Senior Legal Counsel Crypto DeFi
Re7 Capital helps institutional users access DeFi yield, liquid venture exposure, and risk analysis across decentralized asset ecosystems.
About Re7 Capital
Re7 Capital is an investor and operator in decentralized finance. The firm provides DeFi liquidity provisioning, liquid venture investments, and risk analysis via Re7 Labs, which supports protocols as a curator and advisor. The team focuses on DeFi infrastructure and applying risk tooling and research to guide strategy and ecosystem design.
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Candidate Availability
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About the Role
You will manage legal, regulatory, and operational activities across multiple jurisdictions. You will oversee licensing, compliance, commercial structuring, legal entity governance, product advice, data privacy, intellectual property, and legal matters.
Requirements
- 5+ years of legal and operations experience within crypto, asset management, or financial services.
- Knowledge of digital assets and crypto-native legal frameworks.
- Qualified lawyer or equivalent senior legal-function experience.
- Understanding of financial regulations across multiple jurisdictions, including FCA, CIMA, SEC, and MiCA.
- Experience managing legal entity structuring, fund governance, and cross-border operations.
- Experience drafting and negotiating commercial contracts.
- Familiarity with offshore fund and asset management structures.
- Experience working with external counsel and regulators.
Responsibilities
- Manage regulatory licensing and cross-jurisdictional legal structures.
- Support corporate and commercial deal structuring and negotiation.
- Oversee firm-wide compliance.
- Advise on legal and regulatory aspects of existing and new products.
- Handle legal entity governance, new structures, intellectual property protection, and data privacy compliance.
- Manage contentious and non-contentious legal matters.
Benefits
- Remote-first work arrangement.
- UK visa sponsorship for exceptional candidates.
