We are looking for Senior Legal Counsel with 10+ years of legal experience in U.S. financial and/or cryptocurrency regulation to join our team in Chicago. In this role, you will be responsible for advising on cryptocurrency, digital assets, and tokenization rules and strategies. You will also review and negotiate cryptocurrency market-maker and related agreements, as well as draft internal policies, prepare registration applications, and review proposed investments in digital assets. The ideal candidate will bring a strong background in digital assets and relevant U.S. federal securities laws.

Your Core Responsibilities

• Advise on regulations governing cryptocurrencies, blockchain, and digital assets, including European and U.S. regulations.
• Draft and negotiate agreements involving token market-making, issuances, partnerships, and digital asset transactions.
• Support the organization’s compliance efforts, including advising on AML/KYC matters, conducting due diligence reviews, and identifying relevant licensing requirements.
• Monitor legislative and policy developments in crypto regulation and provide proactive legal strategies.
• Identify potential legal risks and proactively propose solutions.
• Advise senior business, finance, and compliance leaders on commercial, legal, and regulatory risks to support informed decision-making.
• Collaborate with team members (legal, compliance, finance) across regions to identify regional legal or regulatory risks and propose potential solutions or mitigation actions.

Your Skills and Experience

• Minimum of 10+ years of relevant legal experience at an exchange, regulator, law firm, and/or as in-house legal counsel.
• Regulatory & Compliance Expertise – Knowledge of relevant U.S. and international crypto regulations.
• Corporate & Transactional Skills – Experience structuring crypto-related agreements, token market-making agreements, and other digital asset transactions.
• Strong leadership and team-management abilities.
• Excellent negotiation, communication, and analytical skills.
• Juris Doctor.
• Experience working on cross-functional or cross-regional projects.

While this is a hybrid position, we expect an in-office presence in our Chicago office four times per week.

Please note that immigration sponsorship is not offered for this opening.

IMC is a leading global trading firm operating at the intersection of technology, trading, and market structure. We believe compliance is most effective when embedded in the business providing insight, constructive challenge, and practical solutions. Our crypto business, headquartered in Zug, is a growing and strategically important part of IMC's global footprint, and we are building a world-class compliance function to support its continued expansion.

We are seeking an experienced Crypto Compliance Officer to take ownership of establishing and leading IMC's compliance framework for the Crypto business. This is a foundational and high-impact role for a compliance professional who combines deep regulatory expertise with genuine commercial instincts and a collaborative approach.

You will be the primary compliance partner to the Crypto business — advising on new initiatives, guiding geographic expansion, engaging with regulators and exchanges, and building a compliance program that can scale with the business. You will manage and develop a small team, including a Crypto Compliance Officer, and work closely with counterparts in the US, APAC, and across the European Compliance and AML functions.

Your Core Responsibilities

Framework design & governance

• Design, establish, and own the end-to-end compliance framework for IMC's Crypto business, covering market conduct, trade surveillance, and regulatory licensing requirements
• Develop and maintain all compliance policies, procedures, and controls specific to digital asset activities, ensuring alignment with CIMA
• Define governance structures including escalation pathways, board-level compliance reporting, and risk appetite frameworks
• Establish and manage the audit remediation plan, tracking findings through to resolution and reporting progress to senior stakeholders
• Build and lead a high-performing compliance team capable of supporting the business at scale

Strategic business partnering

• Act as the trusted compliance partner to the Crypto business, advising on new products, strategic business ventures, and growth initiatives from inception
• Provide clear, pragmatic, and commercially sound guidance on regulatory and market conduct matters, balancing risk management with business enablement

Your Skills and Experience

• 7+ years of compliance experience in financial services, with a minimum of 2 years in a senior role covering digital assets, crypto, or fintech
• Proven track record of building compliance frameworks from the ground up in a regulated financial institution
• Strong understanding of crypto-specific compliance challenges including blockchain analytics, travel rule implementation, AML transaction monitoring, and cross-border regulatory requirements
• Experience engaging directly with financial regulators and managing regulatory examinations
• Exposure to US and/or APAC regulatory environments is a strong advantage
• A collaborative, business-oriented mindset
• Strong leadership and team development skills
• Excellent judgment and the confidence to navigate ambiguous regulatory environments
• Clear, concise communication skills in English
• Ability to manage multiple priorities across jurisdictions in a fast-paced environment
• Willingness to learn, grow, and help establish something genuinely new
• ACAMS or equivalent professional qualification preferred

What we offer

• A senior, high-visibility role at the heart of IMC's fastest-growing business
• The opportunity to build and shape a compliance function from the ground up
• Direct collaboration with global leadership across Trading, Technology, Legal, and Risk
• A high-performance, collaborative culture that values ownership and intellectual rigor

IMC is a leading global trading firm operating at the intersection of technology, trading, and market structure. We believe compliance is most effective when embedded in the business providing insight, constructive challenge, and practical solutions. Our crypto business, headquartered in Zug, is a growing and strategically important part of IMC's global footprint, and we are building a world-class compliance function to support its continued expansion.

We are looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Crypto Compliance Officer to join IMC's newly established Crypto Compliance team in Zug. Reporting directly to the Senior Crypto Compliance Officer, you will be responsible for the day-to-day implementation of IMC's compliance program — translating policies into operational controls, running transaction monitoring and trade surveillance processes, and ensuring the business meets its regulatory obligations on an ongoing basis.

This is an exciting opportunity to get in early on building something from the ground up. You will work closely with the Senior Crypto Compliance Officer, as well as colleagues in the Amsterdam AML team, European Compliance leads, and counterparts in the US and APAC. We are looking for someone who is eager to learn, willing to roll up their sleeves, and genuinely excited about the compliance challenges that come with operating in the digital asset space.

Your Core Responsibilities

Transaction monitoring & trade surveillance

• Manage and oversee day-to-day transaction monitoring across IMC's crypto asset activities, identifying, investigating, and escalating unusual patterns or potential AML concerns in line with the Compliance framework
• Manage the trade surveillance alert workflow — reviewing, investigating, and resolving alerts in line with established procedures and escalating material issues to the European Monitoring and Surveillance Compliance Officer
• Perform blockchain analytics to assess counterparty risk and support investigations into flagged transactions
• Prepare and file Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) and Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) in accordance with CIMA obligations

Policy implementation & controls

• Implement and operationalize compliance policies and procedures across the business, ensuring staff understand and follow requirements
• Maintain compliance registers, logs, and documentation required for regulatory, audit, and reporting purposes
• Develop and roll out training for the Crypto teams across various Compliance topics

Regulatory & business support

• Handle day-to-day compliance queries from the trading and operations teams, providing practical and timely guidance
• Assist the Senior Crypto Compliance Officer in managing relationships with exchanges and responding to regulatory enquiries
• Support the preparation of regulatory filings and assist in managing the audit remediation plan
• Track relevant regulatory developments in the EU and US crypto landscape and flag material changes for policy review

Cross-regional collaboration

• Liaise with the Zug AML team based in Amsterdam on AML-related matters, ensuring consistency of approach across European business
• Collaborate with Compliance counterparts across European offices, as well as colleagues in the US and APAC, to support the global compliance program
• Contribute to compliance training sessions and help build a strong compliance culture across the business

Key deliverables

• Effective day-to-day operation of transaction monitoring and trade surveillance processes
• Robust implementation of Compliance policies and controls across the crypto business
• Support the Head of Compliance in delivering a fully operational compliance framework in Zug

Your Skills and Experience

• 2–4 years of Compliance experience in a regulated financial services environment, ideally with exposure to digital assets, crypto, or fintech
• Practical experience in AML transaction monitoring, trade surveillance, or compliance controls in a financial institution
• Familiarity with blockchain analytics tools (e.g. Chainalysis, Elliptic)
• Experience working in or alongside an international team across multiple jurisdictions
• A collaborative and proactive mindset — you work well with others and take ownership of your responsibilities
• Strong attention to detail and analytical capability
• Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills in English
• Willingness to learn quickly, adapt to a fast-moving environment, and contribute to building something new
• Ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines with a structured, hands-on approach
• High sense of integrity and accountability

What we offer

• An early-career opportunity to help build a compliance function from the ground up in the fast-moving crypto space
• Direct mentorship and development from experienced senior compliance professionals
• Exposure to global business with colleagues across the US, Europe, and APAC
• A high-performance, collaborative culture that rewards ownership and initiative

The Legal Counsel provides legal support in relation to the group’s corporate governance, employee equity participation plans, inter-company agreements, entity (re-)structuring, and acts as a business partner to internal stakeholders across IMC entities and departments. In addition, the role includes exposure to other legal work within the Holding Legal Team, including support on strategic investments, regulatory and other general legal matters.               

The Legal Counsel is a senior-level attorney, with 10+ years’ experience, seeking to further develop as a broad, business-oriented in-house legal counsel in a group holding company context. The role reports to a senior delegate of the Global General Counsel.

Core Responsibilities

Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Corporate Governance: Advise on corporate governance matters relating to IMC's top holding entity and across the IMC group.
• Inter-Company Agreements: Review, draft, and revise inter-company arrangements and agreements in support of the group's corporate structure at both the group and regional levels.
• Equity Plans: Advise on equity plans, including company and participant rights, obligations, restrictive covenants, and tax implications; assist in drafting and executing required documentation.
• Entity Structuring: Advise on corporate entity (re-)structuring and manage the formation, transfer, and dissolution of entities as required.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with internal stakeholders — including Global Management, Finance, Tax, and Business Strategy — as a hands-on legal business partner.

As part of the broader Holding Legal Team, the role also includes:

• External Counsel Management: Support the management of external counsel and coordinate legal workstreams on larger, complex matters.
• Commercial Contracts: Draft, review, and negotiate commercial and other corporate contracts.
• Legal & Regulatory Monitoring: Track relevant legal and regulatory developments and contribute to the team's legal knowledge resources.
• Growth & Development: Benefit from opportunities for learning, development, and career growth across a broad range of legal topics, including strategic investments.

Your Skills and Experience: 

• A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience, gained in a combination of a top-tier law firm and an in-house environment
• Demonstrable experience in corporate governance, general corporate law, and M&A
• Familiarity with financial regulatory environments is a strong plus
• An understanding of (international) tax considerations in a corporate or M&A context is a strong plus
• Pragmatic, proactive and business-oriented mindset with a strong sense of ownership
• Strong and confident communicator
• Collaborative and service-minded team player, comfortable working with senior stakeholders
• Ability to act independently and perform successfully in a fast-paced and at times high-pressure environment
• Excellent command of Dutch and English.

IMC Korea Compliance team works closely with our Trading and Technology teams to manage the regulatory risks of our equity market-making activities in Korea. As a Compliance Manager, you’ll play a key role in safeguarding the business while enabling smart, innovative trading in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. This role offers broad exposure to regulatory oversight, trade surveillance, AML/CTF, and compliance operations, giving you the opportunity to make a tangible impact and grow your expertise within a dynamic global organization.

Your Core Responsibilities: 

• Regulatory Compliance & Oversight
  • Assist in managing compliance with all applicable Korean laws and regulations
  • Develop and maintain compliance policies and procedures that align with local requirements and global IMC standards.

• Surveillance & Monitoring
  • Conduct daily trade surveillance in accordance with KRX rules and internal standards.
  • Assist in enhancing surveillance tools and automating compliance monitoring processes.
  • Perform periodic compliance reviews to test adherence to internal policies and regulatory requirements; prepare findings and reports for management.

• Money Laundering Reporting Officer Responsibilities
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for AML/CFT and sanctions compliance matters in Korea.
  • Oversee IMC Korea’s AML and sanctions screening processes, including name screening, transaction monitoring, and alert management.
  • Maintain and periodically review the AML/CFT framework, ensuring its effectiveness and compliance with relevant local and global standards.
  • Deliver AML and sanctions training for new and existing employees.

• Training & Compliance Culture
  • Promote a strong compliance culture across IMC Korea by raising awareness of regulatory developments and best practices.
  • Develop and deliver compliance training for new hires and existing employees across relevant areas (e.g., market conduct, AML, sanctions, information barriers).

• Regulatory reporting & Compliance Operations
  • Prepare and submit regulatory filings and reports as required.
  • Support internal and external audits, inspections, and information requests.
  • Maintain organized documentation, records, and audit trails related to compliance activities.
  • Conduct or support research and investigations related to compliance initiatives or ad-hoc projects.

Your Skills and Experience: 

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Business, Law, or a related field.
• Must have minimum 5 years’ experience (or 3 years with KICPA or attorney qualification) in compliance or internal audit roles within financial services, preferably in a trading environment.
• Strong knowledge of Korean financial regulations, KRX rules and AML/CFT laws.
• Fluent in Korean and English (spoken and written).
• Experience managing regulatory inquiries, audits, and inspections.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work independently in a small team.
• High proficiency in Microsoft Office; familiarity with Python or SQL is an advantage.
• Knowledge of proprietary trading and market-making business models preferred.
• Fluency in English and Korean is a requirement.

IMC is looking for Legal Counsel to provide commercial legal support for contracts covering various departments including Trading, Technology, Compliance, Finance, Corporate, and Tax. This position will offer legal advice on a variety of matters, with its primary focus on reviewing, drafting, and negotiating commercial arrangements related to trading activities for broker-dealers registered in various capacities and non-registered entities, as well as other related technology, exchange, platform, software, internal corporate, and general business agreements and arrangements.

Your Core Responsibilities

• Draft, negotiate, and review commercial contracts, including trading, execution, rate, exchange, platform, software and technology agreements; consulting agreements; confidentiality agreements; corporate documentation; and other general business and legal agreements.
• Advise stakeholders of potential risks, including regulatory risks, in contractual areas and propose risk mitigation strategies. Ability to advise on corporate tax issues is a strong plus.
• Provide creative and legally sound solutions to ensure that projects keep moving forward to completion.
• Provide general advice on a wide variety of unique scenarios as they arise in the day-to-day conduct of IMC’s business.
• Work with trading teams, business owners, and the procurement function to respond to various requests for commercial legal services.

Your Skills and Experience

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree required, with strong academic credentials and active membership in good standing with the Illinois Bar.
• 8+ years of law firm or prior in-house experience in financial services industry preferred, with an understanding of proprietary trading firm operations and the U.S. financial services regulatory framework, including rules applicable to trading firms and broker-dealers.
• Demonstrated generalist mindset with intellectual curiosity and a willingness to learn new areas quickly; ability to lead new initiatives from concept through successful completion.
• Proven ability to work independently and effectively under tight deadlines.
• Excellent organizational, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent management skills and business judgment with a capacity to make decisions and give advice that demonstrate an understanding of overall business objectives and the risks/rewards of each situation.
• Strong research and writing skills and a demonstrated ability and willingness to effectively and proactively engage in in-person communication are required.
• Must be willing to step into a project management role to bring all business owners and stakeholders together to ensure that projects remain on track and deadlines are being met.

About IMC

IMC is a leading global trading firm operating at the intersection of technology, trading, and market structure. We believe compliance is most effective when embedded in the business — providing insight, constructive challenge, and practical solutions, not just rules.

The Role

We are seeking a Compliance Officer to act as a strategic partner to Trading and Technology. In this role, you will translate complex regulatory and market conduct requirements into clear, pragmatic, and commercially sound guidance.

You will combine strong regulatory expertise with a deep understanding of trading strategies, algorithmic trading systems, and market structure to enable responsible innovation while maintaining the highest standards of market integrity.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Business Partnering

• Act as trusted advisor to Trading & Technology on regulatory & market conduct matters
• Embed compliance into strategic and operational decision-making
• Provide constructive challenge while balancing regulatory and commercial objectives
• Build strong relationships across Trading desks and Technology teams

Regulatory Advisory & Oversight

• Serve as subject matter expert on EU and Dutch financial regulation
• Translate regulatory and exchange requirements into risk-based, practical guidance
• Review new trading strategies, algorithms, and technology developments
• Conduct regulatory self-assessments (including RTS 6 and MAR)
• Monitor regulatory developments and enforcement actions; provide forward-looking regulatory intelligence

Regulatory Engagement & Representation

• Represent IMC in interactions with regulators, exchanges, and industry associations
• Coordinate responses to regulatory inquiries, examinations, and investigations
• Support and manage regulatory reviews and projects

Compliance Program & Risk Management

• Support the development and maintenance of the compliance framework
• Ensure compliance risks and issues are appropriately identified, escalated, and reported
• Prepare and present compliance reporting and management updates
• Contribute to surveillance design and assist in investigations where necessary
• Draft and update compliance policies and procedures
• Prepare and deliver compliance training

What We’re Looking For

Experience & Knowledge

• 5+ years of experience in compliance within financial markets, preferably in an algorithmic trading environment
• Strong knowledge of regulations applicable to algorithmic trading firms (MiFID/RTS 6)
• Solid understanding of global financial markets and market structure
• Experience partnering with Trading and Technology in a business-aligned role
• Experience interacting with regulators and managing regulatory inquiries

Skills & Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
• Excellent judgment and decision-making ability
• Clear, concise written and verbal communication skills in English
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Strong stakeholder management skills across all seniority levels
• Structured, proactive, and hands-on approach
• High sense of ownership and accountability
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
• Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel
• Collaborative team player

What We Offer

• A senior, influential role embedded at the heart of the business
• Direct exposure to Trading and Technology decision-makers
• Opportunity to shape how compliance supports innovation and growth
• High-performance, collaborative culture
• Competitive compensation and benefits

IMC is seeking an experienced Employment Counsel to join our in-house legal team and serve as a trusted partner to our HR and business leadership on all things employment law.

Your Core Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary legal advisor on employment matters across the full employee lifecycle, including recruiting, hiring, compensation and benefits, leaves of absence, accommodations, performance management, and terminations
• Provide practical, business-oriented counsel on multi-state employment law issues, with a focus on jurisdictions such as Illinois, New York, and other states where employees are located
• Partner closely with HR to deliver proactive, solutions-oriented legal guidance; support risk identification and mitigation through ongoing collaboration, mentorship, and training
• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of employment-related documents, including offer letters, employment and separation agreements, restrictive covenant agreements, and company policies/handbooks
• Lead or support internal investigations into workplace complaints (e.g., harassment, discrimination, policy violations) and manage pre-litigation matters, including demand letters and coordination with outside counsel
• Advise on employment issues specific to the financial services and trading industry, including regulatory considerations (e.g., FINRA licensing), broker-dealer requirements, compensation structures, and whistleblower protections
• Counsel on employee data privacy and protection obligations, including compliance with U.S. state laws (e.g., CCPA/CPRA, Illinois BIPA, New York SHIELD Act) and relevant international frameworks
• Develop, implement, and maintain employment-related policies, and design and deliver training programs for managers and employees on key legal topics (e.g., anti-harassment, accommodations, wage and hour compliance)
• Partner with senior leadership and the General Counsel on strategic workforce initiatives, including organizational restructurings, and support employment aspects of M&A transactions (due diligence and integration)
• Monitor and analyze changes in employment laws, regulations, and enforcement trends, and translate developments into actionable guidance for HR and business leaders

Your Skills and Experience

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an ABA-accredited law school
• Active bar admission in Illinois and/or New York, with willingness to obtain in-house counsel registration as needed
• 8+ years of employment law experience, either in-house or at a law firm, with significant exposure to multi-state employment issues
• Experience advising organizations in financial services, trading, or other highly regulated industries strongly preferred
• Demonstrated experience managing workplace investigations, agency charges, and employment-related disputes or litigation
• Familiarity with FINRA and SEC employment-related regulations is a plus
• Strong working knowledge of wage and hour laws, leave and accommodation requirements, and restrictive covenant enforceability across multiple jurisdictions (particularly Illinois and New York)
• Experience advising on reductions in force (RIFs), restructurings, and executive separations
• Excellent judgment and ability to deliver clear, practical legal advice in a fast-paced, high-performance environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex legal concepts into actionable guidance for business stakeholders
• Ability to operate independently with minimal supervision, while exercising sound judgment on when to escalate issues

Please note that immigration sponsorship is not offered for this specific opening.