Associate General Counsel, Matter Labs
Transactions
+ Equity & Token package
More information about location
Ethereum R&D and scaling solutions
Open for applications
Ethereum R&D and scaling solutions
101-200 employees
Open for applications
+ Equity & Token package
More information about location
101-200 employees
Company mission
To accelerate the mass adoption of crypto for financial sovereignty.
Role
Who you are
- As our ideal candidate, you have significant experience in international corporate and technology transactions, including in the crypto space
- You are as comfortable driving projects as you are jumping in to help on other matters, regardless of the work to be done
- You are a flexible and creative thinker with a business mindset and solution-oriented approach to delivering legal services
- You are comfortable interacting and collaborating with a variety of internal partners and sophisticated clients
- And you want to be part of a low-ego, high-performance company
- Relevant experience as a lawyer, ideally in both a top tier law firm and in-house legal experience
- Legally qualified to practice law in your jurisdiction
- Crypto-aware: it’s OK if this is your first full time legal job in crypto, but it shouldn’t be your first experience in crypto
- Cross-border experience: crypto is global and so are our employees and partners. Must be able to move seamlessly between jurisdictions (engaging local counsel where appropriate)
- "Inbox zero" mentality critically important
- Cypherpunk mentality a plus
- Desire to take a leading role in shaping the future of a leading crypto project
- Approachable / “good bedside manner” as a legal advisor
- Impeccable judgment and Highly self motivated, flexible and proactive
- Able to operate on complex matters with limited supervision
- Able to engage a variety of stakeholders and collaborate effectively and capable of building and maintaining a network of effective working relationships
- Excellent commercial awareness, with a pragmatic, solution based approach to issues, and an ability to think at a strategic, risk-focused level
- Ability to influence and build relationships across organizational and geographic boundaries
- Fluency in English. Additional languages a plus
- Strong academic background from top tier academic institution
What the job involves
- We are looking for an Associate General Counsel, Transactions to join our legal team
- In this role you will report to the General Counsel and serve as the company’s principal in-house legal advisor on (i) ecosystem development, such as strategic investments, partnerships, financings, JVs and M&As, (ii) cross-border corporate transactions and structuring, and (iii) commercial agreements
- Serve as primary internal lawyer on corporate transactions, including financings, acquihires/acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures
- Structure, negotiate and document cross-border partnerships and other relationships with third parties (mostly in the crypto ecosystem)
- Participate in developing the company’s decentralization strategy
- Negotiate commercial agreements and technology transactions
- Provide advice on product, privacy, data protection and intellectual property
- Counsel internal clients with respect to the legal and compliance policies and implications of proposed transactions
- Lead and manage multiple projects in an expeditious manner, providing counsel and assessing risks around complex legal, compliance and business issues
- Provide thought leadership and strategic thinking contributions to internal teams
- Direct and oversee outside counsel, as needed, to provide support on complex issues
- Handle various other duties as delegated by the General Counsel
Our take
While the Ethereum network offers users highly rated security, the trade off is that its network volume doesn’t have enough capacity to allow for fast and cheap transactions. Matter Labs is one of a small number of companies that are building scaling protocols through its zero-knowledge proof driven product, zkSync.
It’s not the only company of its kind, with the likes of Arbitrum and Optimism also receiving plenty of publicity and funding. However, Matter Labs zero-knowledge proof approach has been praised for both its transaction speed and security. If it was easy however, many more companies would be doing it, so it appears that Matter Labs has made a significant headstart on the competition.
Over the last couple of years, the startup has secured some major funding from high-profile investors such as Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), and Union Square Ventures. Matter Labs released its recently renamed ZkSync Era - a zero-knowledge, open-source security platform on Ethereum in 2023. Matter Labs is predicting zero-knowledge cryptography to outlive alternative "optimistic" security tech from the likes of Arbitrum.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Nov 2022
$200m
SERIES C
Nov 2021
$50m
SERIES B
Total funding: $258m
Company benefits
- Remote working
- Equity options
- Annual pay raise
- 28 work days of paid vacation
- 10 days of paid sick leave / year
Company values
- Freedom
- Ownership
- Communication
Company HQ
George Town, George Town
Articles
Leadership
Alex Gluchowski
(CEO)Has co-founded two previous startups, wellbeing platform Somuchmore (acquired by Urbansportsclub), and camper-rental startup PaulCamper.
Alexandr Vlasov
(R&D Head)Electrical Engineering PhD. Former Chief Research Scientist at BANKEX Foundation.
Share this job
View 5 more jobs at Matter Labs