Legal Counsel at Quidax

About the Role

• We’re looking for a Legal Counsel to help Quidax navigate the complex legal and regulatory landscape of fintech, crypto, and payments. You’ll play a critical role in ensuring compliance, mitigating risk, and enabling business growth while working closely with the Legal Manager and cross-functional teams.
• If you thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment and can balance legal risk with commercial opportunity, this role is for you.

What You’ll Be Owning

Ensure Regulatory Compliance & Risk Management

• Achieve 100% compliance with relevant fintech and crypto regulations across key markets.
• Monitor and analyze regulatory changes, advising leadership on risks and opportunities.
• Lead proactive legal strategies to mitigate risks and ensure smooth licensing processes.

Enable Business Growth While Managing Legal Risk

• Draft, review, and negotiate contracts that protect Quidax’s interests while enabling partnerships.
• Provide legal guidance on new product launches, market expansion, and strategic initiatives.
• Support business teams with clear, actionable legal advice to drive revenue and operations.

Improve Legal Processes & Operational Efficiency

• Reduce contract review turnaround time by 30% through process optimization.
• Develop and implement scalable legal frameworks that align with business objectives.
• Enhance collaboration between legal, compliance, finance, and product teams for seamless execution.

Biggest Challenges You’ll Tackle

• Navigating evolving global crypto and fintech regulations while maintaining business agility.
• Balancing risk management with enabling aggressive market expansion goals.
• Ensuring product compliance while maintaining a seamless customer experience.
• Establishing strong legal structures in a high-growth, fast-moving environment.

What We’re Looking For

• You have 5+ years of legal experience in fintech, payments, or technology sectors.
• You have a deep understanding of payment law, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, and contract negotiation.
• You have a proven ability to work across multiple legal disciplines (commercial, regulatory, IP, risk).
• You have an LL.B. and Call to Bar; additional business or finance qualifications are a plus.
• You have strong research, drafting, and negotiation skills.
• You are comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving, and remote-first environment.