The role involves advising on cryptocurrency regulations, drafting agreements, ensuring compliance, and collaborating with teams to mitigate legal risks.
We are looking for Senior Legal Counsel with 10+ years of legal experience in U.S. financial and/or cryptocurrency regulation to join our team in Chicago. In this role, you will be responsible for advising on cryptocurrency, digital assets, and tokenization rules and strategies. You will also review and negotiate cryptocurrency market-maker and related agreements, as well as draft internal policies, prepare registration applications, and review proposed investments in digital assets. The ideal candidate will bring a strong background in digital assets and relevant U.S. federal securities laws.
Your Core Responsibilities
Your Skills and Experience
While this is a hybrid position, we expect an in-office presence in our Chicago office four times per week.
Please note that immigration sponsorship is not offered for this opening.
Your Core Responsibilities
- Advise on regulations governing cryptocurrencies, blockchain, and digital assets, including European and U.S. regulations.
- Draft and negotiate agreements involving token market-making, issuances, partnerships, and digital asset transactions.
- Support the organization's compliance efforts, including advising on AML/KYC matters, conducting due diligence reviews, and identifying relevant licensing requirements.
- Monitor legislative and policy developments in crypto regulation and provide proactive legal strategies.
- Identify potential legal risks and proactively propose solutions.
- Advise senior business, finance, and compliance leaders on commercial, legal, and regulatory risks to support informed decision-making.
- Collaborate with team members (legal, compliance, finance) across regions to identify regional legal or regulatory risks and propose potential solutions or mitigation actions.
Your Skills and Experience
- Minimum of 10+ years of relevant legal experience at an exchange, regulator, law firm, and/or as in-house legal counsel.
- Regulatory & Compliance Expertise - Knowledge of relevant U.S. and international crypto regulations.
- Corporate & Transactional Skills - Experience structuring crypto-related agreements, token market-making agreements, and other digital asset transactions.
- Strong leadership and team-management abilities.
- Excellent negotiation, communication, and analytical skills.
- Juris Doctor.
- Experience working on cross-functional or cross-regional projects.
While this is a hybrid position, we expect an in-office presence in our Chicago office four times per week.
Please note that immigration sponsorship is not offered for this opening.
Top Skills
Aml
Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
Digital Assets
Kyc
U.S. Federal Securities Laws
Similar Jobs at IMC Trading
.png){kind=avatar}
Fintech • Machine Learning • Software • Financial Services
The Legal Counsel will provide employment law guidance, draft agreements, lead investigations, and advise HR on compliance and strategic initiatives.
Fintech • Machine Learning • Software • Financial Services
The Global Market Data Manager will lead the market data strategy, manage vendor relationships, and ensure compliance while supporting trading objectives.
Top Skills:
Compliance SoftwareMarket Data ManagementTrading Systems
Fintech • Machine Learning • Software • Financial Services
The Operations Developer will build and maintain data pipelines, support reconciliation and reporting, and automate operational processes while collaborating across finance and trading teams.
Top Skills:
DockerGitlab Ci/CdKubernetesMs Sql ServerPythonQliksenseSQL
What you need to know about the San Francisco Tech Scene
San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area attracts more startup funding than any other region in the world. Home to Stanford University and UC Berkeley, leading VC firms and several of the world’s most valuable companies, the Bay Area is the place to go for anyone looking to make it big in the tech industry. That said, San Francisco has a lot to offer beyond technology thanks to a thriving art and music scene, excellent food and a short drive to several of the country’s most beautiful recreational areas.
Key Facts About San Francisco Tech
- Number of Tech Workers: 365,500; 13.9% of overall workforce (2024 CompTIA survey)
- Major Tech Employers: Google, Apple, Salesforce, Meta
- Key Industries: Artificial intelligence, cloud computing, fintech, consumer technology, software
- Funding Landscape: $50.5 billion in venture capital funding in 2024 (Pitchbook)
- Notable Investors: Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, Greylock Partners, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins
- Research Centers and Universities: Stanford University; University of California, Berkeley; University of San Francisco; Santa Clara University; Ames Research Center; Center for AI Safety; California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
