Coinbase · 5 days ago
Counsel, Commercial (Institutional Legal)
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$184K/yr - $216K/yr
5+ years expCoinbase is a company focused on increasing economic freedom through the development of an onchain platform. The Counsel, Commercial (Institutional Legal) role involves negotiating agreements with strategic partners, providing product life-cycle counseling, and advising on legal and regulatory issues in the digital currency and blockchain space.
BitcoinBlockchainCryptocurrencyFinTechTrading Platform
Responsibilities
Negotiate first-of-a-kind, highly-tailored agreements with strategic partners and sophisticated counterparties in the finance, payments and digital currency space
Provide full product life-cycle counseling for a variety of global prime brokerage, custody and derivatives related products, and practical advice on associated legal issues and risks, complex agreement structures and company policies in a risk-tolerant, but compliance-oriented environment
Stay abreast of and advise on digital currency and blockchain technology legal and regulatory issues
Lead and assist with complex and global cross-functional efforts, driving and ensuring cross-functional alignment with other stakeholders (Institutional Sales, Business Development, Product/Engineering, Finance/Tax, Compliance)
Effectively collaborate with those same cross-functional teams and legal colleagues to solve problems, build partnerships, and close deals quickly
Proactively solve problems for the business as they plan and execute on an aggressive global growth plan, 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 a lawyer
Qualification
Required
Licensed attorney with at least 5 years experience working in a financial services institution (e.g. bank, e-money issuer, payment service firm, broker dealer / asset manager) or in a law firm supporting such clients
Strong negotiation skills and ability to review and negotiate financial agreements (e.g. prime brokerage, lending and derivatives documentation)
Strong history of commercial and transactional legal work
Interest in digital currency and blockchain technology
Experience working and leading with cross-functional, globally located teams
Familiarity with US and/or EU or UK regulatory regimes applicable to financial instruments
Comfortable challenging the status quo and preconceived notions of what is possible
Excellent judgment, analytical rigor, clear communication, and business pragmatism
Top-notch analytical skills with experience owning projects from concept to finish
Creativity, comfort and experience with oral solutions that help scale financial services businesses and technology solutions that help scale practices
Sound and practical business judgment
Intellectual curiosity and flexibility
Attention to detail and focus on process ownership from start to finish
Team-oriented and collaborative
Preferred
Experience working with product teams launching fintech, financial services, investment or similar products
Experience registering and perfecting collateral arrangements
Experience with bankruptcy rules and regulations
Experience with cross-border analysis
Experience with Edgar and analyzing regulatory filings
Benefits
Bonus eligibility
Equity eligibility
Benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k))
Company
Coinbase
Coinbase is a crypto exchange and wallet platform that allows merchants and consumers to buy, sell, and store digital currencies.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (181)
2024 (92)
2023 (96)
2022 (284)
2021 (183)
2020 (66)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$4.45BKey Investors
ARK Investment ManagementTiger Global ManagementIVP
2025-08-05Post Ipo Debt· $2.6B
2025-03-04Post Ipo Equity· $8M
2024-03-13Post Ipo Debt· $1.1B
Leadership Team
Brian Armstrong
CEO & Co-Founder
Alesia Haas
CFO
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