Senior Regulatory and Securities Attorney (Digital Assets)

Location: New York, United States

Salary: $200,000–$250,000 base salary annually, plus annual discretionary variable remuneration.

Company

Global financial services firm operating across ETF, cash equity, digital-asset, and tokenization businesses.

What you will do

• Serve as the lead in-house legal resource on U.S. federal securities law, SEC rules, FINRA requirements, and broker-dealer regulation.
• Advise trading, business, and operations teams on trading practices, product development, digital-asset classification, tokenized securities, and blockchain-based products.
• Monitor SEC, FINRA, CFTC, and FinCEN developments and communicate their implications to internal stakeholders.
• Support the structuring and launch of new business lines, products, and geographic expansion while identifying and mitigating legal and regulatory risks.
• Draft, review, and negotiate trading, vendor, technology, partnership, and other commercial agreements.
• Support strategic transactions, maintain legal playbooks and standard agreements, manage outside counsel, and collaborate with the global Legal team.

Requirements

• J.D. from an accredited law school and active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar; New York admission is strongly preferred.
• At least 6 years of relevant legal experience in a complex, fast-paced regulatory environment.
• Significant experience at a leading law firm or in-house at a financial services firm, broker-dealer, trading firm, or regulatory agency.
• Deep expertise in U.S. federal securities law, including SEC and FINRA rules applicable to broker-dealers.
• Experience advising on digital assets, cryptocurrency, blockchain, token classification, DeFi, and securities laws applicable to digital-asset products.
• Strong understanding of trading and market structure, excellent communication skills, and the ability to explain complex legal issues to non-legal stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Experience with a proprietary trading firm, market maker, or exchange.
• Familiarity with AML/BSA requirements for broker-dealers and digital-asset businesses.
• Experience with cross-border securities law, international regulatory frameworks, investment adviser regulations, commodity trading advisor rules, or derivatives and swaps.
• Experience in a global Legal function or mentoring and supervising junior legal professionals.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaboration with an internationally integrated global Legal team and cross-functional partners in Compliance, Risk, and Business Development.
• Annual discretionary variable remuneration based on company, group, and individual performance and contribution.
• Open and transparent communication with employees and stakeholders.