Head of Legal Department
Remote - European Region
Legal and Compliance – Legal /
Full-time /
Hybrid
CoinsPaid offers ready-to-use crypto payment solutions tailored to business’ every need. Standing at the forefront of mass adoption, our products help businesses gear up for the new era of digital assets. We showed a tremendous growth in terms of transactions and volumes since 2019 and in 2023 were marked by Forbes as the "Best Crypto Payment Gateway for High-Volume Transactions".
Headquartered in Estonia and having 3 international hubs, we are still a remote-first company with employees working from 30+ countries around the world. At CoinsPaid, we are passionate about crypto, fintech and are putting great effort into building a team that will get the world ready for every-day crypto use. If these feel close to you - give us a shout!
We are looking for a Head of Legal with experience in the FinTech niche to help us grow our business on the international stage while ensuring compliance with legal regulations across multiple jurisdictions
Responsibilities:
- Manage the Legal Team: Supervise, mentor, and develop the skills team members, ensuring their professional growth and capacity to handle complex legal matters
- Work with the executive team to drive our legal business model set-up in markets we want to operate in
- Stay up-to-date on changes to laws and regulations that may impact the organization's operations
- Manage the organization's contracts, intellectual property, and litigation matters
- Provide legal guidance to the executive team and other employees as needed
- Strategic Legal Risk Mitigation & Planning: Develop and implement long-term legal strategies for compliance and legal operations aligned with the company’s goals for expansion
Requirements:
- Proven at least 5 years of work experience in legal roles
- Bachelor's/Masters's degree in law or related field
- Understanding of business/economics and legal matters
- Сommunication and negotiation skills
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
- You speak and write English fluently
- Ability to work collaboratively with other departments and stakeholders
- Strong understanding of relevant laws and regulations, such as corporate taxation, legal business set-up, excise duties
- Experience in managing contracts and litigation matters
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities
- Experience in software development, fintech, or crypto payments is a plus
Why should you choose CoinsPaid?
To become a part of this solid team, passionate about their jobs and the crypto industry as a whole. To feel a great team spirit and meet people supporting each other's growth and development. To become a part of a rapidly developing international company and a crypto payments leader. Only in 2023 CoinsPaid was awarded 8 times:
- Forbes - “Best Crypto Payment Gateway for High-Volume Transactions”;
- The Global Brands Magazine - "Leading Cryptocurrency Payment Solutions - Estonia";
- Baltic TECH Awards - “Blockchain: Company of the Year”;
- Global Payment Innovation Awards - “Best Blockchain Payment Initiative“;
- EGR B2B Awards - “Cryptocurrency Services Supplier 2023 ”;
- EiGE Awards - “Best Payment Provider in 2023”;
- MiGEA Excellence Awards - “Best Crypto Payment Provider”;
- SiGMA Balkans - “Crypto Payment Solution of the Year”.
Solid facts about CoinsPaid:
- Private and profitable company, registered and licensed in Estonia;
- Secure business, with regular financial and regulatory audits;
- Over 9 years of experience in the blockchain development;
- Over €700M processed in crypto monthly;
- Over 1M transactions processed monthly;
- Over 800 merchants accounts serviced;
- Over 220 team members across 30+ countries.
By joining CoinsPaid now, you’ll participate in building the world's best crypto payment ecosystem, conquering new markets, and popularising cryptocurrencies.
Sounds good? Well then, we can’t wait to see your resume!
