Director of Legal & Regulatory Affairs, APAC

About Mesh

At Mesh, our mission is to enable consumers to pay and be paid with any asset. Today, trillions of dollars in tokenized assets exist but remain largely unusable for everyday commerce. Mesh is bridging this gap by making crypto payments reliable, useful, and ubiquitous. We combine a powerful orchestration engine with a seamless consumer app to unlock liquidity for the world. Backed by leading investors like PayPal Ventures, Paradigm, and Galaxy Ventures, we are building the infrastructure for the next era of the global economy. Join us!

Overview

Mesh is building the regulatory and payments infrastructure that will power the next generation of digital asset transactions across APAC. As our Director of Legal & Regulatory Affairs, you will play a central role in making that vision possible.

Working closely with the CEO APAC and global Legal and Compliance leadership, you will serve as a trusted advisor on some of the company's most important commercial, product, and expansion decisions. From shaping market entry strategies to supporting enterprise partnerships and navigating emerging regulations across digital assets and payments, your work will have a direct impact on Mesh's growth trajectory.

This is an opportunity for a builder who enjoys turning ambiguity into structure, creating practical solutions to complex regulatory challenges, and helping a fast-growing company unlock new opportunities across the region.

What You’ll Do

• Own Mesh’s regulatory strategy across APAC. Lead the region’s licensing roadmap from defining regulatory positioning and activity classifications to driving licensing applications through to approval.
• Build trusted regulatory relationships. Serve as Mesh’s primary legal counterpart with regulators across APAC, while developing and managing a network of top-tier external counsel in key markets.
• Turn regulatory change into business decisions. Stay ahead of developments across digital assets, payments, stablecoins, VASP frameworks, and the Travel Rule, translating complex requirements into practical, decision-ready guidance.
• Enable growth through strategic legal advice. Partner with business leaders on product structuring, market expansion, and commercial partnerships, while advising on agreements with exchanges, fintechs, payment providers, and financial institutions.
• Represent Mesh in high-impact conversations. Join enterprise and strategic partnership discussions where regulatory credibility matters, providing confident, commercially minded legal leadership at the table.

Who You Are

• Qualified lawyer with 10+ years of experience in financial services, fintech, payments, or digital assets.
• Deep APAC regulatory expertise, including direct engagement with regulators such as MAS, HKMA, FSC, FSA, and other regional authorities, with experience navigating complex regulatory matters across multiple jurisdictions.
• Strong understanding of digital assets, stablecoins, crypto payments, and related infrastructure, not just the regulatory frameworks, but how these systems operate in practice.
• Experience advising on payments products, infrastructure, licensing, or regulatory regimes (e.g., MAS MPI, PSP and equivalent frameworks).
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity, developing positions where precedent may not exist, and helping shape strategy in rapidly evolving regulatory environments.
• Commercially minded and pragmatic, with the judgment to balance risk, growth, and partnership objectives while enabling the business to move forward.
• Exceptional communicator who can translate complex legal and regulatory issues into clear, actionable guidance for executives, product, commercial, and operational teams.
• Prior experience at a crypto exchange, fintech, neobank, payments company, or digital asset infrastructure provider is highly valued.
• Familiarity with FATF Travel Rule requirements, VASP compliance frameworks, and cross-border digital asset regulation across APAC is a plus.
• Existing relationships with APAC regulators, policymakers, or industry bodies are strongly preferred

Why You’ll Love It Here

At Mesh, you’re not stepping into a typical role—you’re joining a rocket ship in mid-liftoff. You’ll tackle complex, meaningful problems that actually move an industry forward, working alongside a sharp, motivated team that moves quickly, collaborates deeply, and expects everyone to operate with ownership. This is the kind of place where you’ll see your work ship fast, make real impact, and be able to point to something and say, "I built that." You’ll grow fast, level up your skills, and get a front-row seat to how a high-growth company scales from the inside, with competitive comp, solid benefits, and room to stretch your craft all coming standard. If you’re energized by building, learning, and shaping something big—this is where you’ll want to be.

In-Office Expectations

Employees based in our San Francisco, New York, and Bangalore hubs are expected to work from the office at least 40% of the time (approximately two days per week). This expectation may vary slightly depending on role, team, and business needs. Certain roles that require closer cross-functional collaboration or operational support may have additional in-office requirements, which will be discussed during the interview process. Our hybrid approach is designed to balance meaningful in-person collaboration, team building, and real-time decision-making with the flexibility to work remotely. We believe this structure supports strong execution while preserving autonomy and focus time.

How We Care For Our Team

We believe great work happens when people feel valued and supported. That starts with competitive salary and equity that grows as you and the company grow, plus comprehensive health coverage for you and your family. We offer unlimited PTO—and we mean it. Take the time you need to recharge and show up at your best.

We’re invested in your growth with a dedicated budget for courses, conferences, and certifications. Work from wherever you’re most productive with our remote-friendly approach, and count on having the top-tier tools and equipment you need to do exceptional work.

Mesh Pay is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, genetic information, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, lawful alien status, national origin, age, marital status, and non-job related physical or mental disability, or protected veteran status. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Qualified lawyer
Regulatory strategy expertise, Legal advice proficiency, Digital assets understanding, Exceptional communication
Own regulatory strategy across APAC and lead licensing roadmap., Build regulatory relationships and manage external counsel networks., Translate regulatory changes into actionable business decisions.