Legal Counsel

Summary

Join TRM Labs, a blockchain intelligence company fighting crime globally, as a Legal Counsel. You will be part of an experienced team advising on various legal aspects of the company's rapidly growing business. Your responsibilities include reviewing and negotiating commercial agreements, updating compliance documentation, identifying legal risks, collaborating with other teams, supporting the Go To Market team, and improving legal operations. The ideal candidate possesses 3-5 years of transactional practice experience, strong negotiation skills, and a J.D. from an accredited U.S. law school with bar admission. TRM Labs offers a remote-first work environment and a mission-driven culture focused on making a real-world impact. The company values a growth mindset and provides development opportunities.

Requirements

• 3-5 years’ experience working in a transactional practice in-house, at a reputable law firm, or at a government agency
• Experience negotiating technical SaaS agreements
• Effective communicator, self-starter, willing to learn, and humble
• Service-oriented and client-friendly in a fast-paced dynamic environment
• A successful candidate will need to meet tight deadlines and properly manage client expectations
• Must have executive presence to successfully negotiate with outside vendors, outside counsel, internal and external clients, etc
• J.D. from an accredited U.S. law school, with current bar admission in at least one U.S. state

Responsibilities

• Review, draft, negotiate, and finalize commercial agreements to support our business clients ranging from sales to product, including but not limited to MNDAs, Platform Evaluations, Customer Agreements, consulting agreements, and vendor agreements
• With internal support, update privacy and other compliance documentation on an ongoing basis, and handle external communications and requests
• Assist in identifying key issues and legal risks for the broader TRM business and help advise clients on how to proceed in various scenarios, many of which are novel and precedent-setting
• Collaborate cross-functionally with the IT/Security, Finance, and People Teams to ensure compliance with contracts across all of TRM’s markets across various geographies
• Support the Go To Market (“GTM”) team with ad hoc sales-related legal requests in a prompt and timely manner
• Support operational projects between GTM and Legal to ensure proper data capture and process flow, identifying and improving processes to minimize friction in closing deals
• Assist and own legal operations projects including creating streamlines processes and improving efficiencies to cut down on administrative tasks

Preferred Qualifications

• Tech or web3/blockchain industry experience is not required but helpful
• Experience with public sector procurement processes is a plus

Benefits

• Work alongside top experts and learn every day
• Embrace a growth mindset with development opportunities tailored to your role
• Take on high-impact challenges in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
• As a remote-first company, TRM Labs is built for global collaboration