Assistant General Counsel – Product and Regulatory Legal (EU)
Kraken· Legal
RemoteFull-timePosted 4d ago
About the role
Senior product-facing regulatory lawyer for the European Union, advising on cross-regime classification and regulatory strategy for Kraken's EU products, partnering with Product, Design and Engineering to launch and maintain compliant offerings.
Responsibilities
- Own cross-functional product counselling for EU launches from discovery to launch and iteration, delivering decision-ready advice with options and risk trade-offs
- Advise on regulatory perimeter and classification across MiFID II/MiFIR, MiCA, EMIR, payment services and electronic money rules, and banking regulation; determine regime applicability for tokenised securities, crypto-asset derivatives, stablecoins, etc.
- Advise on payments and electronic money offerings including Krak card, safeguarding, open banking, and account-access obligations; advise on PSD2/PSD3 framework
- Advise on banking-related questions in the EU including bank partnerships, sponsor-bank arrangements, deposit-taking and lending perimeter, CRR/CRD rules and interaction with custody, prime brokerage and financing products
- Monitor and interpret EU legislative developments; participate in consultations and industry groups; translate significance for the business
- Draft and negotiate client-facing terms and conditions with clear, business-aligned positions
- Act as gatekeeper for EU outside counsel engagements: scope work, estimate cost, sign off before matters go externally
- Mentor and develop junior lawyers; set quality standards for plain-English, risk-based advice; senior sounding board for Regulatory Legal team
- Use AI-assisted tools to speed up regulatory analysis, drafts, matter tracking, and build self-service tools for commoditised questions
- Advise on AML/CFT requirements affecting products (Travel Rule, EU AML package) and on market abuse, outsourcing, operational resilience including DORA
- Lead or oversee licensing, authorisation and variation workstreams in the EU, including scoping, pathway mapping, supervising outside counsel, and regulator interactions
Qualifications
- Qualified lawyer admitted in Ireland, England and Wales, or another EU Member State
- 15+ years PQE in financial services regulatory law
- Deep knowledge in at least two of MiFID II/MiFIR, MiCA, EU payment services/electronic money, EU banking regulation
- Experience managing senior regulator relationships and supervisory interactions
- Working knowledge of AML/CFT, outsourcing and operational resilience obligations (including DORA)
- Proven ability to manage outside counsel costs across multiple jurisdictions
- Excellent drafting and organizational skills; ability to distill complex issues for non-lawyer stakeholders
- Comfort operating autonomously in a fast-moving, remote environment
- Familiarity with AI tools to enhance legal services
Skills
Required:Regulatory analysis and classification across multiple regimesDrafting and negotiating client termsRegulatory liaison with regulators
Nice to have:Team leadership and mentoringAI-assisted regulatory tooling
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Remote-first work
- Career development and mentorship
- Access to cutting-edge crypto regulatory work
- Diversity and inclusive culture
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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