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Associate General Counsel, EU Legal

Job Overview

In this role, you’ll advise our European businesses on the legal questions that shape how we launch products, enter markets, and serve customers.

Key points

  1. Partner with business leaders and Compliance to advise on EU and international e-money, payment services, financial services, and digital asset requirements.

  2. Advise regional operating entities on new products and services, intercompany arrangements, commercial relationships, banking partnerships, and retail and institutional terms of business.

  3. Guide product launches, market expansion, and marketing initiatives across jurisdictions, coordinating with the US-based Legal team and other regional counsel.

  4. Monitor European and international legal and policy developments, explain their business implications, and support Coinbase’s advocacy for effective digital asset regulation.

  5. Strong knowledge of EU financial services regulation, including PSD2, the Second Electronic Money Directive, and/or MiFID II. Digital asset expertise…

  6. Experience engaging with European financial services regulators, particularly the CSSF or Central Bank of Ireland, is preferred.

  7. Sound legal judgment, analytical rigour, and commercial pragmatism, with excellent writing skills and the ability to deliver concise, actionable advice to executives.

  8. Ability to prioritise a varied workload, work independently under regulatory scrutiny, and build processes that improve legal support. Previous in-house experience is preferred.

Skills

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Experience: Entry-level · 7+ years