Re7 Capital is a London-based crypto-asset investment firm. We operate a range of innovative investment strategies at the frontier of digital assets, underpinned by proprietary data infrastructure and deep domain expertise. Our team brings together institutional finance experience, DeFi-native insight, and advanced analytics.

We’re hiring a Head of Legal who will report directly to the COO to lead legal, regulatory, and operational activities across the firm. This is a senior, cross-functional role supporting fund regulation, compliance, commercial structuring, and strategic execution across multiple jurisdictions. You’ll work closely with leadership, team members and external partners to ensure Re7 operates with institutional-grade precision as we continue to expand globally.

Responsibilities:

• Manage regulatory licensing and cross-jurisdictional legal structures.
• Challenge and support commercial deal structuring and negotiation.
• Ensure compliance across sales, marketing and corporate communications.
• Advise on legal and regulatory aspects of product development.
• Handle legal entity governance, new structures, IP protection, and data privacy compliance.

Requirements

• 5+ years of legal and operations experience within crypto, asset management or financial services
• Appreciation of digital assets and crypto-native legal frameworks.
• Qualified lawyer or equivalent experience in a senior legal function.
• Strong understanding of financial regulations across multiple jurisdictions (e.g. FCA, SEC, MiCA, offshore fund regimes).
• Proven experience managing legal entity structuring, fund governance, and cross-border operations.
• Hands-on experience drafting and negotiating commercial contracts.
• Familiarity with data privacy regulations and IP protection.
• Experience working with external counsel and regulators.

Attributes:

• Organised and able to manage multiple concurrent legal and compliance work-streams.
• Strategic mindset, understanding commercial opportunities and turning into clear action plans.
• Able to advise and make decisions quickly
• Detail-orientated and risk-focused on commercial and reputational matters
• Clear communicator of complex legal topics
• Collaborative and proactive team player
• Hands-on with a proactive, ‘roll up your sleeves’ attitude
• Effective in lean, high-performance teams
• Committed to innovation and process improvement

Benefits

• Remote-first with freedom to drive impact and grow with the business (ideally within 3 hours of GMT/BST)
• Work with some of the smartest minds in DeFi - low-ego, mission-aligned, and results-driven
• Collaborative, fast-paced environment at the forefront of decentralised finance
• Opportunities to grow in a rapidly evolving industry
• Competitive package
• UK visa sponsorship for exceptional candidates