Senior Regulatory and Securities Attorney

Flow Traders is seeking an experienced Senior Regulatory & Securities Attorney to serve as senior in-house legal advisor on U.S. securities law across its ETF, cash equity, digital-asset, and tokenization businesses. You will provide legal guidance to trading, business, and operations teams, support transactional and regulatory legal work, advise on regulatory developments and new business initiatives, and help manage legal risk in a complex and internationally integrated environment. You'll work closely with Compliance, Risk, and Business Development as an integrated member of Flow Traders' global Legal team, with a meaningful focus on digital assets, tokenization, market structure, and the application of securities laws to emerging financial products and infrastructure.

What you'll do

• Serve as lead in-house resource on U.S. securities law, including the Securities Act of 1933, Exchange Act of 1934, Investment Advisers Act, and applicable FINRA and SEC rules.
• Advise business, trading, and operations teams on broker-dealer regulatory requirements, trading practices, and new product development.
• Provide legal guidance on digital asset classification, tokenized securities, and application of securities frameworks to blockchain-based products.
• Monitor SEC, FINRA, CFTC, and FinCEN developments and interpret and communicate implications to internal stakeholders.
• Advise on structuring and launch of new business lines, products, and geographic expansion.
• Identify legal and regulatory risks and develop practical mitigation strategies.
• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, including trading, vendor, technology, and partnership agreements.
• Provide legal support for strategic transactions, including investments, joint ventures, and acquisitions involving digital-asset businesses or infrastructure.
• Develop and maintain standard-form agreements, legal playbooks, and knowledge-sharing resources.
• Collaborate with the Global Legal team to promote consistent processes and legal standards across jurisdictions.
• Manage relationships with outside counsel, including matter scoping, work allocation, and legal spend.
• Work alongside existing Legal Counsel and other members of the legal team, providing substantive input, collaboration, mentoring, and knowledge-sharing.

What you bring

• A J.D. from an accredited law school and active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar (New York strongly preferred).
• 6+ years of relevant legal experience, with a preference for substantial hands-on responsibility in a complex, fast-paced regulatory environment.
• Significant experience at a leading law firm and/or in-house at a financial services firm, broker-dealer, trading firm, or regulatory agency (SEC, FINRA, CFTC).
• Deep expertise in U.S. federal securities law, including SEC and FINRA rules applicable to broker-dealers.
• Experience advising on digital assets, cryptocurrency, or blockchain-related legal matters, including token classification, DeFi, and application of securities laws to digital-asset products.
• A strong understanding of trading and market structure, including equity, fixed income, and/or ETP markets.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to synthesize complex legal issues for non-legal audiences.
• Strong stakeholder-management skills, sound organizational judgment, and sensitivity to organizational dynamics.
• A proactive, collaborative, and solutions-oriented communication style.

Nice to have

• Experience at or advising a proprietary trading firm, market maker, or exchange.
• Familiarity with AML/BSA requirements as applied to broker-dealers and digital-asset businesses.
• Experience with cross-border securities law issues and international regulatory frameworks.
• Exposure to investment adviser regulations, commodity trading advisor rules, or derivatives and swaps regulatory frameworks.
• Experience working as part of a global or multinational Legal function.
• Prior experience mentoring or supervising junior attorneys or legal professionals.

What we offer

• Base salary of $200,000 to $250,000 per year (per NYC salary transparency law)
• Annual discretionary variable remuneration allocated based on company, group, and individual performance and contribution

About Flow Traders

Flow Traders is a global financial services firm operating across ETF, cash equity, digital-asset, and tokenization businesses.