Legal Counsel

Summary

Join Kiln, a leading enterprise-grade rewards platform, as their Crypto Legal Counsel. This full-time position, based in Paris, London, Dubai, or remotely within EMEA/APAC, requires navigating the complex legal landscape of digital assets. You will provide strategic legal advice to various teams, ensure compliance, and stay updated on evolving regulations. The role involves drafting legal documentation, collaborating cross-functionally, and mitigating legal risks. Kiln offers a competitive salary, flexible work arrangements, and significant personal development opportunities.

Requirements

• 5+ years of legal experience, with a strong focus on digital assets, fintech, or financial services
• Experience in advising on blockchain technology, staking, DeFi, and token-related matters
• Familiarity with global regulatory frameworks impacting digital assets
• Strong negotiation and contract drafting skills
• Experience working closely with product and engineering teams in a legal advisory capacity
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment
• A proactive approach to identifying and mitigating regulatory and legal risks in emerging markets
• Already based in APAC, Dubaï or Emirates

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and pragmatic legal advice to product, engineering, marketing, and go-to-market teams on new and existing products and features
• Ensure Kiln’s staking and DeFi offerings meet all applicable legal and regulatory requirements across relevant jurisdictions (APAC, Middle East, EU)
• Stay current on blockchain regulations, financial services frameworks, and public policy developments. Advise internal stakeholders on their potential impact on product design and business strategy
• Develop close working relationships with cross-functional teams and maintain a strong understanding of product and protocol-level developments
• Draft and maintain key legal documentation, including product terms of use, user disclosures, privacy notices, and policy frameworks
• Collaborate cross-functionally to design scalable internal processes for integrating legal review and risk assessment into product development cycles
• Support the structuring and launch of innovative product features and go-to-market strategies while identifying and mitigating associated legal and regulatory risks
• Provide commercially sound legal advice on a wide range of matters including commercial contracts, IP, data protection, and corporate initiatives (e.g. grants, investments)

Preferred Qualifications

• Fast-growing startup experience
• Ideally Japanese or Mandarin speaker

Benefits

• A fast-paced, bureaucracy-free work environment
• Equity share options in the business: if Kiln succeeds, we all succeed!
• Competitive salary
• Flexible holiday
• Flexible remote working
• Choose your IT equipment
• Contribution to Internet connexion
• Significant personal development budget (books, training)
• Overseas tech conferences budget