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:
Legal & Compliance
- 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
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
