Senior Legal Counsel

Overview

What you will do

• Provide senior legal support across high-frequency and automated trading, including exchange trading (traditional and digital asset exchanges), market access, colocation, cloud infrastructure, and algorithmic trading
• Advise on regulatory frameworks relevant to HFT, proprietary trading, market conduct, and trading infrastructure across multiple jurisdictions
• Draft, review, and negotiate complex commercial and trading-related agreements, including exchange access and connectivity agreements, technology, data and infrastructure contracts, and counterparty, broker, and vendor arrangements
• Identify legal, regulatory, and contractual risks early and propose practical, business-oriented mitigation
• Work closely with the Cyprus tax and legal team and the Dubai-based crypto compliance function
• Partner with trading, technology, market making, business relations, and operations teams across geographies
• What we are looking for
• 10+ years of relevant legal experience, ideally across proprietary or high-frequency trading, financial markets infrastructure, fintech, or digital assets. Consulting backgrounds with strong corporate, commercial, or banking law focus will also be considered
• Strong crypto-related legal experience is a significant advantage; HFT experience is the other primary filter
• Deep understanding of financial markets, trading mechanics, and technology-driven businesses
• Excellent drafting, negotiation, and English-language communication skills
• A proactive, solution-oriented mindset, comfortable owning issues from identification through resolution rather than waiting for direction
• Commercial pragmatism balanced with legal rigour
• Senior enough to operate without supervision today, with the potential to mentor and grow into broader leadership as the function scales
• If this sounds like you, please click apply or drop a note on aditisidana@aquissearch.com for a confidential chat.