Counsel - Regulatory (UK)

Building the Future of Open FinancePayward - the parent company behind Kraken, NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, Payward Services and CF Benchmarks - has spent the last 15 years building one of the most modern and globally accessible financial infrastructure platforms in the industry, built to advance an open, global financial system.Before you apply, we encourage you to explore our culture page to understand what drives us and how we work.The teamFounded in 2011, Kraken is one of the world's longest-standing crypto platforms, trusted by over 10 million individuals and institutions across the globe. It offers spot trading, margin, futures, staking, and OTC services, with products built for both individual investors and institutional clients.Join our Regulatory Legal team, the group responsible for maintaining and growing Kraken's product offerings across the EU and UK and for advising the business on its day-to-day regulatory obligations. We're a tight, experienced group of lawyers from a diverse range of tradfi, fintech, and crypto backgrounds who move fast, stay curious, and take pride in the commercial accountability of our advice – partnering directly with Compliance, Product, and senior leadership to keep our licensed entities running smoothly and our regulators well served.You will operate as a practical legal generalist with focus on:Product advice covering Payward's growing offerings in the UK (Krak card, payments and staking, among other things)Cryptoasset Regime Compliance (under the UK Cryptoasset Regime) — advising on regulatory obligations for CASPs including supporting on the steady flow of regulatory queries, notifications and supervisory correspondence that keeps our licensed entities compliant and our regulatory relationships strong; andPayments & e-money compliance — advising on regulatory obligations affecting our e-money and