Senior Legal Counsel (Regulatory)

Responsibilities

• Advising the business on compliance and legal issues related to structuring new and existing stablecoin, payments, and card products and features
• Expanding KAST’s product offering in line with regulatory requirements
• Drafting and maintaining customer-facing legal documents including Terms of Service, user agreements, and product-specific disclosures
• Managing US regulatory requirements and applications, including state Money Transmitter Licenses (MTLs), virtual currency licenses and card network compliance obligations
• Monitoring and advising on developments from the SEC, CFTC, FinCEN, CFPB, and state regulators - including emerging federal stablecoin and digital asset legislation (GENIUS Act; CLARITY) - and their impact on KAST's US business
• Collaborating with Product and Commercial teams to design compliant product structures for retail and institutional clients, including card program agreements
• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements with counterparties, including service providers, partners and institutional clients. 
• Ensuring robust compliance with US financial services regulation including AML, OFAC, sanctions, Reg E, and Reg Z as applicable
• Managing and overseeing US outside counsel relationships, including firm selection, matter scoping, and legal spend

Qualifications & Skills

• 5+ years of PQE
• JD and admission to practice in at least one US jurisdiction required
• Experience advising on digital assets (and payments), including time at a top law firm or in-house
• Knowledge of relevant US financial legislations, regulations and supervisory frameworks
• Familiarity with regulatory positioning and approach of the SEC, CFTC, FinCEN, and state regulators. 
• Excellent communicator and stakeholder manager, ability to make decisions where there is ambiguity.