# Counsel - Financial Services

**Company:** [Coinbase](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/coinbase)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Legal
**Salary:** £110k – £110k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Prime Brokerage, Securities Financing, Derivatives, Isda, Gmsla, Futures Agreements, Financial Instruments, Uk Regulatory Regimes, Eu Regulatory Regimes, Generative AI
**Posted:** 2026-08-13

> Provides commercial legal support for institutional crypto-finance products across UK and international markets, negotiating complex trading, custody, financing, and derivatives agreements. Requires qualification as a solicitor, barrister, or licensed attorney and at least five years of relevant financial-services legal experience.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Provide hands-on legal support for institutional products across UK and international markets, including prime brokerage, exchange, trading, custody, derivatives, and financing.
- Negotiate tailored agreements with strategic partners and sophisticated counterparties in the finance, payments, and digital asset sectors, including prime brokerage, lending, and derivatives documentation.
- Own full product-lifecycle negotiations for institutional products, advising on legal issues, risks, complex agreement structures, and company policies.
- Lead cross-functional efforts across Institutional Sales, Business Development, Product/Engineering, Finance/Tax, and Compliance to drive alignment and close deals.
- Build scalable commercial processes and risk frameworks supporting global growth.

## Requirements
- Qualified solicitor or barrister in England & Wales, or licensed attorney, with **5+ years of experience** at a financial services institution or law firm advising such clients.
- Track record negotiating and drafting institutional financial agreements, including prime brokerage, securities financing, and/or derivatives documentation such as ISDA, GMSLA, and futures agreements.
- Experience negotiating trading, custody, or financing products across the full product lifecycle, including legal-risk and commercial-structuring advice.
- Familiarity with UK and/or EU regulatory regimes applicable to financial instruments and cross-border legal and regulatory considerations.
- Experience leading legal workstreams across globally distributed, cross-functional teams involving Sales, Product, Engineering, and Compliance stakeholders.
- Responsible use of generative AI with human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and improve workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Annual base salary: **£110,400 GBP**.
- Total compensation may also include equity, bonus eligibility, and medical, dental, and vision benefits.

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