Description:

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, and in particular, supporting the Base business development and product teams. 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 A Digital Currency Exchange Company legal team on a wide variety of matters.

What you'll 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 four 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).

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