BitGo is hiring a
Sr. Counsel, Web3 - United States

Summary

The job is for a legal counsel position at BitGo, a digital asset financial services company. The role involves negotiating contracts, drafting terms of use and disclaimers, working with various teams, managing legal risks, and supporting corporate governance. The candidate should have 2-6 years of related law firm and/or in-house legal experience at a financial services or crypto company.

Requirements

• 2-6 years of related law firm and/or in-house legal experience at a financial services or crypto company, ideally involving customer-facing sales, fintech and/or custody
• At least 2 years of transactions experience at a large law firm

Responsibilities

• Negotiating contracts relating to digital asset custody, consulting services, partnerships, non-disclosure, trading and lending, staking and/or escrow
• Drafting and negotiating bespoke contracts for first-of-their kind products and services with limited precedent
• Drafting terms of use and disclaimers
• Working closely and partnering with the product, regulatory, sales, trust company, compliance, product development and marketing teams
• Helping with due diligence requests related to transactions
• Managing legal and regulatory risks in a thoughtful and commercially practicable manner
• Helping develop and drive legal contracting process and operations including with respect to workflows, customer contracting lifecycle, pipeline management and document retention
• Supporting corporate governance
• Escalating issues to senior team members as appropriate
• Pitching in whenever and wherever needed, even when not directly related to responsibilities described above

Preferred Qualifications

• A strong understanding of how service levels, warranties, limitations of liability and indemnities are used in contracts, and how they are used to allocate risks associated with a business arrangement
• An understanding of intellectual property licensing, digital asset reviews, escrow arrangements and/or fintech businesses
• Ability to draft complex legal clauses and manage transactions with sophisticated institutional counterparties and outside law firms
• Ability to balance multiple tasks in accordance with changing deadlines and priorities in a fast-paced environment

Benefits

• Competitive base salary, bonus and stock options
• 100% company paid health insurance for employee, partner and dependents
• Up to 4% 401k company match
• Paid parental leave, Paid vacation
• Free commuter/parking pass; 5 min from Caltrain
• Free custom lunches, dinners and snacks
• Computer equipment and workplace furniture to suit your needs
• Great colleagues and inspiring startup environment