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1inch is a DeFi ecosystem company building financial freedom through decentralized finance products and infrastructure. As Senior Corporate Counsel, you will own legal and compliance matters across the international group, acting as a senior legal advisor across multiple jurisdictions.
Your primary responsibilities include:
**Compliance & Risk Management:** Own and continuously develop the group's global compliance framework, including KYC/KYB, AML/CFT, sanctions, third-party due diligence, and ethics policies. Oversee risk-based compliance decisions and investigations, coordinate responses involving regulators and law enforcement, and monitor compliance risks with reporting to Risk Committee, Executive Committee and relevant Boards.
**Corporate & Commercial Legal:** Advise on corporate, commercial and cross-border legal matters including group structuring, entity management, governance, intercompany arrangements, and international expansion. Provide legal guidance across jurisdictions including DIFC/UAE operations, and coordinate external counsel where local expertise is required. Support Board and shareholder matters, and oversee corporate and statutory obligations.
**Employment & People:** Act as primary legal advisor to People/HR across the full employment lifecycle, including employment and contractor models, employee relations, investigations and terminations. Advise on global workforce structures and cross-border employment, ensuring contracts, policies and practices reflect applicable local requirements.
**Commercial Agreements:** Draft, review and negotiate vendor, customer, partner and other commercial agreements, providing practical advice on contractual and commercial risk.
**Data Protection:** Advise on data protection and privacy requirements across international operations, shape the global policy framework, and translate legal requirements into practical controls.
You will work closely with People, Finance, Operations, Product, IT and other business functions to turn legal and regulatory requirements into practical solutions, policies and controls. You will oversee compliance vendors, tooling and processes, and promote compliance awareness across the organization.
**Requirements:**
- 8+ years of relevant legal experience
- University degree in Law (LLB, JD or equivalent) and professional legal qualification or admission to practise law in at least one recognized jurisdiction
- Strong corporate, commercial and employment law experience in an international and cross-border environment
- Demonstrated experience advising People/HR and organizations operating through multiple legal entities and jurisdictions
- Experience owning or operating compliance frameworks, with practical knowledge of KYC/KYB, AML/CFT, sanctions and third-party due diligence
- Strong commercial contracting, negotiation and stakeholder-management skills
- Sound knowledge of data protection and privacy requirements relevant to international organizations
- Ability to exercise sound legal judgment and translate complex requirements into practical, business-oriented solutions
**Nice to haves:**
- Experience with DIFC/UAE law and regulations
- Experience in DeFi/Crypto
- Experience building or scaling compliance frameworks across multiple jurisdictions, and experience interacting with regulators, law enforcement or external investigators
- Experience with international corporate restructurings, investments or M&A
- ICA, ACAMS, CIPP or equivalent compliance/privacy qualification
