Senior Counsel – Product (Asia-Pacific)
Core
Senior legal counsel providing product legal advice and regulatory support for Payward's crypto and financial services launches across the Asia-Pacific region.
Role type
Senior IC legal counsel (product & regulatory)
Builds
Licensed crypto and financial services products (derivatives, OTC, tokenised equities, custody, payments) for individual and institutional clients in APAC
Domain
Financial services regulation, cryptocurrency, and digital assets in Asia-Pacific
Required skills
Financial services regulatory law, multi-jurisdiction licensing, local counsel management, AML/CTF compliance, legal drafting, regulatory correspondence
Preferred skills
Virtual asset regulation, derivatives/OTC/equities/tokenised instruments, corporate transactions, payments/e-money/card regulation, second APAC language
Technologies
AI-assisted legal tools (licensing analysis, regulatory submissions, matter tracking)
Responsibilities
Support APAC product launches and enablement; gatekeeper for outside counsel engagements; translate regulatory frameworks into actionable guidance; own APAC regulatory workload including licence variations and regulator correspondence; manage geography-specific licensing in markets like Kazakhstan, Pakistan, and the Philippines; support Payward Group licensing initiatives in Singapore and Hong Kong
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC