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, including broker-dealers, investment advisors, wealth managers, hedge funds, and crypto exchanges, with over 9 million brokerage accounts.
Responsibilities
- Draft, review, and negotiate complex financial and commercial agreements such as:
- 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 including 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.
- Demonstrated 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 home-office setup allowance of USD $500
- Monthly stipend of USD $150 via a corporate card
Location
This is a globally distributed role with team members located across the USA, Canada, Japan, Hungary, Nigeria, Brazil, the UK, and other countries.