Senior Legal Counsel, Fireblocks
EMEA
Helping financial institutions securely transfer digital assets
Open for applications
Helping financial institutions securely transfer digital assets
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To enable every business to easily and securely support digital assets and cryptocurrencies.
Role
Who you are
- Experience working at a technology company, preferably with a SaaS or software offering and/or at a top-tier law firm within a technology practice
- Background in Financial services, fintech, blockchain, cybersecurity, or crypto industry
- Experience as a team player who enjoys partnering with cross-functional teams to solve issues and work collaboratively to generate consensus across diverse points of view
- Experience negotiating complex technology transactions on a global basis
- Fastidious attention to detail in both oral and written communications
- The ideal candidate should be a self-starter and an efficient multi-tasker with an adaptable approach to problem-solving
- You should be comfortable working in a technical, software development environment alongside product, engineering, finance, sales and marketing professionals
- We’d love for you to have financial services, fintech, blockchain, cybersecurity, or crypto industry experience, but that is not a requirement
What the job involves
- Fireblocks is seeking a talented, highly motivated, and flexible lawyer to work collaboratively with our sales and product organisations
- You will provide legal support for the sales organisation, drafting and negotiating a wide variety of contracts in support of our software-as-a-service offerings
- You will also provide advice and support to our product team as they develop new product features and functionality to be commercialised
- In this role, you will advise on the various legal risks, business strategies, and other product and regulatory issues related to Fireblocks' general operations and its range of offerings
- This role is based in London and reports directly to the Associate General Counsel, EMEA
- You will work with business partners in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, driving meaningful impact
- Focused on some of our largest commercial transactions supporting our SaaS services
- Taking the lead in drafting and negotiating a wide variety of contracts, including strategic license agreements and services agreements
- Advising clients on the various legal risks, business strategies, and other product and regulatory issues related to commercial transactions and product development
- Developing processes to enable collaboration between the legal and product teams
- Creating templates and advising on implementation
- Learning new technologies, products and practice areas without much precedence
Salary benchmarks
Our take
The derivatives market has always been attractive for larger investors, but one of the biggest hurdles they needed to overcome has to do with capital efficiency, custody and security. Fireblocks allows for the trading of derivatives on any asset, using any form of collateral while receiving cross-margin benefits across counterparties. Essentially, it enables institutional traders to move digital assets without the operational or security headache.
By trying to make digital asset trading more secure, Fireblocks is banking on assets like cryptocurrencies becoming a new part of the mainstream trade of financial institutions. Cryptocurrencies are known for being notoriously unstable in their value but when traded properly, can be hugely profitable. Fireblocks believes that their cybersecurity services will make the industry seem safer and thereby make it more attractive to new participants.
In fact, Fireblocks are already on to something here. Now that cybersecurity standards have been boosted, a whole new crop of institutional entities has already set up shop in the crypto world. The more that follow suit, the more stable the market becomes - and the more potential clients Fireblocks can access. If Fireblocks can make digital assets both accessible and secure for mainstream traders, as they are doing through partnerships with the likes of CoinTrade, they have a huge potential market waiting to be tapped into.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jan 2022
$550m
SERIES E
Jul 2021
$310m
SERIES D
Total funding: $1.0bn
Company benefits
- Work from home opportunities
- The opportunity to learn from and collaborate with leading industry professionals on cutting-edge financial and security technology in a fast-paced, creative environment
- Ability to have a direct impact on an exciting product and the user experience
- Competitive salary, benefits, and equity
- Flexible vacation policy
Company HQ
Garment District, New York, NY
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Leadership
Michael Shaulov
(CEO)Prior to Fireblocks, they co-founded Lacoon Mobile Security, which was acquired by Check Point, and was then appointed the Head of Products, Mobile and Cloud Security for Check Point. Previously a seed investor in Armis Security and Orca Security.
Paul Berengoltz
(VP R&D)Previously director of research at Lacoon Mobile Security.
Idan Ofrat
(CTO)Ex software consultant and previous VP Product at Orbs - a blockchain company.
People progressing
Joined as VP Business Development in 2019, promoted after 1 year and 2 months to VP of Strategic Accounts. In November 2023, he became VP of Business Development.
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