Legal Counsel: Product Compliance (EU/ME)
Sumsub is a leading full-cycle verification platform that enables scalable compliance. From identity and business verification to ongoing monitoring, our platform adapts to different risk appetites and market demands, ensuring global compliance. It allows customizing analytics and workflows with a no-code interface.
Over 4,000 clients — including Bitpanda, Wirex, Avis, Bybit, Vodafone, Duolingo, Kaizen Gaming, and TransferGo — trust Sumsub to accelerate growth, prevent fraud, and maintain compliance worldwide.
We are currently looking for a Legal Counsel to support our Regional Compliance. This role will primarily focus on Europe, while also providing support for the Middle East and CIS regions.
What You Will Be Doing:
Regulatory Advisory & Implementation
- Provide legal advice on AML/CFT and other KYC-related frameworks in the EU/ME/CIS, including the EU AML Package (AMLR, AMLA), eIDAS and regional requirements.
- Support implementation of regulatory changes into internal policies, controls, and product requirements.
- Contribute to high-impact regulatory initiatives (e.g., AMLR implementation, licensing frameworks in ME).
- Interpret and translate regulatory developments into actionable guidance for internal stakeholders.
Cross-Regional Legal Support
- Cover multiple jurisdictions with high regulatory update velocity, ensuring alignment across EU and ME frameworks.
- Address complex, non-standard compliance queries from internal teams (Product, Sales, Partnerships).
- Provide legal input on jurisdiction-specific risks, such as regulatory exposure.
Policy & Documentation
- Draft, review, and maintain internal compliance policies, marketing materials and external-facing documentation.
- Ensure consistency and defensibility of legal positions across regions.
- Support audits and regulatory inquiries with clear legal justifications.
About You:
- 3–5 years of experience in legal/compliance roles (fintech, regtech, financial institutions, or law firms).
- Strong knowledge of:
- EU AML/CFT framework (AMLDs, AMLR, AMLA) and national regulatory;
- Regulatory developments in the Middle East (preferably UAE, Turkey) and Eastern Europe (Balkans).
- Experience advising on multi-jurisdictional regulatory matters.
- Ability to balance hands-on legal work with strategic thinking.
- Strong analytical and drafting skills.
- Fluency in English (additional languages are a plus).
What We Offer:
- Remote-first, trust-based culture. Work from the place that works best for you. No mandatory office days, no attendance trackers. In some locations, we provide offices or coworking spaces, but the choice is yours.
- True flexibility. We do not fix you to a 9-to-5 schedule. You can adjust your working hours when needed, as long as your day stays productive and in sync with the team.
- Extra time off. Your birthday is a holiday here. Add to that 10 personal days each year, seven sick days without paperwork, and extra time to enjoy Christmas and New Year. Time to rest is part of the deal.
- Work that matters. Our mission is to build a digital world that is secure, accessible and inclusive for everyone. From fighting fraud to making online services easier and safer to use, your work will have a real impact on how people experience trust online.
- Compensation. We offer fair and transparent pay, benchmarked to the market.
- Truly global. We work across continents and time zones, with teammates and customers from all over the world. You will run campaigns that cross borders, cultures, and languages, and see your ideas land worldwide.
- Growth built in. Clear goals, open feedback and personal development plans. We support your progress with learning opportunities and by covering role-specific events, from design conferences to marketing forums.
- Team offsites. Sometimes just Slack is not enough. That is why we meet in person a few times a year. Trips are fully covered, so you can meet, collaborate, and recharge together.
- Getting you set up. We make sure you have access to the tools and hardware you need to do your work well.
- Friendly by design. Our logo is a dog for a reason. We keep things human, open and kind. We welcome individuality, quirks and different perspectives, because that is what makes our work smarter and more fun.
The hiring stages: TA screening -> Hiring Manager Interview -> Assignment -> Final Interview.
Sounds like a great opportunity for your career development? Then go ahead and apply!
We are a global community of innovators, creators, and thinkers, and we believe that diversity fuels our innovation. Sumsub is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, genders, experiences, abilities and perspectives. Join us in shaping the future inclusively.
