Legal Counsel
KAIO provides blockchain infrastructure enabling institutional access to tokenized real-world asset funds through compliant, cross-chain protocols.
Funding
About KAIO
KAIO operates a sovereign AppChain protocol enabling asset managers to tokenize and distribute institutional funds onchain. The platform facilitates fund issuance, redemption, and transfer for accredited investors while maintaining regulatory compliance through protocol-level controls. Rebranded from Libre Capital in July 2025.
Skills
About the Role
You'll implement KAIO's legal and compliance strategy under guidance from senior leadership, focusing on regulatory strategy execution across jurisdictions and tokenized fund and investment products. You'll support regulatory licensing applications, filings, and entity administration, and assist with maintaining internal legal records, contracts, and risk registers. You'll handle regulatory and compliance matters across relevant jurisdictions such as Singapore and the Cayman Islands, and may act as compliance officer for regulated entities. You'll work closely with Product, Engineering, and Marketing teams to support compliant tokenized product launches, especially investment funds and structured products. You'll draft, review, and negotiate commercial contracts, NDAs, partnership agreements, and service provider arrangements, and help maintain standard terms and conditions, privacy notices, and disclaimers. You'll support corporate governance processes including board resolutions and corporate secretarial activities, assist with employment documentation, and help review intellectual property matters under supervision. You'll also support GDPR and data-protection compliance efforts and help maintain privacy documentation and internal policies.
Requirements
- Qualified lawyer with minimum 3-5 years experience
- Experience in financial regulation (e.g. AIFMD, MiFID) and cross-border licensing
- Exposure to fund structures and investment product design
- A good understanding of corporate law
- Experience both in private practice (1-2 years) and in-house (1-2 years), ideally in mid-size firms or start-ups (inc. small hedge funds/fund management companies) preferred
- Exposure to fintech, Web3, digital assets (inc. token launches and investments) & tokenization preferred
- Some experience with regulatory or data-privacy matters is advantageous
- London, UK location preferred
Responsibilities
- Support the implementation of KAIO's legal and compliance strategy under guidance from senior leadership
- Support regulatory licensing applications, filings, and entity administration alongside operations and business team
- Assist with maintaining internal legal records, contracts, and risk registers
- Assist with regulatory and compliance matters across relevant jurisdictions (e.g. Singapore, Cayman Islands)
- Act as compliance officer for regulated entities
- Work with Product, Engineering, and Marketing teams to support compliant tokenized product launches
- Draft, review, and support negotiation of commercial contracts, NDAs, partnership agreements, and service providers arrangements
- Assist in drafting and maintaining standard terms & conditions, privacy notices, disclaimers
- Support corporate governance processes, including board resolutions, and corporate secretarial activities
- Assist with employment documentation such as offer letters and contractor agreements
- Help review and manage intellectual property matters with supervision
- Contribute to maintaining and improving legal templates, playbooks, and internal processes
- Support GDPR and data-protection compliance efforts
- Assist with privacy documentation and internal policies
