About Sygnum
Sygnum is a global digital asset banking group, founded on Swiss and Singapore heritage. We empower professional and institutional investors, banks, corporates and DLT foundations to invest in digital assets with complete trust. Our team enables this through our institutional-grade security, expert personal service and portfolio of regulated digital asset banking, asset management, tokenization and B2B services.
In Switzerland, Sygnum holds a banking licence and has CMS and Major Payment Institution Licences in Singapore. The group is also regulated in the established global financial hubs of Abu Dhabi and Luxembourg.
We believe that the future has heritage. Our crypto-native team of banking, investment and digital asset technology professionals are building a trusted gateway between the traditional and digital asset economies that we call Future Finance. To learn more about how Sygnum’s mission and values are shaping this digital asset ecosystem, please visit sygnum.com and follow us on LinkedIn and X.
Our Values
A key pillar of our success are the Sygnum values that define and unite us a team. We proudly call them our SYGN values:
- S stands for the importance we hold in Seeking and seizing opportunities, and the way we take personal ownership for delivering results for our clients;
- Y represents the way we say Yes to maintaining the highest level of integrity and fairness in everything we do. Sygnumers always display confidence without attitude;
- G reminds us to always Grow and win together. We only succeed by supporting each other and challenging ourselves, and our team-mates, to reach for new heights;
- N is here for Nose for value because we are always looking to focus on what matters most to our clients, partners and team.
Sygnum has one of the most diverse teams in the industry. Diversity plays a central role in keeping our work culture open, our teams productive and energised, and our solutions at the forefront of the industry. In the spirit of our SYGN value to “grow and win together”, we fully embrace an equal opportunity mindset in the way we onboard, develop and promote our team members.
About the role
Are you
- passionate about blockchain and digital assets?
- a hands-on lawyer, eager to push tasks over the finish line?
- interested in answering new and tricky legal questions that cannot be looked up in a book?
- an empathetic team player and able to work under pressure?
- keen to work in a dynamic, fast-moving and interdisciplinary scale-up bank?
- enthusiastic about being part of strategic initiative projects implementing regulations which are substantially changing financial market’s landscape?
If this holds true, we want you on the team!
Tasks
- Provide legal advisory services on a broad range of legal and regulatory matters, with a particular focus on product-related legal work
- Contribute to legal workstreams and projects relating to banking, regulatory and product-related initiatives
- Support the legal assessment, structuring, and implementation of new products and product functionalities, including in connection with regulatory requirements and international product related activities
- Work closely with the product & development team
- Support management and internal departments on legal and regulatory matters to ensure compliance with applicable standards and requirements
- Support the identification and assessment of legal and regulatory risks in business processes and decision making
- Advise on legal and regulatory requirements in the daily business
- Review and draft of standardized as well as non-standardized agreements between the bank and clients as well as the bank and other third parties
- Draft, review and/or negotiate legal documents such as contracts, statements, agreements, policies as well as internal guidelines
- Identify legal and regulatory risks in business processes, monitor legal and regulatory developments and support the implementation of resulting measures
- Support the Lead Legal Products and Head Legal in various legal matters
- Support internal legal projects and trainings
Our ideal candidate
- Law degree from a Swiss university; bar admission and/or additional qualifications are an asset (e.g., LL.M.)
- Solid knowledge of Swiss banking and financial market regulation (e.g., FINMA framework, FIDLEG, FinfraG)
- Prior practical experience in banking, financial services, a law firm, or a consulting environment is a plus, in particular exposure to the structuring of investment funds, structured products, and/or financial services
- Strong analytical and drafting skills with attention to detail and legal accuracy
- Ability to work independently on assigned matters while knowing when to seek guidance
- Pragmatic, solution-oriented mindset with an interest in innovative financial products
- Strong team player with good communication and interpersonal skills
- Fluent in German and English; additional languages are an advantage
Our Offer
Joining Sygnum means being part of a dynamic, global team that is building a trusted gateway between the traditional and digital asset economies. Working at Sygnum, you will experience our fast-paced, exciting work environment that embraces meritocracy and collaboration and open communication. Alongside our ambitious long-term mission, we also come together for reaching important milestones and annual crypto-industry anniversaries like Bitcoin Pizza Day, and regularly celebrate together at themed company events as part of our journey to shape Future Finance.
Sygnum offers a comprehensive package of benefits for all team members. They include:
- Attractive combination of market salaries and entrepreneurial incentive scheme
- Flexible/Work at home policies
- Professional development via Mentoring and Buddy programs
- One-month fully paid sabbatical after five years of continuous employment
If you are passionate about the potential of blockchain to shape Future Finance and your profile is a good fit for this position, please send us your CV today!