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Senior Counsel – Product (Asia-Pacific)

Kraken· Legal
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RemoteFull-timePosted 5d ago

About the role

Remote APAC regulatory product legal role supporting Kraken Payward’s product offerings across Asia-Pacific, with focus on product legal advice for launches, regulatory compliance, and coordination with local and outside counsel.

Responsibilities

  • Provide product legal support for APAC launches and enablement across the Payward product suite (e.g., xStocks, OTC options, institutional custody and execution, cross-regional APAC products)
  • Act as gatekeeper for new APAC outside counsel engagements: scope work, estimate cost, sign off before routing externally
  • Translate complex regulatory frameworks into pragmatic, actionable guidance for the business with plain-English communication and clear risk trade-offs
  • Use AI-assisted tools for licensing analysis, regulatory submissions drafts, and matter tracking to increase speed and consistency
  • Own the APAC regulatory workload under the APAC regulatory lead, including licence variations, client/broker agreement documentation, licensing questions, and regulator correspondence
  • Take ownership of geography-specific licensing in markets such as Kazakhstan, Pakistan and the Philippines; supervise local counsel in-region and in time zones; support other APAC markets as they arise
  • Support Payward Group licensing initiatives in key APAC markets (e.g., Singapore, Hong Kong) including preparing application materials and coordinating with outside counsel

Qualifications

  • Qualified lawyer admitted in Singapore, Hong Kong, England and Wales, or an equivalent common law jurisdiction
  • 10+ years PQE in financial services regulatory law, from a regulated financial services institution, law firm, or regulator
  • Demonstrated ability to independently own regulatory relationships and routine regulatory workstreams (notifications, information requests, supervisory correspondence)
  • Strong experience with the financial regulatory landscape in major Asian financial centers (e.g., MAS in Singapore, SFC/HKMA in Hong Kong)
  • Proven ability to instruct/supervise/manage the cost of local counsel across multiple jurisdictions
  • Working knowledge of AML/CTF obligations and regulatory expectations
  • Outstanding analytical, drafting and organizational skills with crisp, plain-English writing
  • Ability to distill complex legal issues into clear guidance for non-lawyer stakeholders
  • Pragmatic, commercially accountable approach to legal/regulatory risk with actionable recommendations
  • Comfort operating autonomously in a fast-moving, remote, multi-time-zone environment with a broad initial workload

Skills

Required:Product legal advisoryRegulatory relationship managementRegulatory analysis and drafting

Benefits

  • Stay connected and apply via provided channels (no explicit benefits listed in the description)
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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