Associate General Counsel - EU Legal
Yesterday
🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote
💵 £148.5k - £165k / year
⏰ Full Time
🟢 Junior
🟡 Mid-level
🧑⚖️ General Counsel
Description
• Work closely as legal advisor to business executives and the Compliance team to ensure compliance of EU and international operations with applicable e-money / payment services and financial services law and regulation and digital currency exchange best practices • Provide legal guidance to international operating entities. Includes responsibility for ensuring legal and regulatory compliance of new products and services • Advise business leads and other key clients of new regulatory trends and developments involving digital currency in Europe and other key international jurisdictions • Continuously assess operating risks and legal needs and ensure that the legal department is equipped to provide outstanding support as Coinbase’s international business continues to grow • Manage outside counsel effectively where they are engaged in connection with specific projects, while establishing your own strong domain expertise.
Requirements
• Qualified solicitor in UK, Ireland, Germany or Luxembourg with approximately 6 -10 years experience working in a regulated e-money / payment services or financial services institution in Ireland or in a law firm supporting such clients • Deep familiarity with financial services regulations and digital asset regulations is strongly preferred • Experience dealing with regulators, particularly the Central Bank of Ireland, is preferred • Ability to manage complex projects involving coordination across multiple time zones, challenging legal issues and tight deadlines • Ability to work closely with Compliance to deliver coordinated input to the business and other stakeholders • Ability to exercise initiative and drive effective internal decision making across complex workstreams • Ability to manage a large and varied workload and exercise excellent judgment, analytical rigour and commercial pragmatism • Highly driven and proactive • Must be flexible, able to multitask, detail-oriented, and enjoy fast paced and high-intensity work • Exceptional legal writing abilities
Benefits
• Target bonus • Target equity • Benefits (including medical, dental, and vision)
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