[L&C] Principal Legal Counsel, Tradfi

Bybit
Abu Dhabi
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceExperience: 12+ yearsEducation: professionalSkills: ["Legal drafting","Stakeholder management","Problem-solving","Ownership","Commercial judgment"]

Serve as a senior in-house counsel and primary legal advisor for launching TradFi, asset & fund management, and derivative products. Provide regulatory risk advisory and product structuring support across securities, asset management, derivatives, AI, and payments. Lead drafting and negotiation of product agreements and terms, advise on licensing and exemption feasibility, support AML/product teams, and manage jurisdiction restriction matrices and third-party payment/partner agreement compliance.

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[L&C] Principal Legal Counsel, Tradfi

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Job Summary

Serve as a senior in-house counsel and primary legal advisor for launching TradFi, asset & fund management, and derivative products. Provide regulatory risk advisory and product structuring support across securities, asset management, derivatives, AI, and payments. Lead drafting and negotiation of product agreements and terms, advise on licensing and exemption feasibility, support AML/product teams, and manage jurisdiction restriction matrices and third-party payment/partner agreement compliance.
Location: Abu Dhabi
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Advise on product and payment flow structuring, including card-issuing fronting structures, regulatory sandbox arrangements, and compliance review of third-party payment service providers.
  • •Assess yield-generating savings products against securities-law fund characteristics and coordinate compliance review against pooled-asset 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 for internal business, product, and AML teams, drafting and launching product terms and assessing entity placement and license feasibility across the group.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Learning Budget

Key Requirements

  • •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.
  • •Expertise in securities law, brokerage/clearing structures, and asset & fund management regulation for cross-border product launches.
  • •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.
Experience:12+ yearsFintechFinancial servicesBrokerageCrypto/digital assets
Education:Professional (JD, MD, etc.)
Skills:Legal draftingStakeholder managementProblem-solvingOwnershipCommercial judgment
Languages:English

Company Brief

Bybit
Operates a cryptocurrency exchange and trading platform offering spot, derivatives, copy trading, and related digital asset services for retail and institutional users. The platform focuses on high-liquidity crypto markets, trading tools, and Web3-related products.
Industry: Trading Platforms
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Founded: 2018
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