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Salary: USD 250,000 - 280,000 / annual
Mesh is a crypto-payments infrastructure company enabling consumers to pay and be paid with tokenized assets. The company is backed by PayPal Ventures, Paradigm, and Galaxy Ventures.
You will serve as Senior Regulatory Counsel, owning global regulatory strategy and market-entry planning for Mesh's expansion into LATAM, the EU, the UK, and APAC. This is a hands-on role reporting to the Chief Legal Officer and VP of Legal, requiring deep expertise in cross-border financial services and crypto regulation.
Key responsibilities:
- Lead regulatory workstreams for priority markets: Brazil (VASP/SPSAV authorization), UK (FCA registration, FSMA), EU (MiCAR, EMI, PSD2), and Singapore (MAS).
- Own market-entry strategy, including licensing requirements, sequencing, and go/no-go recommendations across all target jurisdictions.
- Structure global product and distribution models, including localization, partner/reseller/agent structures, and feature availability by market.
- Partner with Compliance and regional Money Laundering Reporting Officers on licensing applications and regulator engagement.
- Select, manage, and coordinate outside counsel across jurisdictions, synthesizing advice into actionable decisions.
- Structure and establish local entities for new markets, including cross-border entity formation and corporate structuring.
- Advise the business on market-entry risk and sequencing, translating multi-jurisdiction requirements into practical guidance.
- Monitor regulatory and policy developments and adjust the expansion roadmap accordingly.
Required qualifications:
- 8+ years of legal experience in cross-border or international financial services, payments, or crypto/digital-asset regulation.
- Deep knowledge of financial services and crypto regulatory regimes in LATAM, UK, EU, and APAC.
- Proven track record leading market-entry, licensing, registration, and authorization projects across multiple jurisdictions.
- Experience structuring and standing up entities, including cross-border formation and corporate structuring.
- Practical, risk-based judgment; comfort operating across borders, legal systems, and time zones at startup speed.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills with Compliance, Product, and Sales.
- JD and active bar membership in at least one US state, or equivalent qualification in a relevant jurisdiction.
