Regulatory & Compliance Legal Counsel - Fintech or Crypto Focused

Role Purpose

To lead the global team of compliance professionals and legal experts at Baanx/CL, ensuring the company's continued growth, innovation, and compliance across all relevant regulatory jurisdictions. Baanx/CL provides crypto-enabled card and lending services to retail customers in partnership with various large corporate partners. The role will oversee the onboarding KYC/KYB processes and the continuous monitoring of all these relationships, ensuring legal and ethical integrity.

Duties and Responsibilities

Compliance Duties:

• Enforce policies and implement programs to ensure the company's legal and ethical integrity.

• Ensure all teams adhere to national and international laws and regulations.

• Develop and execute long-term and short-term plans to prevent illegal activities.

• Conduct interviews and surveys to ensure compliance among staff, employees, and consultants.

• Investigate compliance issues and discover their root causes.

• Perform research to stay informed about environmental standards and regulatory changes.

• Educate employees and partners on compliance improvements through documentation and brochures.

• Improve auditing processes to quickly resolve or prevent compliance issues.

• Host meetings to address employee concerns regarding ethical and compliance matters.

• Motivate employees to exceed compliance standards for operational efficiency.

• Lead and help design programs that improve compliance.

Legal Duties:

• Draft, review, and negotiate various types of commercial agreements.

• Conduct legal research and analysis to support business decisions.

• Identify and mitigate legal risks in business operations.

• Provide legal advice on disputes, litigation, and commercial transactions.

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure compliance with laws and regulations.

• Represent the company in negotiations with clients, suppliers, and other parties.

• Stay updated on changes in laws and regulations relevant to commercial activities.

• Provide legal advice and guidance on defending against individuals or entities attempting to harm the company or its CEO.

Skills and Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of commercial law principles and practices.

• Leadership skills in advising the C-Suite on legal matters.

• Ability to be flexible and adaptable in handling various legal issues, questions, documents, and problems.

• Willingness to work flexible hours and the ability to manage work from home.

• Ability to learn new laws and regulations rapidly, or to seek external counsel when necessary.

• Excellent negotiation and communication skills.

• Attention to detail and ability to analyze complex legal issues.

• Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.

• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities.

• Proficiency in legal research and drafting legal documents.

• Ability to build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

• Confidence to manage high-profile deals and partnerships within the sector.

Additional Requirements

You may be a lawyer qualified in the UK, US, Russia, Europe, Asia, or elsewhere.

You do not need to be an SCA registered lawyer, but it is a plus.

The role can be filled by individuals with varying levels of PQE (2 years to 20 years).

This combined role is designed to ensure that Baanx/CL not only meets but exceeds regulatory and legal standards, fostering an environment of innovation and compliance in the rapidly evolving fintech and crypto space.