Senior Legal General Counsel (International)
17 hours ago
City of London
About us Tangem is building the world’s most advanced self-custodial financial platform, redefining how people store, grow, and spend digital value at global scale. Tangem Pay extends this foundation into real-world finance. It transforms the Tangem Wallet into a full self-custodial payment account, allowing users to seamlessly move from storing value to spending it anywhere cards are accepted globally. The product is live, production-ready, and built to scale across regions, currencies, and regulatory environments. With Tangem Pay, we are not launching “another crypto card.” We are building the spending layer of a new financial system where self-custody, payments, and global usability converge. The infrastructure is live, the partners are in place, and the roadmap is designed for rapid global expansion. About the job Role's Key Focus Areas: • Product Structuring: Partnering with Product and Engineering to review technical specifications and design “compliant-by-design” features for swaps, staking, and Tangem Pay., • Regulatory Change Management: Proactively monitoring global shifts (e.g., MiCA, SEC guidance) and translating them into actionable requirements for the business., • Strategic Governance: Developing the internal frameworks that allow Tangem to expand worldwide while maintaining its non-custodial status., • High-Stakes Negotiation: Leading complex commercial agreements with strategic partners, banking institutions, and card schemes. What You’ll Be Doing: You’ll work across a wide range of matters and provide clear, actionable legal guidance that enables the business move forward. • Assisting with governance, regulatory compliance, and strategic legal work across Tangem Group and Tangem Pay., • Handling high-level regulatory assessments, licensing in multiple jurisdictions, and complex agreements with key partners, • Helping to prepare the company for audits, potential IPOs, and increased regulatory scrutiny. Day-to-day might include tasks such as: • Researching regulatory changes and analyzing their impact across 20+ countries., • Applying for licenses and implementing governance policies, including GDPR compliance and record keeping for regulatory responsibilities., • Managing Intellectual property (IP) portfolio and data protection matters for Tangem Pay, • Partnering up with C-level executives to advise on risks and legal considerations before initiatives' launch., • Defining and implementing structured governance processes, filling current gaps to prepare for audits and future investment or IPO plans You'll be a part of the legal team focused on: • Supporting product shift from a hardware wallet focus to a broader ecosystem with swap providers and Tangem Pay, resulting in increased compliance complexity., • Navigating licensing, regulatory changes, and governance to support growth., • Ensuring regulatory compliance while enabling the business roadmap, balancing speed and risk., • GDPR and data protection oversight requiring structured governance and clear data flow mapping., • Improving record keeping and policy frameworks tailored to company's multi-entity structure, especially for Tangem Pay. Qualifications What You Need To Succeed In This Role: • Expertise in handling Legal Issues and offering strategic Legal Advice to support business objectives, • Proficiency in Data Privacy and Corporate Governance to ensure regulatory compliance and protection of company assets, • 4+ years of experience as a senior counsel in a mid-sized scaling fintech or IT company, • Prior experience in cryptocurrency, fintech, or technology sectors is a must, • Close familiarity and practical experience with international fintech and financial services regulations, • Experience interacting with supervisory authorities internationally, e.g. the EEU area, LATAM, MENA, etc., • Master’s degree in Law Soft skills & Language: • Strong analytical, communication, and negotiation skills, • Ability to operate autonomously in a fast-paced, innovative industry, • Detail-oriented, proactive, and collaborative mindset, • Ability to work independently with a pragmatic, solution-focused mindset, • Excellent command of English (C2 or native) What we offer • Stability, development, participation in the future unicorn's growth;, • We use the latest technologies, no legacy;, • Remote work from anywhere in the world, with a schedule aligned with GMT+3;, • Competitive salary in EUR/USDT;, • Paid vacation days, • Birthday presents;, • Compensation for the purchase of necessary technical devices for the work;, • Paid sick leaves.