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AnchorageAnchorageUnited States

Member of Legal, Corporate & Commercial Counsel

Commercial attorney responsible for drafting, negotiating, and owning a wide range of vendor, commercial, custody, and trading agreements in the crypto industry. Requires JD, 4+ years contract experience, cross-functional collaboration, and enthusiasm for crypto regulations and business growth.

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Remote4+ YOELegal

About the role

Technical Skills

  • Own vendor contracts and third party risk management from a legal perspective.
  • Draft and negotiate a wide range of commercial, custody, and brokerage/trading contracts, including master services agreements, NDAs, vendor agreements, partnership agreements, intercompany agreements.
  • Experience with negotiating external client agreements such as custody, brokerage or trading agreements.

Complexity and Impact of Work

  • Work closely with the firm’s Third Party Risk Management team on the company’s contract management framework, and develop guidelines and playbooks.
  • Drive work independently while leading medium-to-large projects and processes.
  • Breaking larger projects down into smaller tasks.
  • Function as a prolific individual contributor within the corporate and commercial space.

Organizational Knowledge

  • Strong understanding of Anchorage Digital’s strategy to successfully lead contract development and projects while taking into consideration the goals of the team you are supporting.
  • As progress is made across different negotiations, making sure knowledge is shared across the appropriate teams.
  • Ability to prioritize work based on company’s goals and communicate the ‘why’ behind your work.

Communication and Influence

  • Build a close relationship with the sales, product, engineering, operations, and other teams to identify and resolve legal issues, structure complex agreements, and improve efficiency.
  • Strong communication skills (internally and externally).
  • Ability to be client facing while working with cross-functional team on multiple projects internally.

Requirements

  • J.D. degree with a focus on financial services or corporate law.
  • 4+ years of experience drafting and negotiating a wide range of commercial and vendor contracts.
  • Experience negotiating brokerage or other trading-related agreements is a plus.
  • Demonstrated experience working closely with the business and other cross functional teams to resolve complex issues and strategize growth.
  • Enthusiasm for crypto and a foundational understanding of the crypto industry and applicable laws/regulations both in the US and internationally.
  • Demonstrated experience with close attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple projects.
  • The ability to execute with moderate supervision and balance commercial and legal realities.

Nice-to-Haves

  • Bonus points if you were emotionally moved by the soundtrack to Hamilton, which chronicles the founding of a new financial system.

Skills

Contract Negotiationvendor agreementsmaster services agreementsndaspartnership agreementscustody agreementsbrokerage agreementsthird party risk managementcrypto regulationsfinancial services law

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