Legal Counsel (m/w) 60% – 80% Full Time

Sygnum is the world’s first regulated Digital Asset Bank, founded on Swiss and Singapore dual heritage, operating globally. We make digital assets bankable, secure, and convenient, empowering our clients to invest in the digital asset economy with complete trust. For the first time with Sygnum, major currencies and digital assets, including Bitcoin, Ethereum and digital CHF and asset tokens are seamlessly integrated in one account.

Immediately or as per individual agreement

Join a dynamic and exceptional legal team at the forefront of the financial industry transformation and be part of a tech focused bank, enabling all business units and supporting internal stakeholders of the world’s first digital asset bank.

• Are you passionate and curious about fintech, financial services regulation/technology/cryptocurrencies/blockchain/tokenization and related legal solutions?
• Are you looking for very diversified and interdisciplinary work at the intersection of regulated financial markets and the unchartered territory of digital assets?
• Are you keen to work in a dynamic and fast-growing scale-up bank with the most talented and highly skilled international colleagues?
• Are you solution oriented and inspirational?
• Do you have the necessary experience to work independently and with a high degree of responsibility and a track record in working effectively with specialists from a range of business fields in the financial industry?

If this holds true, we want you on the Sygnum team.

Tasks

• As a Legal Counsel at the world’s first digital asset bank you:
• Work in the interdisciplinary legal team within the Legal, Compliance and RegTech unit
• Cover a wide range of legal topics (including employment-, contract-, corporate-, tax-, data- and DLT law), regulatory and corporate housekeeping and related administrative activities
• Work independently within the legal team
• Are a trusted go-to person for all legal related matters to various internal and external stakeholders
• Negotiate agreements with external providers
• Lead and assist in a variety of department and bank-wide projects
• Review and draft agreements, internal guidelines, and templates
• Conduct research, legal assessments, and draft legal memos on complex topics

Requirements

This is how you inspire us

• Master’s degree in law from a Swiss university, preferably with an admission to the bar
• 3-7 years of experience in a supervised institution, law firm or a big four company, a focus on financial services/markets is an asset
• Good understanding of financial market regulations and interest to work on a broad range of legal subject matters
• Interest in the latest trends in legal, the FinTech and RegTech industry as well as cryptocurrencies and blockchain (experience is an asset)
• Independent, efficient, and systematic way of working with a proactive can-do attitude
• Courage to provide clear guidance and practicable solutions based on own assessments
• Good legal drafting skills in German and English
• A positive, forward-thinking personality with a high degree of integrity, business acumen, openness to feedback and ability to work under pressure
• Fluency in English and German, every additional language is an asset

Benefits

• An amazing, diverse, highly skilled, international and motivated team of professionals
• Being at the forefront of regulatory innovation in the FinTech/DLT sector
• The chance to be part of a movement shaping the future of our world’s financial system
• The opportunity to deal with legal challenges related to traditional as well as new technologies
• Scale-up experience with agile working environment and fast decision cycles
• Being part of the gateway for all legal and regulatory issues in a bank

If you’re passionate about the technological innovation in a banking environment and about tackling the legal challenges of a technology-oriented bank, then we are pleased to receive your CV, motivation- and reference letters.