[L&C] Principal Legal Counsel, Tradfi

About Us

Role Summary

Key Responsibilities

• Advise on product and payment flow structuring, including card-issuing "fronting" structures with banking and payment-processing partners in emerging markets, central bank regulatory sandbox arrangements, and compliance review of third-party payment service providers.
• Assess yield-generating savings products against securities-law fund characteristics, advise on regulatory scrutiny in relevant jurisdictions, and coordinate compliance review against comparable pooled-asset product precedents.
• Advise on asset management and fund licensing implications of products that pool user assets.
• Prepare jurisdiction restriction matrices for tokenized/fractional equities and equity-linked product lines.
• Serve as primary lead counsel to internal business, product and AML teams
• Scope entity placement for TradFi products across group entities, and assess license uplift requirements.
• Assess license feasibility for group entities and identify the steps required to remain exempt from crypto licensing where applicable.
• Draft and launch product terms for new services, including AI-driven product initiatives including revising all existing terms in line with industry standards

• Qualified lawyer (JD/LLB or equivalent) with 12+ years' experience, including significant in-house experience at a financial services, fintech, brokerage, or crypto/digital-asset firm.
• Demonstrated expertise in securities law, brokerage/clearing structures, asset and fund management regulation, and cross-border payments licensing.
• Experience negotiating institutional brokerage, clearing, and outsourcing agreements.
• Familiarity with virtual asset/crypto regulatory frameworks and multi-jurisdictional licensing analysis.
• Strong drafting skills for consumer-facing product terms and conditions at scale, across multiple legal entities and jurisdictions.

Profile

• Commercially minded and comfortable with detailed product and structuring discussions.
• Strong legal drafter who can translate commercial concepts into workable structures.
• Practical problem solver who proposes solutions rather than only identifying risks.
• Credible when advising and challenging senior Product and Business stakeholders.
• Comfortable taking ownership from initial concept through negotiation, launch and ongoing operation.

Why Join Us
At Bybit, we are committed to fostering a supportive and enriching work environment.
Our benefits include:
- Study Growth Fund: We support your professional development and continuous learning.
- Internal Events: Participate in regular team-building activities, workshops, and events designed to promote collaboration and innovation.
- Global Collaboration: Be part of a diverse, international team, working alongside colleagues from around the world.
- Career Advancement: Access opportunities for growth and advancement within a rapidly expanding global company.
- Internal Mobility: Grow with us- Your long-term development is important to us. We offer internal job opportunities to help build your career path.