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Tangem

Senior Legal General Counsel (International)

zug, switzerland / Posted
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About us


Tangem is building the world’s most advanced self-custodial financial platform, redefining how people store, grow, and spend digital value at global scale.


Tangem Pay extends this foundation into real-world finance. It transforms the Tangem Wallet into a full self-custodial payment account, allowing users to seamlessly move from storing value to spending it anywhere cards are accepted globally. The product is live, production-ready, and built to scale across regions, currencies, and regulatory environments.


With Tangem Pay, we are not launching “another crypto card.” We are building the spending layer of a new financial system where self-custody, payments, and global usability converge.

The infrastructure is live, the partners are in place, and the roadmap is designed for rapid global expansion.



About the job


Role's Key Focus Areas:


  • Product Structuring: Partnering with Product and Engineering to review technical specifications and design “compliant-by-design” features for swaps, staking, and Tangem Pay.
  • Regulatory Change Management: Proactively monitoring global shifts (e.g., MiCA, SEC guidance) and translating them into actionable requirements for the business.
  • Strategic Governance: Developing the internal frameworks that allow Tangem to expand worldwide while maintaining its non-custodial status.
  • High-Stakes Negotiation: Leading complex commercial agreements with strategic partners, banking institutions, and card schemes.


What You’ll Be Doing:


You’ll work across a wide range of matters and provide clear, actionable legal guidance that enables the business move forward.


  • Assisting with governance, regulatory compliance, and strategic legal work across Tangem Group and Tangem Pay.
  • Handling high-level regulatory assessments, licensing in multiple jurisdictions, and complex agreements with key partners
  • Helping to prepare the company for audits, potential IPOs, and increased regulatory scrutiny.


Day-to-day might include tasks such as:


  • Researching regulatory changes and analyzing their impact across 20+ countries.
  • Applying for licenses and implementing governance policies, including GDPR compliance and record keeping for regulatory responsibilities.
  • Managing Intellectual property (IP) portfolio and data protection matters for Tangem Pay
  • Partnering up with C-level executives to advise on risks and legal considerations before initiatives' launch.
  • Defining and implementing structured governance processes, filling current gaps to prepare for audits and future investment or IPO plans


You'll be a part of the legal team focused on:

  • Supporting product shift from a hardware wallet focus to a broader ecosystem with swap providers and Tangem Pay, resulting in increased compliance complexity.
  • Navigating licensing, regulatory changes, and governance to support growth.
  • Ensuring regulatory compliance while enabling the business roadmap, balancing speed and risk.
  • GDPR and data protection oversight requiring structured governance and clear data flow mapping.
  • Improving record keeping and policy frameworks tailored to company's multi-entity structure, especially for Tangem Pay.



Qualifications


What You Need To Succeed In This Role:


  • Expertise in handling Legal Issues and offering strategic Legal Advice to support business objectives
  • Proficiency in Data Privacy and Corporate Governance to ensure regulatory compliance and protection of company assets
  • 4+ years of experience as a senior counsel in a mid-sized scaling fintech or IT company
  • Prior experience in cryptocurrency, fintech, or technology sectors is a must
  • Close familiarity and practical experience with international fintech and financial services regulations
  • Experience interacting with supervisory authorities internationally, e.g. the EEU area, LATAM, MENA, etc.
  • Master’s degree in Law


Soft skills & Language:

  • Strong analytical, communication, and negotiation skills
  • Ability to operate autonomously in a fast-paced, innovative industry
  • Detail-oriented, proactive, and collaborative mindset
  • Ability to work independently with a pragmatic, solution-focused mindset
  • Excellent command of English (C2 or native)



What we offer


  • Stability, development, participation in the future unicorn's growth;
  • We use the latest technologies, no legacy;
  • Remote work from anywhere in the world, with a schedule aligned with GMT+3;
  • Competitive salary in EUR/USDT;
  • Paid vacation days
  • Birthday presents;
  • Compensation for the purchase of necessary technical devices for the work;
  • Paid sick leaves.