Americas Legal Counsel
Core
Strategic legal advisor focusing on financial products, partnerships, cross-border payments, cryptocurrency, and foreign exchange regulations for a high-growth fintech infrastructure company.
Role type
Senior Legal Counsel (Americas)
Builds
Compliant payment and banking products, market entry strategies, and scalable legal frameworks for global financial infrastructure.
Domain
Fintech, Cross-border payments, Cryptocurrency, Foreign exchange, Financial services regulation
Deliverable
Production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Financial services and payments regulations expertise, Business-oriented legal advice, Cross-functional collaboration, Risk mitigation strategy, Project management, Corporate governance
Preferred skills
Cryptocurrency and Banking as a Service knowledge, International regulatory regimes experience, Startup environment experience, Spanish fluency
Technologies
Legal tech tools for regulatory compliance and license management
Responsibilities
Advise product and engineering teams on legal aspects of payment and banking product design and launch; Develop and execute licensing and market entry strategies across multiple jurisdictions; Provide comprehensive support for corporate governance, employment, privacy, IP, and fundraising; Manage external counsel and build scalable legal processes.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with strategic advisory scope