Sr. Counsel - Regulatory

Kraken·United Kingdomsenior

In short

→Abogado regulador senior en el sector de cripto, enfocado en productos, e-money y cumplimiento bajo MiCA/Reino Unido.
→Trabajas de forma independiente en tareas diarias con reguladores y equipos internos, con enfoque práctico y comunicado claro.
→Oportunidad única para asumir responsabilidades clave que antes tenían solo abogados muy senior, liberándolos para temas estratégicos.

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What they ask for

✓Licenciado en derecho (solicitor/barrister en Reino Unido/Irlanda o equivalente en la UE)
✓10+ años de experiencia post-graduación en derecho regulador de servicios financieros
✓Experiencia en instituciones reguladas: bancos, instituciones de pago, bolsas o proveedores de servicios cripto
✓Capacidad para trabajar de forma independiente en tareas diarias con reguladores
✓Conocimiento profundo de MiCA, el régimen cripto del Reino Unido, AML/CTF, DORA y regulación de e-money
✓Habilidades de comunicación clara y práctica, con enfoque en recomendaciones accionables

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Building the Future of Open Finance Payward - the parent company behind Kraken, NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, Payward Services and CF Benchmarks - has spent the last 15 years building one of the most modern and globally accessible financial infrastructure platforms in the industry, built to advance an open, global financial system. Before you apply, we encourage you to explore our culture page to understand what drives us and how we work. The team Founded in 2011, Kraken is one of the world's longest-standing crypto platforms, trusted by over 10 million individuals and institutions across the globe. It offers spot trading, margin, futures, staking, and OTC services, with products built for both individual investors and institutional clients. Our Regulatory Legal team is the group responsible for maintaining and growing Kraken’s product offerings across the EU and UK and for advising the business on its day-to-day regulatory obligations. We’re a tight, experienced group of lawyers from a diverse range of tradfi, fintech, and crypto backgrounds who move fast, stay curious, and take pride in the commercial accountability of our advice – partnering directly with Compliance, Product, and senior leadership to keep our licensed entities running smoothly and our regulators well served. The Senior Counsel role is a remote role based in the UK or the EU, and will report into the EU/UK Regulatory Legal team. The role exists to own the significant volume of ongoing, business-as-usual regulatory work that currently falls to a small group of very senior lawyers – freeing them to focus on strategic licensing initiatives, complex transactions, and team leadership. You will operate as a practical legal generalist with focus on: Product advice covering Payward’s growing offerings in the EU and UK (Krak card, payments and staking, among other things) Cryptoasset Regime Compliance (under MiCA/EU or in the UK) — advising on regulatory obligations for CASPs including supporting on the steady flow of regulatory queries, notifications and supervisory correspondence that keeps our licensed entities compliant and our regulatory relationships strong; and Payments & e-money compliance — advising on regulatory obligations affecting our e-money and payment accounts and supporting related workstreams as they arise. We’re looking for a hands-on lawyer with strong regulatory fluency and a track record of independently owning BAU regulatory relationships (ideally honed in the regulated financial sector). This is a fully remote role for a qualified lawyer in the UK or EU.

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