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Senior Regulatory and Securities Attorney

Flow Traders
🇺🇸New YorkSeniorFull-time$200k–$250kPosted September 11, 2026

About the Role

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.

This role provides legal guidance to trading, business, and operations teams; supports transactional and regulatory legal work; advises on regulatory developments and new business initiatives; and helps manage legal risk in a complex, fast-paced, internationally integrated environment.

The candidate will work closely with Compliance, Risk, and Business Development while operating 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.

  • Serve as lead in-house resource on U.S. securities law and applicable SEC/FINRA rules.
  • Advise on broker-dealer regulatory requirements, trading practices, and new product development.
  • Provide legal guidance on digital asset classification, tokenized securities, and blockchain-based products.
  • Monitor regulatory developments and support structuring and launch of new business lines and products.
  • Draft and negotiate commercial agreements and support strategic transactions.
  • Manage outside counsel relationships and collaborate with the global Legal team.

Requirements

  • J.D. from an accredited law school
  • 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 candidates whose experience reflects 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
  • Strong understanding of trading and market structure, including equity, fixed income, and/or ETP markets
  • Excellent written/verbal communication skills; 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
  • Preferred: Experience at or advising a proprietary trading firm, market maker, or exchange
  • Preferred: Familiarity with AML/BSA requirements as applied to broker-dealers and digital-asset businesses
  • Preferred: Experience with cross-border securities law issues and international regulatory frameworks
  • Preferred: Exposure to investment adviser regulations, commodity trading advisor rules, or derivatives/swaps regulatory frameworks
  • Preferred: Experience working as part of a global or multinational Legal function
  • Preferred: Prior experience mentoring or supervising junior attorneys or legal professionals

What You'll Get

  • $200k–$250k base salary
  • All employees are eligible to share in the company's success through an annual discretionary variable remuneration allocated based on company, group and individual performance and contribution