Adele Faure has worked in Africa, Europe and North America, as a consultant, in finance and as a firm lawyer — but now, she’s taken on a new challenge at Palo Alto-based Robinhood.

Faure is spearheading, as assistant general counsel, the regulatory and legal facets of the cryptocurrency platform for the financial services company with an app that allows users to invest in stocks, options, ETFs, and cryptocurrency without paying a commission.