Regulatory Licensing Attorney
- Experience
- Senior
- Employment
- Full-time
- Company size
- Mid-size
Open to US only. Set where you work from to check your eligibility.
No BS summary
Seeking a skilled Regulatory Licensing Attorney with expertise in CFTC and NFA firm-level licensing. Must guide the business through registration lifecycles and provide legal counsel on derivatives, margin lending, and privacy for new business lines, balancing compliance with strategic goals.
At Anchorage Digital, we are building the world’s most advanced digital asset platform for institutions to participate in crypto.
Anchorage Digital is a crypto platform that enables institutions to participate in digital assets through custody, staking, trading, governance, settlement, and the industry's leading security infrastructure. Home to Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., the first federally chartered crypto bank in the U.S., Anchorage Digital also serves institutions through Anchorage Digital Singapore, Porto by Anchorage Digital, and other offerings.
The company is funded by leading institutions including Andreessen Horowitz, GIC, Goldman Sachs, KKR, and Visa, with its Series D valuation over $3 billion. Founded in 2017 in San Francisco, California, Anchorage Digital has offices in New York, New York; Porto, Portugal; Singapore; and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Learn more at anchorage.com, on X @Anchorage, and on LinkedIn. With the evolving landscape of digital threats and an increasing volume of sophisticated attacks by malicious actors, we have a security policy mandating all new hires complete an in-person onboarding process - no exceptions. Security is our foundation and we prioritize physical identity verification and secure IT setup. While our security and IT logistics require physical presence to protect our infrastructure from sophisticated global threats, this move is equally about our Village culture. We believe that a laptop can be shipped, but our culture cannot.
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Regulatory Licensing Attorney to join our dynamic Legal team. In this pivotal role, you will serve as the firm’s primary subject matter expert on CFTC and NFA firm-level licensing, guiding the business through the end-to-end registration lifecycle and the evolving regulatory landscape of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA). Operating at the intersection of legal strategy and commercial reality in the fast-paced crypto space, you will provide critical legal counsel on OTC and cleared derivatives, margin lending, and privacy considerations for new business lines, balancing regulatory compliance with the firm's strategic objectives.
We have created the Factors of Growth & Impact to help Villagers better measure impact and articulate coaching, feedback, and the rich and rewarding learning that happens while exploring, developing, and mastering the capabilities and contributions within and outside of the Member of Legal, Trading & Licensing role:
What you'll do
- Serve as the firm’s primary subject matter expert on CFTC and NFA firm-level licensing.
- Guide the business through the end-to-end registration lifecycle and the evolving regulatory landscape of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA).
- Provide critical legal counsel on OTC and cleared derivatives, margin lending, and privacy considerations for new business lines, balancing regulatory compliance with the firm's strategic objectives.
What they require
- Highly skilled and experienced Regulatory Licensing Attorney.
- Must complete an in-person onboarding process - no exceptions.
- Security is our foundation and we prioritize physical identity verification and secure IT setup.
- While our security and IT logistics require physical presence to protect our infrastructure from sophisticated global threats, this move is equally about our Village culture.
- We believe that a laptop can be shipped, but our culture cannot.
Benefits
- The Anchorage Village, what we call our team, brings together the brightest minds from platform security, financial services, and distributed ledger technology to provide the building blocks that empower institutions to safely participate in the evolving digital asset ecosystem.
- As a diverse team of more than 600 members, we are united in one common goal: building the future of finance by providing the foundation upon which value moves safely in the new global economy.
- Anchorage Digital is committed to being a welcoming and inclusive workplace for everyone, and we are intentional about making sure people feel respected, supported, and connected at work—regardless of who you are or where you come from.
- We value and celebrate our differences and we believe being open about who we are allows us to do the best work of our lives.
- Anchorage Digital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or veteran status.
- Anchorage Digital considers qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with other legal requirements.
Anchorage Digital refers to services offered through the wholly-owned subsidiaries of Anchor Labs, Inc., a Delaware corporation, including Anchorage Digital Bank, National Association, the first federally chartered digital asset bank in the United States.