[Remote] Senior Legal Counsel, Regulatory & Licensing (US)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Bitget is one of the world's leading digital assets ecosystems, focusing on the growth of the digital assets industry. They are seeking a Senior Regulatory Counsel to support their strategic expansion into the United States, primarily focusing on regulatory structuring, licensing strategy, and product analysis across various trading products.

Responsibilities

• Advise on the exchange’s US expansion strategy across spot crypto, derivatives, tokenized assets, and RWA products
• Assess available regulatory pathways, including acquisitions, joint ventures, partnerships, and organic license applications
• Support analysis of licensing requirements involving CFTC, SEC, FinCEN, NFA, state money transmission regulators, NYDFS, and other relevant regulators
• Prepare internal legal and regulatory roadmaps for US market
• Advise on entity structuring, governance, permissible activities, and regulatory perimeter issues
• Assist in legal and regulatory due diligence for potential US corporate transactions, including licensed entities such as DCMs, DCOs, FCMs, broker-dealers, ATSs, RIAs, MSBs, money transmitters, trust companies, or other regulated businesses
• Identify licensing gaps, regulatory risks, change-of-control requirements, enforcement history, operational limitations, and post-acquisition remediation needs
• Work with corporate, tax, finance, compliance, and external counsel on transaction structuring and execution
• Prepare regulatory risk assessments and board / management briefing materials for potential transactions
• Support structuring and negotiation of US joint ventures, white-label arrangements, referral models, liquidity partnerships, custody arrangements, broker relationships, clearing arrangements, and technology partnerships
• Review partnership contracts and advise on regulatory responsibility allocation
• Support preparation and submission of US regulatory license applications
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders on business plans, compliance manuals, governance documents, financial projections, operational policies, cybersecurity materials, AML/KYC frameworks, and product descriptions - in conjunction with the Compliance team
• Manage regulatory filing workstreams and liaise with external counsel, consultants, and internal teams
• Track application timelines, regulator questions, information requests, and remediation actions
• Advise on US regulatory treatment of spot crypto, derivatives, futures, swaps, margin, lending, staking, tokenized securities, stablecoins, and RWA products
• Review proposed product launches and assess whether activities may trigger SEC, CFTC, FinCEN, state licensing, broker-dealer, exchange, clearing, custody, or investment adviser requirements
• Provide practical guidance on product design, customer access, geo-restrictions, disclosures, risk warnings, and operational controls
• Work closely with product, compliance, risk, operations, and business teams to design compliant US-facing or US-excluded product models
• Support communications with US regulators, self-regulatory organizations, and licensing authorities
• Prepare regulator-facing submissions, responses, presentations, and meeting materials
• Manage external US counsel and consultants, including scope of work, budget, deliverables, and timelines
• Translate complex regulatory advice into clear, practical recommendations for senior management
• Develop internal policies, playbooks, and decision frameworks for US regulatory matters
• Maintain trackers for US licensing initiatives, regulatory obligations, acquisition targets, and product approvals
• Support internal training on US regulatory requirements and product restrictions
• Coordinate with global legal and compliance teams to ensure consistency across jurisdictions

Skills

• Qualified U.S. Lawyer with at least 8 years of legal experience
• Strong experience in US financial services, fintech, crypto, securities, commodities, derivatives, broker-dealer, exchange, payments, or banking regulation
• Prior financial regulatory experience at a leading U.S. law firm, regulator, crypto exchange, broker-dealer, derivatives platform, fintech company, financial institution, or regulated trading venue
• Familiarity with US regulatory frameworks involving the SEC, CFTC, FinCEN, NFA, state money transmission regimes, and NYDFS
• Experience with licensing applications, regulatory filings, acquisitions, or regulated entity diligence
• Ability to analyze complex regulatory issues and provide practical, business-oriented advice
• Strong drafting, project management, and stakeholder coordination skills
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, cross-border environment
• Ability to live and work in the U.S

Benefits

• We offer competitive salaries and benefits

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