Senior Counsel, Transactions (Capital Markets)

Overview

A leading internet financial platform company is seeking an experienced legal professional to support its global capital markets business, including crypto exchanges, digital asset market makers, and institutional capital markets partners. The role involves working closely with the organization's blockchain network designed for stablecoin finance and requires managing complex commercial transactional work in the fintech and crypto space.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted legal partner to the capital markets business development team, collaborating across global deal teams.
• Structure, negotiate, and draft complex agreements related to crypto, fintech, and capital markets, including exchange listing and integration agreements, market maker and liquidity provision agreements, co-funding, credit and collateral arrangements, and tokenized collateral transactions.
• Support the blockchain network's capital markets go-to-market efforts by drafting and negotiating agreements with exchanges, liquidity providers, validators, and institutional partners involved in lending, borrowing, FX, and tokenized asset use cases.
• Develop and expand contract templates and playbooks for capital markets transaction types to improve speed and consistency.
• Assist in creating and implementing processes, procedures, and metrics to enhance the effectiveness of legal services for global capital markets teams.
• Provide contract interpretation and management support to business leaders executing deals with exchanges, trading firms, custodians, and other institutional counterparties worldwide.
• Stay current on developments in crypto capital markets, digital assets, tokenization, stablecoins, and blockchain infrastructure to provide practical transactional advice.

Requirements

• Minimum of 10 years of legal experience in capital markets, crypto, or financial services.
• At least 3 years of experience at a top-tier law firm.
• Juris Doctor (J.D.) or foreign equivalent and active membership in at least one U.S. State Bar.
• Extensive experience drafting and negotiating complex agreements in crypto, fintech, and capital markets, including exchange, market maker, liquidity provision, collateral, and digital asset transactions.
• Familiarity with traditional finance capital markets concepts such as derivatives, structured products, collateral management, and market infrastructure, and their intersection with digital asset and blockchain ecosystems.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams on institutional partnerships focused on capital markets, exchanges, and market maker business teams.
• Ability to manage multiple initiatives and transactions requiring analysis of relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards.
• Capability to identify regulatory, tax, accounting, and other implications and coordinate deals to align all stakeholders.
• Comfort using AI tools to streamline routine tasks while maintaining independent legal judgment and ensuring legal accuracy.
• Willingness to participate in negotiation calls outside standard business hours to support global deal teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of the legal and regulatory landscape across key global markets relevant to digital assets, stablecoins, tokenization, and capital markets.
• Understanding of how product and technology requirements intersect with legal and regulatory frameworks.
• Prior exposure to ISDA documentation, master trading agreements, or other capital markets framework agreements.
• Experience working with regulations from the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Financial Supervisory Service.
• Familiarity with Slack, Apple MacOS, ChatGPT and other AI tools, and GSuite.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base pay range: $230,000 - $297,500
• Compensation is determined by factors including relevant experience, skill set, qualifications, and organizational needs.
• Equal opportunity employer committed to non-discrimination based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other protected status.
• Participation in E-Verify Program in certain locations as required by law.
• Accommodations available during the interview process for candidates with disabilities.

Location

Not specified; role may require participation in global deal teams and negotiation calls outside standard business hours.