Senior Counsel, Commercial Legal
About the role
About Coinbase
At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. We are building the emerging onchain platform and with it, the future global financial system.
Our culture is intense and demands the best of us every day. We seek passionate individuals who believe in the power of crypto and blockchain technology to update the financial system, who are eager to leave their mark on the world, and who actively seek feedback to keep leveling up.
While many roles at Coinbase are remote-first, in-person participation is required throughout the year. Team and company-wide offsites are held multiple times annually to foster collaboration, connection, and alignment.
The Role
We are looking for an exceptional attorney to join as Senior Counsel on our Commercial Legal team. You will be responsible for a variety of cutting-edge payments deals that will set precedent for the crypto industry.
What You'll Be Doing
- Negotiate first-of-their-kind, highly-tailored agreements with strategic partners and sophisticated counterparties in the payments and fintech space
- Drive novel agreement structures and provide practical advice on legal issues and risk
- Effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams (Business Development, Sales, Product, Engineering, Finance/Tax, Compliance) and legal colleagues to solve problems, build partnerships, and close complex deals quickly
- Develop scaled strategies for addressing risk in business-centric ways and build commercial playbooks that facilitate business flexibility and accelerate deal timelines
- Serve as a trusted business partner by looking around corners and creatively solving problems with the business to help build and execute their transactional and product roadmap
What We Look For
- 7-10+ years of relevant transactional experience in-house or at a leading law firm
- JD or applicable equivalent and current license in a U.S. state
- Deep expertise with fintechs, banks, payment processors, payment networks, and/or payment issuers/acquirers
- Experience structuring complex transactions and commercial agreements with strategic partners