Senior Counsel – Regulatory

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🌐 United Kingdom, Ireland, +3 more countries – Remote

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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 operational compliance questions • Support active licensing applications and EU/UK licensing or registration workstreams • Compile application materials and coordinate with outside counsel • Provide regulatory support on corporate transactions and structural changes affecting EU/UK entities • Support change-of-control notifications and corporate client migrations • Manage day-to-day regulator relationships for licensed entities • Translate MiCA, the UK Cryptoasset Regime, CBI and FCA rulebooks, AML/CTF, DORA, outsourcing, e-money, and payment-services regulations into actionable business guidance • Own ongoing business-as-usual regulatory workstreams • Partner with Compliance, Product, and senior leadership • Foster clear, plain-English communication and decision-ready recommendations

🎯 Requirements

• Qualified lawyer: Solicitor or Barrister of England & Wales, Irish Solicitor or Barrister, or equivalent admitted in an EU Member State • 10+ years’ post-qualification experience in financial-services regulatory law • Experience gained at a regulated financial-services institution or in private practice supporting such clients • Demonstrated ability to independently own BAU regulatory workstreams • Direct experience supporting regulator engagement, including notifications, information requests, and supervisory correspondence • Substantive experience with MiCA or the UK Cryptoasset Regime • Substantive experience with EU or 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 • Outstanding analytical, drafting, and organisational skills • Crisp, plain-English writing • Ability to distill complex legal and regulatory issues into clear, actionable guidance • Pragmatic, commercially accountable approach to legal and regulatory risk • Ability to operate autonomously and own a broad, fast-moving BAU workload • Familiarity with MiFID II is desirable • Experience with change-of-control notifications is desirable • Authentic interest in crypto and digital assets is desirable

🏖️ 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 and not used as the sole basis for employment decisions • Dogfooding of Kraken products as a requirement once employed