# Associate General Counsel

**Company:** [Agora](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/agora)
**Location:** Jersey City, NJ
**Role:** Legal
**Salary:** $250k – $300k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Commercial Contracts, Technology Contracts, Regulatory Counseling, Corporate Governance, Compliance, Digital Assets, Fintech, Contract Negotiation, Legal Operations, Outside Counsel Management
**Posted:** 2026-08-28

> Associate General Counsel will partner with the General Counsel to build Agora’s legal function, lead commercial contracting, advise on digital-asset regulation, and support corporate, compliance, financing, and dispute matters. Requires a J.D., U.S. bar admission, and approximately 8–12 years of broad legal experience.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Advise the General Counsel and executive leadership on diverse legal matters.
- Draft, review, and negotiate commercial and technology agreements, including vendor and technology agreements, partnerships, customer and platform terms, NDAs, and services arrangements.
- Advise the business on the digital-asset regulatory landscape, partnering with compliance and outside counsel.
- Support entity management, board materials, corporate housekeeping, financing, and equity matters.
- Partner with compliance on policies and controls; help manage inquiries, disputes, and litigation; and direct outside counsel.
- Build legal templates, playbooks, intake processes, and scalable workflows.
- Handle a broad range of matters, including employment, privacy, intellectual property, and marketing.

## Requirements
- J.D. from an accredited law school.
- Admission to a U.S. state bar in good standing; New York admission or eligibility to register as in-house counsel in New York preferred.
- Approximately 8–12 years of legal experience, ideally combining law-firm and in-house experience.
- Broad experience in commercial contracting, regulatory and product counseling, corporate and governance matters, and compliance.
- Exposure to digital assets, cryptocurrency, banking, regulated financial services, or fintech.
- Experience collaborating across functions and building stakeholder trust.
- Excellent drafting, negotiation, and communication skills.
- Sound, risk-adjusted judgment, analytical rigor, pragmatism, autonomy, and resourcefulness.

## Nice to Have
- In-house experience at an early-stage or high-growth company.
- Familiarity with regulations governing digital assets, stablecoins, money movement, banking, or financial services; U.S. bank regulatory experience is a plus.
- Experience managing outside counsel and legal budgets.
- Experience selecting or implementing legal technology and self-service processes.

## Compensation
- New York Metro salary range: $250,000–$300,000.
- Eligible for annual bonus opportunities and an option grant.

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