Legal & Compliance

Legal and Compliance Executive

Cyprus
Full - time

Job Description

We seek a Head of Legal and Compliance to lead our licensing, legal structuring, and regulatory strategy across multiple jurisdictions. Ideal for a pragmatic legal expert with experience in offshore CFD brokerage licensing (Seychelles, Mauritius, etc.) and contract management. Responsibilities include legal drafting, regulatory compliance, and acting as a cross-functional problem solver. This is a critical role with the opportunity to shape the legal foundation of the company and lead the compliance function from the ground up.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee offshore licensing and compliance (Seychelles, Mauritius, etc.).
  • Liaise with regulators, legal advisors, and corporate service providers.
  • Coordinate audits, filings, and regulatory checks.
  • Draft, review, and negotiate contracts (clients, IBs, staff, service providers).
  • Advise CEO and teams on legal and regulatory matters.
  • Spot and resolve legal risks and compliance gaps.
  • Maintain internal policies aligned with legal and regulatory standards.
  • Organise external lawyers to handle corporate governance, secretarial duties, and documentation.
  • Build and scale legal and compliance operations.
  • Ensure effective KYC, AML, and data protection processes.
  • Support PSP, bank, and LP relationships from a legal/compliance side.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of legal and/or compliance experience in the CFD industry is an absolute must.
  • Strong understanding of offshore regulatory frameworks, including Mauritius and Seychelles.
  • Proven experience drafting and managing commercial agreements.
  • Ability to think strategically and solve cross-functional legal challenges.
  • Track record of working with PSPs, banks, and regulators from a legal standpoint.
  • Law degree (LLB or equivalent); additional compliance certifications are a plus.
  • English - fluent, with Russian or Ukrainian - fluent.

Benefits

  • Competitive and attractive compensation
  • Remote work schedule
  • Proper rest time of 24 annual leave days
  • Challenging and unique tasks in the FinTech field
  • Funding for gym memberships, fostering a healthy work-life balance

Interview Stages

  1. Interview with HR (1 hour)
  2. Interview with HM (1.5 hours)
  3. Final Interview (optional)

About Quantango

Quantango is a technology company of like-minded people who are seeking to change the way the world trades. After spending more than 15 years in trading and brokerage, we asked ourselves a question: Why is everything so regular? So we decided to create revolutionary tools that break down barriers in trading worldwide. With passion as our guide, we venture into uncharted territory, exploring new frontiers, challenging norms, and pushing boundaries further than ever before.

Our vision is to have a journey to reinvent trading mechanics and to offer unlimited trading perspectives. We want people to trade cross-asset, cross-market, and even cross-event!

We seek companions who are:

  • Passionate about working in finance
  • Ambitious to do great things
  • Attentive to the very detail of the subject
  • Bold enough to build different
  • Enthusiastic along the way
  • Ready to make a lasting impact

Sounds like you? Join the Quantango Team!

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