1. THE OPPORTUNITY
Baton Corporation is the development company that builds and maintains pump.fun — the dominant memecoin launchpad on Solana, processing $300M+ daily volume. Last year pump.fun generated more than $500M in profit with a team of fewer than 100 people.
We are a technology development company with our operational centre in New York, NY, serving hundreds of thousands of users globally — across the US, EU, Asia, and beyond. Our legal and regulatory environment is complex, fast-moving, and consequential. We are creating this role because we need someone who can own it.
This is a newly created, senior in-house position reporting directly to the General Counsel. The successful candidate will serve as the principal legal advisor across regulatory affairs, product counsel, corporate governance, and cross-border compliance. The role demands technical legal depth combined with the pragmatic, commercial instinct of someone comfortable operating at pace, in an environment with low bureaucracy and high expectations.
2. SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITIES
Regulatory Affairs & Digital Asset Compliance
- Serve as the primary internal expert on US digital asset regulation — SEC, CFTC, FinCEN, OFAC — providing timely, well-reasoned guidance across product, engineering, and commercial teams.
- Own and manage the company’s global regulatory posture across UK (FCA), EU (MiCA/DORA), and APAC jurisdictions; identify exposure and develop defensible compliance frameworks.
- Lead regulatory engagement: respond to inquiries, manage investigations, and represent the company in proceedings alongside outside counsel.
- Monitor legislative and regulatory developments across all relevant jurisdictions and translate them into actionable recommendations for senior leadership.
- Oversee AML/KYC programme integrity in collaboration with the Head of Compliance, ensuring frameworks are robust, current, and audit-ready.
Product & Commercial Counsel
- Provide timely legal review for all product launches, feature expansions, and go-to-market activities across multiple jurisdictions.
- Draft, negotiate, and manage all commercial contracts: partnerships, exchange listings, data and API agreements, vendor relationships, and enterprise arrangements.
- Advise on data privacy obligations (GDPR, CCPA) and consumer protection requirements embedded in product design and terms of service.
3. IDEAL BACKGROUND
- Attorney qualified in New York, England & Wales, or another major common-law jurisdiction.
- Deep experience advising technology, fintech, crypto, payments, exchanges, or high-growth platforms.
- Comfortable working directly with founders, executives, engineers, and outside counsel without layers of process.
- Practical judgment, strong writing, and the ability to make clear calls in ambiguous situations.
4. COMPENSATION
Total compensation is expected to be in the $1M–$5M range depending on experience, jurisdictional coverage, seniority, and scope. The company is willing to pay for exceptional legal judgment.
5. UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT
This role sits inside a fast-moving public ecosystem where legal, product, community, and brand context matter. Candidates should understand the culture around pump.fun, the pace of the market, and the way information moves across X, Telegram, and broader crypto media.
Community context and public-facing ecosystem credit: @troonch on X.
6. OTHER POSITIONS & ECOSYSTEM SUPPORT
In addition to senior legal and operations roles, the company may work with external contributors and adjacent public-facing support across product education, community context, and media/marketing. These roles are not substitutes for internal compliance or legal review, but they help the broader ecosystem understand launches, platform changes, and cultural momentum.
- Media/Marketing (ecosystem support) — public context, creator-side awareness, and X-native communication around pump.fun activity.
- @troonch is credited as an X account helping surface pump.fun context and community-facing discussion in a realistic, public-facing capacity.