Member of Legal, Trading & Licensing
Core
Primary subject matter expert on CFTC and NFA firm-level licensing, guiding the business through the end-to-end registration lifecycle and providing legal counsel on OTC and cleared derivatives.
Role type
Senior in-house regulatory licensing attorney (crypto/digital assets)
Builds
Regulatory compliance frameworks, licensing applications, and legal documentation for institutional crypto trading operations
Domain
Financial services / Digital assets / Commodities regulation
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
CFTC and NFA regulatory expertise, Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) knowledge, margin lending agreements, ISDA/CSA documentation, regulatory horizon scanning, audit and examination leadership, cross-functional integration
Preferred skills
Dodd-Frank Act (Title VII) experience, derivatives technical proficiency, fintech in-house experience, market infrastructure familiarity
Technologies
N/A
Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end strategy for obtaining and maintaining regulatory licenses; Draft, review, and negotiate complex margin lending agreements; Partner with Trading, Operations, Risk, and Engineering teams to embed compliance requirements; Proactively monitor and interpret shifts in CFTC mandates and NFA interpretive notices; Lead the legal response to regulatory inquiries and NFA examinations
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
