Overview
This role involves serving as a commercial attorney responsible for negotiating vendor agreements critical to operations and managing a variety of financial agreements. The position requires intellectual curiosity and versatility to support the development of new business lines within a leading digital asset platform for institutional participation in crypto.
Responsibilities
- Own vendor contracts and third-party risk management from a legal perspective.
- Draft and negotiate a wide range of commercial, custody, and brokerage/trading contracts, including master services agreements, NDAs, vendor agreements, partnership agreements, and intercompany agreements.
- Negotiate external client agreements such as custody, brokerage, or trading agreements.
- Collaborate closely with the Third Party Risk Management team to develop and maintain the company’s contract management framework, guidelines, and playbooks.
- Lead medium-to-large projects and processes independently, breaking larger projects into smaller tasks.
- Function as a prolific individual contributor within the corporate and commercial legal space.
- Understand the organization’s strategy to effectively lead contract development and projects aligned with team goals.
- Share knowledge across appropriate teams as negotiations progress.
- Prioritize work based on company goals and communicate the rationale behind legal work.
- Build strong relationships with sales, product, engineering, operations, and other teams to identify and resolve legal issues, structure complex agreements, and improve efficiency.
- Communicate effectively both internally and externally, including client-facing interactions.
Requirements
- Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree with a focus on financial services or corporate law.
- Minimum of 4 years of experience drafting and negotiating a wide range of commercial and vendor contracts.
- Experience negotiating brokerage or other trading-related agreements is a plus.
- Demonstrated ability to work closely with business and cross-functional teams to resolve complex issues and strategize growth.
- Enthusiasm for cryptocurrency and foundational understanding of the crypto industry and applicable laws and regulations in the U.S. and internationally.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Ability to execute with moderate supervision while balancing commercial and legal considerations.
Preferred Qualifications
- Interest in the founding of new financial systems, as exemplified by an appreciation for the soundtrack to Hamilton (optional).
Compensation & Benefits
Details on compensation and benefits are not provided in this description.
Location
The organization has offices in San Francisco, California; New York, New York; Porto, Portugal; Singapore; and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Note that the security policy mandates all new hires complete an in-person onboarding process to ensure physical identity verification and secure IT setup.
This position requires physical presence for onboarding due to security protocols designed to protect infrastructure from sophisticated global threats.