Senior Counsel - Regulatory
Payward, Inc. is the parent company and operating platform behind Kraken and a portfolio spanning trading, custody, payments, lending, tokenized assets, onchain finance, and benchmarks.
Maintainer signals as of 9/25/2026
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About Payward, Inc.
Payward operates unified financial infrastructure across crypto and traditional markets, including shared liquidity, risk and margin systems, collateral and settlement, compliance, and licensing. Its first-party portfolio includes Kraken, Kraken Pro, NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, Payward Services, CF Benchmarks, Reap, Krak, Kraken Prime, Kraken OTC, Kraken Custody, and Bitnomial.
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About the Role
Provide regulatory legal advice on cryptoassets, e-money, payment services, and account-access obligations across the EU and UK. Support licensing applications, regulator relationships, corporate transactions, and operational compliance while translating complex regulatory frameworks into clear, actionable guidance.
Requirements
- Qualified lawyer admitted in England and Wales, Ireland, or an EU Member State
- 10+ years of post-qualification experience in financial services regulatory law
- Experience independently owning business-as-usual regulatory workstreams
- Direct regulator-engagement experience
- Experience with MiCA or the UK Cryptoasset Regime
- Experience with e-money and payment services regulation
- Experience in AML/CTF
- Experience with outsourcing arrangements and operational resilience compliance
- Strong analytical, drafting, organisational, and plain-English writing skills
- Ability to distill complex legal and regulatory issues into actionable guidance
- Pragmatic approach to legal and regulatory risk
- Ability to operate autonomously
Responsibilities
- Provide legal support on cryptoasset, e-money, and payment-services requirements
- Support EU and UK licensing or registration workstreams
- Compile application materials and coordinate with outside counsel
- Support regulatory aspects of corporate transactions and structural changes
- Support day-to-day relationships with regulators
- Translate regulatory frameworks into actionable business guidance
- Provide clear recommendations to non-lawyer stakeholders
Benefits
- Remote work
Hiring Process
Candidates may complete job-related skills or work-style assessments. Results are considered alongside experience and interviews and are not the sole basis for an employment decision.
