Lead or oversee outside counsel engagements and governance
• Monitor EU legislative developments and communicate implications to the business

Key requirements

• Qualified lawyer admitted in Ireland, England & Wales, or another EU member state
• 15+ years PQE in financial services regulatory law
• Deep knowledge of MiFID II/MiFIR, MiCA, EU payments/e-money regulation, and EU banking regulation
• Experience handling senior regulator relationships and supervisory processes
• Strong drafting, analytical, and organizational skills
• Ability to distill complex issues for non-lawyer stakeholders and leadership
• Commercially accountable approach to regulatory risk
• Autonomy in a fast-moving, remote environment
• Familiarity with AI tools to enhance legal services

• crisp plain-English writing
• commercially minded
• mentoring or leadership ability
• MiFID II/MiFIR
• MiCA
• EMIR

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