Senior Counsel, Commercial

We are looking for an exceptional attorney to join our Commercial Legal team. You will be the attorney responsible for a variety of commercial transactions. This will include leading a variety of complex first-of-kind transactions that will set precedent for the crypto industry, and partnering with other members of the Coinbase legal team on a wide variety of matters.

What youll be doing (ie. job duties):

• Negotiate first-of-a-kind, highly-tailored agreements with strategic partners and sophisticated counterparties in the finance, payments and digital currency space.
• Provide practical advice on legal issues and risks, complex agreement structures and company policies in a risk-tolerant, but compliance-oriented environment.
• Effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams (Business Development, Product/Engineering, Finance/Tax, Compliance) and legal colleagues to solve problems, build partnerships, and close deals quickly.
• Develop scaled strategies for addressing risk in business-centric ways and build commercial processes that allow the business flexibility and freedom to move quickly.
• Look around corners and creatively solve problems for the business as they plan, build, and execute their transactional and product roadmap.
• Be a business partner, not just an attorney

What we look for in you (ie. job requirements):

• Current license in a U.S. state or international jurisdiction with JD or applicable equivalent, with six or more years of relevant transactional experience at a leading law firm, or comparable in house practice.
• Interest in digital currency and blockchain technology.
• Experience structuring complex transactions and negotiating and drafting commercial agreements with strategic partners in the tech, payments, and/or finance space.
• Excellent judgment, analytic rigor, and business pragmatism.
• Willingness to roll up sleeves (no job too big, no job too small).

Nice to haves:

• Passion for the crypto industry.
• Experience with regulated financial services firms.

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