Corporate & Digital Assets Consultant

Role Overview:

We are seeking a seasoned Corporate & Digital Assets Counsel to join our Legal team. This is a critical role for an experienced legal professional with deep expertise in corporate governance compliance and M&A processes. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing a wide range of corporate legal matters and working closely with executive leadership to ensure legal and regulatory excellence across the organization & partners as well as anticipate crypto and AI regulation and compliance frameworks.

Responsibilities:

• Provide transactional and regulatory counsel on digital assets cryptocurrency blockchain non-fungible tokens (NFTs) decentralized finance and other complex financial products and offerings.
  
• Advise internal business stakeholders on legal risks and opportunities with a focus on state and federal regulations licensing and examinations.
  
• Structure draft negotiate and review agreements with various financial institutions partners and investors.
  
• Partner with colleagues cross-functionally in teams including but not limited to Legal Marketing Product Operations and Finance.
  
• Provide legal support for M&A ICOs AI implementation and other corporate strategic initiatives.
  
• Coordinate with Finance Investor Relations and Communications on disclosure and compliance matters.
  
• Prepare and maintain official corporate notices records and actions of the board of directors and committees ensuring compliance with statutory reporting requirements.
  

What We Would Expect

At Unicoin we value lawyers who combine commercial pragmatism with legal rigor professionals who protect the companys interests while enabling business to move forward efficiently.

Purpose & Balance

Effective counsel understands that legal work is about protecting commercial interests while facilitating progress. The goal is to balance risk management with commercial reality;identifying and allocating material risks rather than trying to eliminate every theoretical one.

Clarity & Proportionality

We value clear practical communication. Contracts should be written in plain language and scaled to the deals size and complexity: robust where necessary streamlined where appropriate.

Drafting Approach

We look for lawyers who draft with purpose and precision ensuring documents are concise structured and easy to navigate.

Best Practice

The ideal counsel combines accessible drafting with sound well-judged legal protections creating documents that are both human-friendly and legally effective.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 8 years of experience in the financial services regulatory and compliance space with a strong understanding of digital assets currencies and emerging financial products.
  
• Strong understanding of federal securities laws and regulations including forming/registering broker-dealers advising crypto exchanges and other blockchain-focused companies responding to SEC and FINRA examinations and reviewing/revising policies and procedures for AML compliance.
  
• Ability to provide counsel on privacy and cybersecurity risks associated with digital currencies and products (beneficial).
  
• Experience working with clients on federal and state regulatory licensing registration compliance and enforcement matters as well as advising on complex bank and money transmission regulatory issues.
  
• Proven experience advising senior leadership and boards of directors.