Senior Legal Counsel - AI and Digital assets
Core
Senior Legal Counsel advising on the full product lifecycle, regulatory compliance, and commercial agreements for a global payments platform, with specific focus on digital assets, stablecoins, and AI-driven features.
Role type
Senior Legal Counsel (AI and Digital Assets)
Builds
Global payment products, digital asset/stablecoin initiatives, and AI-driven features
Domain
Financial services, payments, and emerging technology regulation
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
UK or EU legal qualification, 8+ years experience in financial services/payments/tech, regulatory and commercial legal expertise, digital assets and stablecoin knowledge, AI governance and liability understanding, data protection and privacy expertise, cross-border data transfer knowledge, technology fluency, ambiguity management, plain English communication
Preferred skills
Horizon scanning capabilities, process improvement expertise, external counsel management
Technologies
None explicitly listed as tools
Responsibilities
Advise on product lifecycle from idea to launch, review and negotiate commercial agreements, draft customer-facing legal documents for new products, advise on regulatory compliance for payment methods and market expansion, advise on digital asset legal and regulatory questions, act as expert on AI governance and liability, horizon scan for legal developments, collaborate with compliance and risk teams, improve legal processes, advise on ad hoc legal questions, liaise with external counsel
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
