Legal Counsel
AI Summary
Legal Counsel providing strategic legal advice and ensuring compliance for Xsolla's gaming and fintech business, drafting and negotiating contracts, monitoring regulations (e.g., crypto, DeFi, payments), and supporting business objectives in a fast-paced environment.
About this role
Responsibilities:
Consult business on the legal issues and implications of potential business decisions, initiatives and payment strategies, providing legal advice strategies and solutions for general business and legal issues
Maintaining current knowledge on laws and regulations around payment services and digital innovation such as cryptocurrencies, blockchain, NFT and decentralized finance (DeFi), including (for the US: state money transmitter laws, BSA/AML, Reg E, card network rules); and (for the EU: PSD2, EMI/PI licensing, AMLD/AML-CFT, MiCA), and other applicable national regimes
Identify, summarize, and analyze the impact of new and proposed applicable rules and regulations to business decisions and current strategies
Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts and other documentation for new business ideas
Working closely with business and technology teams to understand and achieve key business objectives and help them develop compelling product and service offerings
Manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines
Provide other legal services and advice to the company as needed
Qualifications & Skills:
Minimum 5 years legal experience
Comfortable working with modern collaboration tools including Atlassian suite (Jira, Confluence), Slack, Figma, and similar platforms; able to adapt quickly to new tools as needed
Knowledge of general corporate law (CA - for US candidates), financial services law and regulation (incl. money transmitter licensing and BSA/AML regulations)
Excellent legal research, oral and written communication skill
Able to work independently as well as collaboratively, spot issues, prioritize, and multi-task effectively in a fast-paced environment
Interest in decentralized finance (DeFi), cryptocurrency and blockchain technology with an eagerness to learn more about the industry
Nice to Have
Experience in the crypto industry and (or) gaming industry
Being familiar with payment systems and how they function
