Kraken

Senior Counsel – Product

Kraken

Kraken is your bridge to the world of crypto.

Competitive Salary

London, United Kingdom (Onsite)

Finance, Legal & Compliance

Senior

Last updated 2025-12-09T23:03:51.141Z

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About the role

Overview

The Senior Counsel will lead licensing efforts and provide product counseling for Kraken's innovative crypto products, partnering with cross-functional teams to ensure compliance and successful market entry.

Skills

Strategy Communication Stakeholder Management Leadership Data Analysis

Candidate requirements

These are the minimum requirements a candidate must meet to be considered for this role.

  • Qualified lawyer (Solicitor of England & Wales, Irish Solicitor, or equivalent admitted in an EU Member State).
  • 10+ years’ PQE in financial services law within a regulated financial services institution or in a law firm/private practice supporting such clients.

About Kraken

Kraken is one of the world’s longest-standing and most secure crypto platforms. Our mission is to accelerate the global adoption of crypto, so that everyone can achieve financial freedom and inclusion. Globally, Kraken clients trade more than 200 digital assets and 6 different national currencies, including GBP, EUR, USD, CAD, CHF, and AUD.

Kraken was founded in 2011 and was one of the first platforms to offer spot trading with margin, parachain auctions, staking, regulated derivatives and index services.

Trusted by over 10 million individuals, traders and institutions around the world, Kraken offers professional 24/7/365 client support along with one of the fastest, most performant trading platforms available. Kraken has set the industry standard for transparency and client trust, and was the first crypto platform to conduct Proof of Reserves audits.

In 2024, Kraken ranked 12th in Newsweek's Global Top 100 list of Most Loved Workplaces, recognizing how the platform offers one of the world's most compelling employment opportunities.

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