Senior Legal Counsel

Senior Legal Counsel

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Founded in April 2018 and headquartered in Zug, AMINA Bank is a pioneer in the financial industry providing a seamless, secure and easy-to-use bridge between digital and traditional assets. As a smart bank AMINA Bank offers a fully universal suite of regulated banking services in the emerging digital economy. In August 2019, AMINA Bank received a Swiss banking and securities dealer licence – the first time a reputed, regulatory authority such as FINMA has granted a licence to a financial services provider with a core capability in digital assets. The broad, vertically integrated spectrum of services combined with the highest security standards, make AMINA Bank’s value proposition unique - this is why Banque de France selected AMINA Bank to test the integration of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). CVVC Global Report and CB Insights names AMINA Bank as Top 50 Companies within the blockchain ecosystem.

We are bringing a new financial services paradigm to the blockchain and finance economy. We are looking for a Senior Legal Counsel to join our Legal Team.

As Senior Legal Counsel you will be responsible for the following :

• Provide proactive legal and regulatory advice to senior management, relationship managers and all business units, partially also in co-ordination with outside counsel
• Draft, structure and negotiate legal documents such as agreements with clients and third party service providers in a crypto environment
• Lead project management for legal and regulatory initiatives, as well as corporate matters.
• Advise on innovative products and service offerings from a legal and regulatory perspective
• Draft and / or maintain legal directives, communication, marketing initiatives, standard agreements, forms and general terms and conditions
• Monitor legal and regulatory developments in Switzerland and abroad and implement the respective change projects
• Drive legal assessments and presentations for senior management regarding legal and regulatory topics
• Conduct internal trainings with respect to legal and regulatory aspects
• Ensure cooperation between the L&C team, e.g. on cross-border and other cross-over topics with the compliance department.
• Advise the responsible stakeholder on risks and impact when performing legal duties and controls
• Review and provide content where legal input is required
• Contribute on inputs needed for regulators in- or outside of Switzerland
• Contribute on audit matters, litigation and other ad-hoc requests

For you to become part of AMINA’s journey, we require the following set of experience :

Join our skilled team  and together redefine finance.

We owe our exponential growth to our innovative and collaborate team spirit and talented workforce. Every voice counts as we are always committed to learning from diverse perspectives and backgrounds because our people make the difference at AMINA Bank. Regardless of your age, gender, belief, and background, at AMINA EVERYONE (E) is welcome!

We very much look forward to receiving your full application and hearing about your motivation to join (CV, Motivation Letter, Reference Letters and Diplomas).

Additional information

Location Zug Position type Full-time employee Start of work Mar 1, 2024

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Tobias Klein Apply now