Legal Counsel – Fintech & Crypto

About the role

Support the Legal team across day‑to‑day commercial contracting, product and platform initiatives, regulatory and compliance matters, and broader legal risk management for a fast‑moving, regulated banking and investment platform.

Key responsibilities

• Draft, review, redline and negotiate NDAs, vendor/service agreements, SaaS/tech agreements, marketing agreements, referral/partnership agreements and commercial templates.
• Assist product and commercial legal support for exchange/OTC and platform initiatives, reviewing product flows, new feature launches and customer‑facing terms for legal risk.
• Maintain and update customer terms, platform terms, OTC agreements, risk disclosures and privacy notices.
• Provide first‑pass legal review for cross‑functional requests from Compliance, Product, Operations, Finance and Sales.
• Support regulatory and compliance initiatives by coordinating responses, preparing supporting material, tracking deliverables and maintaining evidence.
• Conduct legal research on crypto/fintech regulatory developments, cross‑border issues and sanctions/AML queries.
• Manage contract lifecycle hygiene: maintain trackers, assist approvals, monitor renewal dates and organise document repositories.
• Assist with disputes and risk management tasks, compiling facts, reviewing correspondence and supporting external counsel.
• Support corporate housekeeping such as entity documentation, board/shareholder paperwork and signature processes.

Required profile

• 1–4 years post‑qualification or equivalent legal experience.
• Prior in‑house legal experience, preferably in crypto, virtual assets, fintech or financial services.
• Exposure to crypto exchanges, digital asset platforms or adjacent regulated financial services.
• Familiarity with regulatory frameworks in jurisdictions such as UAE, EU, Türkiye, Pakistan, Malaysia or Indonesia (nice to have).

Required skills

• Risk management
• Legal research
• Virtual assets
• Crypto
• Fintech

What we offer

• Ownership from day one within a high‑trust, high‑ownership culture.
• Competitive, market‑benchmarked compensation.
• Clear career progression through the Grow with Fasset framework.
• Global exposure working with teams across seven markets.
• Learning and development support to continuously grow your craft.