Regulatory Advisory: Serve as the primary legal expert on the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and NFA Rules , advising the firm on the obligations associated with being a licensed firm.
Licensing & Registration Management: Lead the end-to-end strategy for obtaining and maintaining regulatory licenses, including managing the registration lifecycle and navigating complex exemption frameworks.

Complexity and Impact of Work:

Cross-Functional Integration: Partner with Trading, Operations, Risk, and Engineering teams to embed CFTC/NFA compliance requirements directly into trading workflows and platform architecture.
Regulatory Horizon Scanning: Proactively monitor and interpret shifts in CFTC mandates and NFA interpretive notices, advising the executive team on necessary pivots to business strategy.

Communication and Influence:

Build a close relationship with the product, engineering, operations, and other teams to collaborate closely in developing new products, improving existing businesses, identify and resolve legal issues, structure complex agreements, and improve efficiency.
Strong communication skills (internally and externally)

Anchorage Digital

Anchorage Digital is building the world’s most advanced digital asset platform for institutions to participate in crypto. As a diverse team of more than 600 members, they are united in one common goal: building the future of finance by providing the foundation upon which value moves safely in the new global economy.

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