Executive Director, Senior Counsel - Digital Assets & Tokenization

Page Executive; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Page Executive is seeking an Executive Director, Senior Counsel - Digital Assets & Tokenization. The role requires strategic legal counsel across financing, liquidity, collateral, and market infrastructure, with emphasis on digital assets and tokenization.

You will guide complex transactions, draft and negotiate wide-ranging agreements, and collaborate with risk, compliance, and technology teams to deliver compliant, innovative market solutions.

Qualifications

• Senior legal advisor to business leaders across financing, liquidity, collateral, and market infrastructure.
• Strategic legal and regulatory counsel on complex transactions and evolving market developments.
• Lead negotiation, drafting, and maintenance of commercial, transactional, and market-facing agreements.

Responsibilities

• Advise on collateral arrangements, securities financing, liquidity solutions, custody services, and market products.
• Support development and launch of innovative products and platforms with business, risk, compliance, operations, and tech stakeholders.
• Counsel on digital assets, tokenization, stablecoins, DLT, and emerging market developments.

Skills

Senior legal advice

Regulatory counsel

Contract negotiation

Drafting & review

Cross-functional collaboration

Leadership/mentorship

Education

Law degree / qualified solicitor or barrister

Job description

• Serve as a senior legal advisor to business leaders across a sophisticated portfolio of financing, liquidity, collateral, and market infrastructure businesses.


• Provide strategic legal and regulatory counsel on complex transactions, new business initiatives, and evolving market developments.


• Lead the negotiation, drafting, and ongoing maintenance of a broad range of commercial, transactional, and market-facing agreements.


• Advise on collateral arrangements, securities financing activities, liquidity solutions, custody-related services, and other institutional market products.


• Support the development and launch of innovative products and platforms, partnering closely with business, risk, compliance, operations, and technology stakeholders.


• Counsel internal clients on matters involving digital assets, tokenization, stablecoins, distributed ledger technology, and other emerging developments shaping the future of financial markets.


• Provide legal guidance on strategic initiatives involving digital transformation, automation, artificial intelligence, and next-generation operating models.


• Assess and interpret legal, regulatory, and industry developments, delivering practical, risk-based advice to senior management and business partners.


• Partner with cross-functional teams on high-profile initiatives involving market structure, product innovation, operational enhancements, and client solutions.


• Contribute to industry engagement efforts, including participation in relevant working groups and market initiatives.


• Draft and review policies, procedures, client materials, and thought leadership content to support business objectives and regulatory requirements.


• Help drive scalable, efficient legal support models while maintaining a commercial, solutions-oriented approach in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.

Executive Director, Senior Counsel - Digital Assets & Tokenization • New York, GB