Counsel – Regulatory, UK

🕒 September 4

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

⚖️ Legal Counsel / General Counsel

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Kraken Digital Asset Exchange

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2011

₿ Crypto

💸 Finance

💳 Fintech

Crypto • Finance • Fintech

Kraken Digital Asset Exchange is a cryptocurrency platform that facilitates the buying and selling of over 200 cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and many others. Founded in 2011, Kraken provides a comprehensive suite of features for both beginner and advanced traders, such as advanced trading interfaces and margin trading. The platform emphasizes industry-leading security, deep liquidity, and 24/7 customer support, making it a trusted choice for users worldwide. Kraken caters to individual investors as well as institutional clients, offering services like OTC trading and custody. The company is committed to transparency with its proof of reserves and mission-driven values. Kraken operates globally, supporting clients in over 190 countries, with a quarterly trading volume exceeding $207 billion. However, users are advised of the high risk of crypto investments and the lack of regulation in some jurisdictions.

📋 Description

• Provide legal support on cryptoasset, e-money, and payment services regulatory requirements • Advise on account-access obligations and related operational compliance questions • Support active licensing applications and UK licensing or registration workstreams • Compile application materials and coordinate with outside counsel • Provide regulatory support on corporate transactions and structural changes affecting UK entities • Handle change-of-control notifications and corporate client migrations • Support day-to-day regulator relationships for licensed entities • Translate the UK Cryptoasset Regime, FCA rulebooks, AML/CTF, operational resilience, outsourcing, e-money, and payment-services regulations into actionable business guidance • Advise on Payward's UK products, including Kraken Card, payments, and staking • Partner with Compliance, Product, and senior leadership • Own ongoing business-as-usual regulatory work and regulatory relationships • Report into the EU/UK Regulatory Legal team

🎯 Requirements

• Qualified lawyer: Solicitor or Barrister of England & Wales, or equivalent • 6+ years' post-qualification experience in financial services regulatory law • Experience gained at a regulated financial services institution or in law firm/private practice supporting such clients • Demonstrated ability to independently own BAU regulatory workstreams • Direct experience supporting FCA or equivalent regulator engagement, including notifications, information requests, and supervisory correspondence • Substantive experience advising on the UK Cryptoasset Regime • Substantive experience with UK e-money and payment services regulation, including account-access and open banking obligations • Experience in AML/CTF, including related policies, controls, and regulatory expectations • Experience advising on outsourcing arrangements and operational resilience compliance, including the FCA/PRA regime • Outstanding analytical, drafting, and organisational skills • Crisp, plain-English writing • Ability to distill complex legal and regulatory issues into clear, actionable guidance for non-lawyer stakeholders • Pragmatic, commercially accountable approach to legal and regulatory risk • Ability to operate autonomously and own a broad, fast-moving BAU workload • Familiarity with the UK's onshored MiFID regime is nice to have • Experience supporting change-of-control notifications or other regulatory aspects of corporate transactions is nice to have • Authentic interest in crypto and digital assets is nice to have

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote work arrangement • Ongoing applications accepted unless a specific deadline is stated • Consideration of qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance • Equal opportunity employment • Job-related skills or work-style assessments applied consistently across similar candidates • Kraken product dogfooding after joining • Diverse and inclusive workplace