Fnality · 1 month ago
Senior Legal Counsel
Connecticut, United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
4+ years expFnality is building the future of financial market infrastructure by creating regulated, blockchain-based payment systems for wholesale banking. The Senior Legal Counsel will provide corporate and governance legal services across the Fnality Group and support key external stakeholder relationships.
BlockchainEthereumFinanceFinancial ServicesFinTech
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
In-house lead for the provision of corporate and governance legal services across Fnality Group (that includes regulated and unregulated entities), including on: (i) Fnality Group’s constitutional arrangements (e.g., Fnality International Shareholders Agreement, Articles of Association, Fnality Local entity by-laws); (ii) corporate governance (including directors’ duties and managing conflicts of interest); (iii) ad hoc strategic Group initiatives; (iv) related regulatory and compliance issues; (v) delivering corporate and governance internal training, where required
Lead the ongoing evolution of Fnality Group’s corporate structure and governance arrangements across our legal entities, driving maximum day-to-day operational alignment among our legal entity boards of directors and sub-committees, and overall efficiency and effectiveness
Leading our cross-functional Governance Working Group (comprising colleagues from Legal, Strategy and Change, and Administration) in the seamless organisation of, preparation for and running of each periodic cycle of governance meetings (boards of directors and sub-committees), upholding high standards of professionalism and stakeholder management
Lead the corporate law and governance aspects of establishing new Fnality Group entities as we expand our business to new target markets (including the US, Eurozone, Japan, Canada and beyond), collaborating with internal regulatory law specialists and other SMEs, and managing outside counsel where required
Advise on the legal aspects of Fnality Group’s corporate fundraising activities, collaborating with Finance to manage our investors and other stakeholders, and managing outside counsel where required
Co-lead the management of Fnality Group's portfolio of commercial contracts (with customers, vendors, business partners, and among intra-group entities)
Advise on a broad range of corporate and commercial contracts drafting, negotiation, interpretation, and dispute resolution (where required)
Advise on a broad range of general legal queries from colleagues across Fnality Group, including on HR related matters
Advise on the ongoing evolution of Fnality Group’s internal business policies, risk controls and compliance measures, conducting training where required
Analysing and presenting solutions on a wide range of general legal queries, with a focus on corporate and commercial law (and closely related areas such as HR)
Leading our cross-functional Governance Working Group and managing our company secretarial function
Bringing people together to optimise alignment of Fnality Group governance arrangements (Boards, sub-committees), identifying areas for improvement and driving execution of improvements
Preparing internal governance documents, Board/sub-committee papers/resolutions, memoranda of advice, and explanatory/guidance documents
Preparing for and attending meetings with internal colleagues/stakeholders and third parties (customers, vendors, business partners, investors, regulators)
Drafting, reviewing, negotiating and interpreting a broad range of corporate and commercial contracts, and handling disputes when they arise
Collaborating closely with other members of our inhouse legal team to deliver first-rate legal services across Fnality Group, including with the involvement of our specialist external counsels across major global financial centres (e.g. London, New York, Frankfurt) where required
Advising on the ongoing evolution of Fnality Group’s internal business policies, risk controls and compliance measures, conducting training where required
Managing prudently our external legal budget on matters requiring external counsel input
Qualification
Required
A minimum of 4-5 years professional work experience at a law firm or corporate in-house legal team, with a focus on corporate governance, commercial law and related regulatory/compliance matters – ideally gained in the financial and/or technology sectors (or other highly regulated sectors)
Admission to legal practice in the UK (England), US (Connecticut, New York) or another common law jurisdiction
Excellent communication (oral, written) skills, and strong interpersonal skills to work effectively and collaboratively with a wide range of colleagues and stakeholders
Proactive, with strong ability to influence others and bring people together in delivering collaboratively to achieve our business targets
Strong ability to apply first principles in developing solutions in response to new or difficult problems and in navigating ambiguity, where there is no clear precedent to follow
Highly organised, with fastidious attention to detail and strong time management skills
A genuine curiosity in how law, regulation and public policy intersect with emerging technologies, business strategy, and new business models in global financial markets
Experience of working in or strong desire to work in an innovative, disruptive, rapidly evolving business, where in-house lawyers contribute to the solving of novel and challenging business problems, rather than addressing discrete legal issues
Ideally, experience of managing external law firms to support an in-house legal team in achieving the best overall outcomes for the business
Preferred
Ideally, evidence knowledge of one or more 'other' interconnecting SME legal topics: IP, data privacy, employment, dispute resolution, competition/antitrust law, tax, real estate
Company
Fnality
We believe in the immediate value that real-time settlement and decentralized, resilient payment systems will deliver to wholesale market participants.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$323.15MKey Investors
NomuraEuroclear
2025-09-23Series C· $136M
2024-09-30Convertible Note· $26.76M
2023-11-14Series B· $97.08M
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