Senior Legal Counsel Regulatory
KAST is a stablecoin-powered financial platform for storing, earning, moving, and spending digital dollars globally.
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About KAST
KAST provides stablecoin-enabled financial services including global USD and EUR accounts, transfers, yield products, and Visa payment cards accepted worldwide. It operates through licensed financial partners and is explicitly described by its official site as a financial technology company rather than a bank.
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About the Role
You will provide legal guidance on UK, EU, and Middle East operations. You will advise on stablecoin, payment, and card products; draft legal documents and commercial agreements; manage regulatory and privacy obligations; support card-program compliance; oversee external counsel; and engage regulators.
Requirements
- 5+ years of post-qualification experience
- Qualification in England and Wales or an EU Member State
- Experience advising on digital assets and payments
- Knowledge of FCA regulation and UK financial services law
- Working knowledge of EU financial services regulation and a MENA regulatory framework
- UK GDPR and/or EU GDPR advisory experience
- Familiarity with AML/CTF, sanctions compliance, and Travel Rule obligations
- Ability to translate complex regulation into practical business guidance
Responsibilities
- Advise on legal and compliance issues for stablecoin, payment, and card products
- Expand product offerings in line with regulatory requirements
- Draft and maintain customer-facing legal documents
- Manage UK, EU, Middle East, financial services, digital asset, and privacy regulatory requirements
- Monitor regulatory developments and advise on their business impact
- Own the global data privacy legal function
- Design compliant product structures with Product and Commercial teams
- Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements
- Support card programme compliance under Visa and Mastercard rules
- Ensure compliance with financial services regulation, AML/CTF, sanctions, and Travel Rule obligations
- Manage outside counsel relationships and legal spend
- Engage regulators and industry associations
