# Counsel, Commercial

**Company:** [Coinbase](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/coinbase)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Legal
**Salary:** $184k – $216k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Commercial Agreements, Contract Negotiation, Fintech, Payments, Regulatory Compliance, Financial Services, Drafting, Risk Assessment, Generative AI
**Posted:** 2026-06-29

> Commercial Counsel leading legal strategy for Coinbase's key payments and fintech partnerships. Draft, negotiate, and execute complex commercial agreements while partnering cross-functionally to close deals and build scalable playbooks in a regulated environment.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Own drafting, negotiation, and execution of highly tailored commercial agreements with strategic partners and sophisticated counterparties in the payments and fintech space, including first-of-their-kind deal structures.
- Drive novel agreement frameworks and deliver practical, business-centric legal advice that balances risk with speed and flexibility.
- Partner cross-functionally with Business Development, Sales, Product, Engineering, Finance/Tax, and Compliance to solve complex problems, build partnerships, and close deals quickly.
- Build scalable commercial playbooks and risk-mitigation strategies that accelerate deal timelines and increase business flexibility across the payments portfolio.
- Identify legal issues that extend beyond your core expertise and drive resolution by coordinating with specialists across the Coinbase legal team and outside counsel.

## Requirements
- 5+ years of transactional legal experience in-house or at a leading law firm.
- JD (or applicable equivalent) and an active license in a U.S. state.
- Demonstrated expertise drafting, structuring, and negotiating complex commercial agreements with fintechs, banks, payment processors, payment networks, and/or payment issuers/acquirers.
- Proven ability to navigate highly regulated financial services environments and translate evolving regulatory landscapes into actionable commercial guidance.
- Track record of independently managing a high-volume deal pipeline while maintaining precision in drafting and risk assessment.
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

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