Legal Counsel EMEA

Department environment

The Copper Legal team is a collaborative, high-performing group of lawyers and paralegals who operate across multiple jurisdictions. We are intellectually curious, commercially astute, and deeply committed to supporting the business with precision, agility, and integrity. Our team thrives in a fast-paced, evolving regulatory environment, where diversity of thought, background, and experience is not only welcomed but essential to our success. We work closely with Compliance, Risk, Product, and Engineering to ensure Copper's operations are legally sound and strategically aligned. We value humour, humility, and humanity in our work, and we take pride in being trusted advisors to the business.

Role Purpose

Based in our Zug office with a hybrid working arrangement, you will support the EMEA Legal team in delivering strategic legal guidance to executive leadership, key business stakeholders and cross-border legal and compliance teams across Switzerland, Europe, the UAE and the United States.

Key Responsibilities of the role

• Draft and review legal documents which can include contracts, agreements and other legal documents.
• Provide legal advice on a broad range of legal and regulatory matters as part of an expanding team focused on the provision of a wide range of innovative products and services to the EMEA market.
• Support our license application processes and expansion into new markets, engaging with regulators and collaboratively advise the management of our regulated businesses on both evolvingand existing governance and regulatory requirements in the EMEA region. Your work will be focused on the intersection of banking/financial services and digital assets regulation for institutional digital asset services.
• Assist the Product and Engineering teams to design and roll out market leading and regulatory compliant services.
• Advise the business and the Compliance team on all legal matters that involve or affect our operations in EMEA.
• Work with external counsel and consultants as and when required, including managing legal spend and invoices.
• Deal with ad hoc queries of a legal nature that arise while operating a business across multiple legal entities and jurisdictions.
• Keep up to date on digital asset industry regulatory developments relevant to the role and share knowhow as appropriate within the Legal team.

Your experience, skills and knowledge

• Lawyer with 2-4 years of practical experience in a fast-paced professional environment, such as a law firm or in-house at a financial services, market infrastructure, financial technology or crypto/digital assets firm advising on product and regulatory matters.
• Experience in obtaining and/or maintaining regulatory licenses or registrations
• Experience with providing evolving regulatory and governance advice in a dynamic regulatory environment.
• Broader knowledge of Swiss, EU and/or UAE banking, financial services and/or digital assets laws and regulations.
• Ability to manage transactions and projects while keeping the EMEA Head of Legal, the Chief Legal Officer and other members of the Executive Team informed in real time.
• Exceptional drafting skills and attention to detail alongside effective written and oral communication.

Desirable

• Experience engaging with and building trusted relationships with regulators.
• Knowledge of and some experience with crypto and digital assets, blockchain technology and tokenisation.

The interview process at Copper

Our interview process is designed to be thoughtful, efficient, and engaging. While specific steps may vary slightly depending on the role, the typical journey includes:

1. Initial Screening A brief conversation with our Talent Acquisition team to explore your background, motivations, and alignment with the role.
2. Technical Interview A virtual session conducted via Microsoft Teams, where you'll engage with team members to discuss relevant skills, problem-solving approaches, and technical experience.
3. In-Person Interview A conversation focused on team dynamics, collaboration style, and any final technical questions. This may be with cross-functional peers or leadership.

Additional steps may be added based on the role's complexity or seniority. We aim to keep the process transparent and respectful of your time.

Benefits

In return for everything you can bring to Copper, we can offer you an exciting, challenging role in a fast-growing and dynamic business, with career opportunities and welcoming working environment. Some of our key Swiss benefits are highlighted below:

• Paid Time Off - 27 days annual leave per annum in addition to local bank holidays. Employees also receive one additional day of annual leave for each year of service.
• Enhanced Pension Contributions - Includes an enhanced employer matching contribution.
• Half fare travelcard
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

In return for everything you can bring to Copper, we can offer you an exciting, challenging role in a fast-growing and dynamic business, with career opportunities and welcoming working environment.

If you think you have everything we're looking for and more, then we'd love you to apply for the opportunity.