Counsel, Commercial

Overview

A US-headquartered self-clearing broker-dealer and brokerage infrastructure provider is seeking a Commercial Counsel to support its expanding financial services platform. The organization serves hundreds of financial institutions across 40 countries with institutional-grade APIs, supporting stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, fixed income, and 24/5 trading. The role reports to the Vice President and involves complex commercial transactional work across sales, technology, product, partnerships, and enterprise teams.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate complex financial and commercial agreements, including:
  • Clearing agreements
  • Crypto and digital asset services agreements
  • Securities lending and margin documentation
  • B2B API, SaaS, and embedded brokerage partnerships
  • Derivatives and futures documentation
  • Vendor and event contracts
• Structure novel partnership arrangements supporting an API-first brokerage model.
• Develop scalable contracting frameworks, templates, and playbooks to support global expansion.
• Collaborate closely with Sales, Compliance, Operations, Finance, InfoSec, and other stakeholders to ensure commercial arrangements comply with regulatory and operational requirements.
• Challenge assumptions and design creative legal structures to scale financial services infrastructure.
• Provide practical, business-oriented solutions to complex cross-border regulatory issues.
• Contribute to the evolution of the global legal strategy across North America, Europe, MENA, APAC, and LATAM.

Requirements

• Licensed attorney with 5-8+ years of experience at a financial services institution (e.g., bank, broker-dealer, asset manager, FCM, payments firm, crypto exchange) or a law firm supporting such clients.
• Strong background in commercial and transactional legal work within financial services.
• Experience reviewing and negotiating complex financial agreements such as clearing, prime brokerage, crypto, derivatives, or similar.
• Familiarity with U.S. regulatory regimes applicable to securities, crypto, and/or derivatives (SEC/FINRA, CFTC/NFA).
• Excellent judgment, analytical rigor, and clear communication skills.
• Proven ability to manage projects from concept through execution.
• Practical, solution-oriented mindset with strong business judgment.
• Comfortable working with cross-functional, globally distributed teams.
• Intellectual curiosity and interest in fintech, digital assets, and blockchain technology.

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive salary and stock options
• Health benefits
• One-time USD $500 new hire home-office setup allowance
• Monthly USD $150 stipend via a corporate card

Location

The organization has a globally distributed team with members across the USA, Canada, Japan, Hungary, Nigeria, Brazil, the UK, and other countries. Remote work is supported.