Associate General Counsel, Europe & UK - Strike Graph

Strike is a Bitcoin company building a better financial system powered by Bitcoin, available in over 100 countries.

Role

As Strike expands its Bitcoin-native financial services across Europe and the UK, we are seeking a senior lawyer to lead the legal function for our European and UK business and support international expansion. This is a broad, senior role where you will be the primary legal lead for Strike in Europe and the UK. You will be responsible for setting regulatory strategy, driving and maintaining licensing, counseling product and commercial teams, and managing outside counsel across the region. You will work directly with the General Counsel and collaborate with Executive, Product, Engineering, Data, Compliance, Communications, and Marketing teams. The legal team is streamlined, offering significant autonomy and ownership.

What You’ll Own

• Serve as the senior legal lead for Strike’s European and UK business, acting as the primary point of contact for regulatory, product, and commercial legal matters in the region.
• Develop and drive Strike’s European regulatory strategy, including obtaining, maintaining, and passporting licenses across the EU and UK. This includes MiCA authorisation and EU27 passporting, UK MLR registration (and the incoming FSMA cryptoasset regime), and compliance with PSD2, e-money frameworks, Travel Rule, and UK financial promotions (FinProm) rules.
• Advise on lending regulation across European and UK jurisdictions as Strike develops its bitcoin-backed lending product internationally, covering structuring, licensing, and disclosure requirements.
• Counsel product teams throughout the full product lifecycle—from concept to launch to sunset—on building and shipping financial products compliantly in a dynamic regulatory environment.
• Lead negotiations on commercial agreements essential to the European business, such as banking and payment rails, custody, trading and lending partners, vendors, and marketing.
• Manage outside counsel across the region, maintaining existing relationships, building new ones, directing work, managing spend, and translating external advice into clear, actionable guidance for Strike’s Business and Product teams.
• Manage incoming regulatory matters and lead Strike’s engagement with European and UK authorities, with a particular focus on the MFSA in Malta and FCA in the UK.
• Support Strike’s AML / CFT program in Europe and the UK, including FATF Travel Rule implementation for bitcoin transfers, in close coordination with Compliance.
• Advise on European data protection obligations (GDPR) in the context of product development and commercial partnerships.

International Expansion (Secondary)

While the core of this role is Europe and the UK, you will also contribute to Strike’s expansion into new, regulated markets. This includes scoping local entity, structure, and licensing paths for target jurisdictions outside of Europe and the UK, and supporting cross-border product and lending initiatives in markets Strike currently serves or can serve on a cross-border basis.

What You’ll Bring

• Qualified lawyer admitted in at least one EU / EEA Member State or the UK, with demonstrated capability across both EU and UK law.
• 10+ years of post-qualification legal experience, including significant in-house and/or financial services experience.
• A track record of owning regulatory and licensing matters and advising a business directly.
• Deep experience drafting and negotiating material commercial agreements.
• The judgment to research novel questions outside your core expertise and provide practical, decisive guidance under time pressure.
• Strong project management and organizational discipline to manage multiple licensing and product workstreams simultaneously.
• Excellent written and spoken English; additional European language(s) a plus.
• Comfortable in a fast-moving environment with constructive friction, risk-adjusted analysis, and creative problem solving.

Nice-to-Haves

• Cryptoasset or digital-assets regulatory experience.
• Consumer credit / lending regulatory experience in the EU or UK.
• UK Financial Promotions (FinProm) experience.
• EU data protection (GDPR) depth.
• Familiarity with the EU AI Act as it applies to financial products and services.
• Experience managing outside counsel and regional legal budgets.
• Background at a top-tier law firm, an EU / UK financial services institution, or in-house at a technology or fintech company.