Senior Counsel, Litigation, Regulatory Enforcement & Employment

Summary

Join Blockchain.com as Senior Counsel, Litigation, Regulatory Enforcement & Employment and manage all legal matters related to litigation, regulatory investigations, and employment. You will oversee litigation and regulatory investigations, provide legal support to the People Team, and advise on a wide range of employment issues. This role requires experience in a fast-paced environment and a combination of in-house legal experience focusing on litigation, regulatory investigations/enforcement, and employment law. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical and strategic skills, a high degree of professional ethics, and the ability to work well under pressure. Blockchain.com offers a competitive salary, equity, hybrid work model, comprehensive benefits, unlimited vacation, and performance-based bonuses.

Requirements

• JD/law degree and bar admission in the US
• 8+ years relevant experience - ideally, we’re looking for a combination of in-house legal experience focusing on litigation, regulatory investigations/enforcement, as well as employment legal and HR project experience, but we’ll consider you if you have at least two of these three requirements
• Proven high-performing legal experience in an in-house environment
• Ability to work well under pressure with diligence, organization, and minimal supervision, and provide practical, business-friendly advice to clients
• Strong analytical and strategic skills; ability to drive issues to a quick resolution that factors in many non-legal variables, such as brand-risk, communications, government relations, tax, insurance, finance and other business units
• High degree of professional ethics and integrity
• Ability to anticipate legal issues or risks and to build the processes and systems to prevent them from occurring

Responsibilities

• Advise on and manage all litigation (including pre-litigation) matters that affect Blockchain.com
• Directly support smaller claims and arbitrations and supervise outside counsel on any larger litigation matters
• Manage escalated matters related to law enforcement requests and pre-litigation complaints
• Advise on and manage regulatory investigations/enforcement matters that affect Blockchain.com
• Advise on employment legal issues globally on a broad range of people-related issues including: recruiting; hiring; employee relations; discipline and terminations; internal investigations; leaves of absence; discrimination and harassment issues; global mobility issues; contingent worker issues; employee privacy issues; compensation, benefits, bonus and equity awards; employment litigation; negotiated exits and settlements
• Partnering closely with internal teams, including other parts of the Legal & Compliance, as well as internal business partners to proactively address and resolve potential disputes in line with business objectives
• Proactively identify, analyze, and mitigate legal risks
• Engage outside counsel relationships as necessary and efficiently manage legal costs

Preferred Qualifications

• In-house FinTech experience a bonus
• Class actions experience is also a major plus

Benefits

• Competitive salary and meaningful equity in an industry-leading company
• Hybrid office model (remote & on-site schedule)
• The opportunity to be a key player and build your career at a rapidly expanding, global technology company in an exciting, emerging industry
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits
• Unlimited vacation policy to maintain work-life balance
• The latest Apple equipment for optimal productivity
• Performance-based bonuses
• Work from Anywhere Policy: You can work remotely from anywhere in the world for up to 20 days per year
• We also offer benefits that include medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, paid parental leave, flexible paid time off
• Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses, and full-time employees will receive equity as part of the compensation package