Senior Regulatory Counsel — Digital Assets & Payments

KAST; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

KAST is seeking a US Legal Counsel to guide compliance and strategy across its US operations from San Francisco. You will collaborate with Product, Compliance, and GTM teams to ensure adherence to federal and state laws and engage regulators and industry groups.

The role requires strong PQE, JD with US admission, and experience in digital assets. You will oversee outside counsel relationships and draft key legal documents for retail and institutional products.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of PQE.
• JD and admission to practice in at least one US jurisdiction.
• Experience advising on digital assets and payments.
• Knowledge of relevant US financial legislations, regulations and supervisory frameworks.
• Familiarity with regulatory positioning and approach of the SEC, CFTC, FinCEN, and state regulators.
• Excellent communicator and stakeholder manager, ability to make decisions where there is ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Advising the business on compliance and legal issues related to structuring new and existing stablecoin, payments, and card products and features.
• Expanding KAST’s product offering in line with regulatory requirements.
• Drafting and maintaining customer-facing legal documents including Terms of Service, user agreements, and product-specific disclosures.
• Managing US regulatory requirements and applications, including state Money Transmitter Licences (MTLs), virtual currency licences and card network compliance obligations.
• Monitoring and advising on developments from the SEC, CFTC, FinCEN, CFPB, and state regulators - including emerging federal stablecoin and digital asset legislation (GENIUS Act; CLARITY) - and their impact on KAST's US business.
• Collaborating with Product and Commercial teams to design compliant product structures for retail and institutional clients, including card programme agreements.
• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements with counterparties, including service providers, partners and institutional clients.
• Ensuring robust compliance with US financial services regulation including AML, OFAC, sanctions, Reg E, and Reg Z as applicable.
• Managing and overseeing US outside counsel relationships, including firm selection, matter scoping, and legal spend.

Skills

Legal experience

Regulatory knowledge

Digital assets experience

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Education

JD with US admission

Job description

KAST is seeking a US Legal Counsel to guide compliance and strategy across its US operations from San Francisco. You will collaborate with Product, Compliance, and GTM teams to ensure adherence to federal and state laws and engage regulators and industry groups.

The role requires strong PQE, JD with US admission, and experience in digital assets. You will oversee outside counsel relationships and draft key legal documents for retail and institutional products.