Job description
CoinsPaid offers ready-to-use crypto payment solutions tailored to business’ every need. Standing at the forefront of mass adoption, our products help businesses gear up for the new era of digital assets. We showed a tremendous growth in terms of transactions and volumes since 2019 and in 2023 were marked by Forbes as the “Best Crypto Payment Gateway for High-Volume Transactions”.
Headquartered in Estonia and having 3 international hubs, we are still a remote-first company with employees working from 30+ countries around the world. At CoinsPaid, we are passionate about crypto, fintech and are putting great effort into building a team that will get the world ready for every-day crypto use. If these feel close to you - give us a shout!
Lead Legal Officer will act as the cornerstone of our legal strategy, ensuring compliance with global financial regulations, leading legal risk mitigation, drafting agreements and driving high-impact advisory initiatives across the company. You will also lead a high-performing legal team, and support product and operational teams with sound legal insights
Key Responsibilities:
- Contract Management: Draft, review, and negotiate complex contracts, including SaaS/IaaS/PaaS agreements, licensing agreements, IP/IT agreements, Intragroup agreements, NDAs, and service contracts. Provide strategic advice on software and IT agreements to protect company interests, supporting international commercial transactions
- Corporate and Commercial Law: Handle corporate governance, legal structuring, and compliance matters. Advise on legal implications of business transactions, mergers, and acquisitions. Ensure compliance with relevant corporate and commercial regulations, IP rights protection
- Legal Framework Development: Build policies, frameworks, and procedures, such as compliance roadmaps, matrices, and workflows. Develop and maintain company policies on risk management, procurement, and data protection
- Legal Research and Advisory: Monitor and assess evolving regulatory and legal frameworks (e.g., EU AML, GDPR, gambling regulations, MiCA, etc.) and translate findings into actionable business strategies. Conduct in-depth legal research and analysis on new regulations and emerging legal trends. Provide clear and concise legal advice to internal stakeholders at all levels
- Project Management: Act as a legal project manager on cross-functional projects, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with business objectives. Coordinate with various teams to integrate legal requirements into company workflows
- Regulatory Compliance: Support Data Privacy matters and requests. Monitor regulatory changes and ensure the organization remains compliant with financial, corporate, and IT-related regulations. Draft reports and provide recommendations for compliance improvements
- Team Collaboration and Support: Collaborate with internal departments, including HR, Marketing, Finance, IT, and others, to support legal needs
- Maintain a high level of confidentiality and professionalism in all legal dealings
- Resolve team conflicts and provide conflict management training where needed
- Drive knowledge-sharing initiatives across the legal function and broader organization
- Manage legal project timelines, workload distribution, and delivery quality
Requirements:
- Master of Laws or LLM from an accredited law school
- Minimum of 10+ years of legal expertise and experience in commercial, corporate, and contracting law
- Strong background with international laws, taxation matters, financial transactions and the IT sector
- Proven experience drafting and negotiating various types of international agreements
- Excellent analytical skills with the ability to conduct thorough legal research
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills for effective collaboration
- Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to high-quality legal work
- High level of legal ethics and strong organizational and team management skills
- Fluent in English (C1+); other languages are a plus
Nice to have:
- Data Protection Professional Certification (DPO or others), Expert of ISO 27001 Certification, Cisco or others
- Experience in legal project management and implementation of legal tech tools
- Knowledge of data privacy and cybersecurity laws, crypto processing, and financial transactions
- Experience with compliance frameworks such as GDPR, AML, or ISO standards
- Familiarity with cross-border transactions
- Prior experience in a corporate legal department or in-house counsel role
Why should you choose CoinsPaid?
To become a part of this solid team, passionate about their jobs and the crypto industry as a whole. To feel a great team spirit and meet people supporting each other’s growth and development. To become a part of a rapidly developing international company and a crypto payments leader. Only in 2024 CoinsPaid was awarded more than 10 times:
- Acquisition International 2024 - Best Crypto-payment Solutions Firm 2024 - Europe;
- World Business Annual Awards 2024 - Leading Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Firm in Europe 2024;
- World Business Annual Awards 2024 - Best Blockchain Initiative Europe 2024;
- World Business Annual Awards 2024 - Best Blockchain Fintech Company Europe 2024;
- Global Brands Magazine Awards - Leading Cryptocurrency Payment Solutions;
- ICA Compliance Awards - Development of Automated Real-time Risk Assessment System;
- Europe Fintech Awards - Crypto Award;
- EiGE Awards - Best Payment Provider 2024;
- World Business Annual Awards 2024 - Best Cryptocurrency Payment Solution Provider Europe 2024;
- World Economic Magazine 2024 - Best Digital Payments Solutions Provider;
- Malta Fintech Awards by Dynamic Events - Payment Services Provider of the Year;
- Global Brands Magazine Awards - Best Crypto Payment Gateway;
- Business Awards UK - Best Cryptocurrency Tech;
- EGR B2B - Best Cryptocurrency Service Supplier 2024;
- Global Cards & Payments Innovation Awards - Best B2B Payments Initiative;
- International Investor Award - Most Advanced Crypto Payment Processing Firm 2024.
Solid facts about CoinsPaid:
- Private and profitable company, registered and licensed in Estonia;
- Secure business, with regular financial and regulatory audits;
- Over 10 years of experience in the blockchain development;
- Over €700M processed in crypto monthly;
- Over 1M transactions processed monthly;
- Over 800 merchants accounts serviced;
- Over 270 team members across 30+ countries.
By joining CoinsPaid now, you’ll participate in building the world’s best crypto payment ecosystem, conquering new markets, and popularising cryptocurrencies.
Sounds good? Well then, we can’t wait to see your resume!
To learn more please visit:https://coinspaid.com/about-us/ & https://coinspaid.com/careers/
