Americas Legal Counsel

The role

The Americas Legal Counsel will serve as a strategic partner and legal advisor across the business. This role focuses on financial products and partnerships at the intersection of cross-border payments, cryptocurrency, foreign exchange, and technology.

What you will do

• Advise product and engineering teams on legal and regulatory aspects of product design, development, and launch.
• Translate complex regulatory requirements into clear guidance.
• Partner with business teams and compliance to develop and execute licensing and market entry strategies.
• Provide regulatory guidance on payments, money transmission, cryptocurrency, foreign exchange, and cross-border transactions.
• Identify potential regulatory risks and develop mitigation solutions.
• Provide legal support for corporate governance, board matters, employment, privacy, intellectual property, fundraising, and strategic transactions.
• Identify, assess, and develop mitigation strategies for legal and business risks.
• Serve as a strategic business partner to leadership, product, engineering, and growth teams.
• Manage external counsel and consultants.
• Build scalable legal processes and frameworks.

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of legal experience, including significant fintech or financial services background; 15+ years of experience for senior Counsel level
• Strong knowledge of financial services and payments regulations
• Proven ability to provide practical, business-oriented legal advice
• Experience working collaboratively with product, engineering, compliance, and business teams
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
• Self-starter who thrives in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
• Strong project management skills
• JD from an accredited law school
• Bar membership in good standing

Nice to have

• Fluent in English and Spanish
• Knowledge and experience with cryptocurrency and/or Banking as a Service products
• Startup or high-growth company experience
• Significant experience with international regulatory regimes and cross-border transactions
• Humble team player who excels at collaboration
• Thinks strategically about legal issues and anticipates challenges
• Comfortable making sound decisions with imperfect information
• Approaches legal work with curiosity and intellectual courage
• Energized by solving novel problems at the intersection of law, technology, and finance
• Sees legal as an enabler of business growth

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Equity in a rapidly growing company
• Opportunity to work in a fast-paced startup
• Opportunity to make a significant impact on global financial infrastructure
• Collaborative work culture with emphasis on personal and professional growth

About the company

OpenFX is building infrastructure to power the next generation of cross-border payment systems for institutions. The team is backed by Accel, Lightspeed, NfX and other investors.