Kraken Digital Asset Exchange
We put the power in your hands to buy, sell, and trade digital currency 🌏
Senior Counsel – Product
General CounselGeneral CounselFull TimeRemoteSeniorTeam 1,001-5,000Since 2011H1B No SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn
Location
United States
Posted
99 days ago
Salary
$146.4K - $292.8K / year
Seniority
Senior
Professional Certificate10 yrs expEnglish
Job Description
• Lead licensing/registration workstreams: scope requirements, map pathways, coordinate outside counsel, compile application materials, and manage regulator interactions.
• Own cross‑functional product counseling across the build cycle (discovery → design → launch → iteration), delivering crisp, actionable guidance and risk‑based options to product, engineering, compliance, and leadership.
• Translate complex regulatory frameworks (e.g., MiCA, AML/CFT, financial promotions, e‑money, MiFID, EMIR, derivatives, market structure) into pragmatic controls and go‑to‑market guardrails.
• Draft and negotiate product‑critical agreements (platform T&Cs, bespoke agreements, and partnership deals) with clear, business‑aligned positions.
• Support incident and supervisory responses with well‑reasoned written submissions and evidence packages.
• Foster a culture of clarity, favoring plain‑English communication, measurable risk tradeoffs, and decision‑ready recommendations.
Job Requirements
- Qualified lawyer (Solicitor of England & Wales, Irish Solicitor, or equivalent admitted in an EU Member State).
- 10+ years’ PQE in financial services law within a regulated financial services institution (e.g., an exchange, central clearing counterparty, broker-dealer/asset manager, trading firm, bank, brokerage, or crypto services provider) or in a law firm/private practice supporting such clients (ideally with some in-house or direct product counseling experience).
- Demonstrated experience leading licensing or registration efforts (US and/or international), including planning, applications, regulator engagement, and operationalization.
- Experience with advising on regulated MiFID investment services and familiarity with relevant crypto-asset regimes, including MiCA, AMLD5, UK financial promotions, and/or e-money regulations.
- Outstanding analytical, drafting, and organisational skills with crisp, plain-English writing.
- Ability to efficiently and confidently distill complex legal and regulatory issues into clear, actionable guidance for non-lawyers and product stakeholders.
- Pragmatic, commercially accountable approach to legal and regulatory risk that prioritises providing stakeholders with a useful range of options and delivers clear recommendations to decision-makers.
- Demonstrates an authentic passion for crypto and familiarity with the features of both Kraken and its competitors’ apps and products.
Benefits
- Offers Equity
- Offers Bonus
- Wellness allowance
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) plan
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