Senior Product & Regulatory Counsel, Ledn is interested in hearing from you!

Ledn is a global financial services business built for digital assets, helping to improve the everyday lives of Bitcoin holders while building generational wealth for the future. We offer a suite of egalitarian lending, savings and trading products to digital asset holders in over 120 countries around the world. Through our products & services, we can make a difference in the lives and futures of our clients - in real terms.

Our team at Ledn is a passionate group of individuals from diverse backgrounds. What we all have in common is an unshakeable conviction that digital assets can democratize access to the global economy and Ledn’s suite of products & services can play a critical role in doing so. The core values that guide us are: act with integrity always, own it, have a passion for progress, and lead with empathy. Combining these values with our conviction make Ledn an unstoppable force in changing the world for the better. Come join us as we build, innovate and revolutionize financial services!

The Opportunity:

Ledn is hiring a full-time, UK-based Senior Product & Regulatory Counsel to help shape our product legal strategy and regulatory framework to enable our digital asset products across the UK, EU, and Australia. Ledn is navigating significant regulatory change across these regions, including the upcoming UK FCA cryptoasset regulatory regime, the EU Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), and the evolving Australian digital asset regulatory framework overseen by ASIC. The successful candidate must have the ability to navigate these frameworks and the broader evolving regulatory landscape across the UK, EU, and Australia, in collaboration with external counsel.

You will serve as a trusted legal partner to Ledn’s Product and other business teams, advising on product design, new feature development, strategic partnerships and product-related commercial agreements. You will also collaborate closely with Ledn’s Compliance team to monitor regulatory developments, oversee licensing and registration efforts, and engage with regulators, with a particular focus on the UK FCA, EU MiCA, and Australian ASIC regulatory frameworks.

You will report to Ledn’s Chief Legal Officer and work closely with executive leadership. The ideal candidate brings strong legal expertise in financial services regulation and/or product legal advisory, hands-on experience in the digital asset industry, and the ability to operate in a fast-evolving regulatory and product landscape.

About The Role:

Product Counsel

• Serve as the primary legal partner to Ledn’s Product and other business teams, providing timely, practical legal advice on product design, new feature development, strategic partnerships and go-to-market strategies for digital asset products and services.
• Advise on the regulatory and legal implications of product decisions, ensuring new products and features are developed in a manner consistent with applicable legal and regulatory requirements across the UK, EU, and Australia.
• Draft, review, and negotiate a range of product-related commercial agreements, including technology, partnership, integration, and vendor agreements relevant to Ledn’s product suite.
• Partner with internal stakeholders, including Product, Compliance, Finance and Operations, to build and maintain scalable legal frameworks and guidance for product development and launch processes.

Regulatory Advisory & Strategy

• Provide legal advice to internal stakeholders on financial services and digital asset regulatory requirements across the UK, EU, and Australia.
• Partner closely with the Chief Legal Officer as well as the Compliance, Product, and Business teams to develop and refine Ledn’s regulatory strategy across the UK, EU and Australia and advise on regulatory implications of product design and business initiatives.
• Monitor legal and regulatory developments across key jurisdictions impacting digital assets, lending, custody, exchange and other related activities, and assess impact on Ledn’s business.
• Support expansion into new markets across the UK, EU and Australia by assessing regulatory feasibility and requirements.

Lead Licensing & Regulatory Applications

• Manage and coordinate external counsel on regulatory licence and registration applications across the UK, EU, and Australia. In the UK, this includes supporting Ledn’s FCA authorisation strategy under the upcoming FCA cryptoasset regulatory regime. In the EU, this includes advising on MiCA authorisation/passporting strategy as well as applicable consumer lending licensing. In Australia, this includes advising on applicable ASIC licensing requirements.
• Prepare, review, and maintain regulatory submissions and supporting documentation.

Engage Regulators & Influence Policy

• Engage with relevant regulators across the UK, EU, and Australia, including the FCA, relevant EU national competent authorities, ASIC, and other relevant bodies, on emerging regulatory developments.
• Monitor and contribute to regulatory consultations, discussion papers, and industry dialogues relevant to digital asset lending to shape Ledn’s external regulatory positioning.
• Work with internal stakeholders including Product and Compliance to assess the impact of regulatory change on Ledn’s products and business strategy.

Required:

• Qualified lawyer in a recognised jurisdiction with 7+ years post-qualification experience (PQE) in a regulatory, financial services, or related practice area, currently in good standing.
• Strong understanding of UK financial services regulation and FCA expectations, including working knowledge of the upcoming FCA cryptoasset regulatory regime.
• Familiarity with EU MiCA and the broader EU digital asset regulatory landscape, and Australian financial services regulation as administered by ASIC.
• Direct hands-on experience advising on regulatory frameworks, licensing, or compliance obligations for digital asset products or services.
• Experience working in high-growth, fast-paced, or start-up/scale-up environments.
• Excellent technology skills and a genuine interest in and aptitude for AI – you are not just comfortable using AI tools but actively seek to champion their adoption and embed them into legal team workflows.
• Experience advising product or business teams on legal and regulatory matters, including product design, feature development, and commercial agreements in a financial services or digital asset context.
• Experience drafting and negotiating product-related commercial agreements.
• Experience supporting regulatory applications and engaging directly with regulators.
• Strong ability to operate with ambiguity and navigate evolving regulatory frameworks.
• Excellent judgment, communication skills, and the ability to work across functions in a fast-moving international environment.
• Employment is contingent upon successful completion of applicable background checks, where relevant and in accordance with UK law.
• Applicants must have the right to work in the United Kingdom at the time of application. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

Preferred:

• Experience working in a global organisation and dealing with multi-jurisdictional regulatory frameworks.

Culture Fit:

We’re looking for more than just operational excellence — we want an individual who thrives in a startup or tech environment and embodies our values. The ideal candidate will:

• Have a passion for progress by being adaptable and resilient, and is comfortable navigating ambiguity in a high-growth, fast-paced environment.
• Have a builder’s mindset, excited to create, iterate, and scale.
• Be a collaborative partner, able to influence across functions and cultures with empathy and clarity.
• Demonstrate integrity and accountability, especially in managing confidential information across multiple teams.
• Have previous experience working successfully in a remote-first environment.

A Taste of What We Provide:

• As one of the world’s leading digital asset businesses, we provide tremendous growth opportunities.
• Work directly with the CLO and senior leadership on global regulatory strategy and high-impact decisions to scale the business.
• Exposure to cutting-edge digital asset regulatory developments.
• Opportunity to work across a global, multi-jurisdictional business at an exciting growth stage.
• Comprehensive, best-in-class total rewards package that starts on your first day!
• We offer a competitive PTO package that ensures you have the time off you deserve.
• Ownership in the business. Competitive equity compensation, enabling employees to participate directly in the long-term upside of the business and the future of the digital economy.
• We offer every staff member the opportunity to work remotely anywhere in the world for 180 days.
• A career that provides you with purpose in your job. We remove barriers so you love what you do.

Ledn is committed to being an equal opportunities employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected characteristic, including age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation, in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.

We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact accessibility@ledn.io. All requests will be handled confidentially.

Ledn Working Environment: Our Ledn team is truly global in nature with our people spanning across North America, Latin America, South Africa and Europe. We are a remote first environment.

Please note, due to the high volume of applications, only those applicants that qualify will be contacted.

No agencies or recruiters please. We do not accept unsolicited agency resumes and we are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.