Head of Legal, BitPay
Stock option awards available to all employees
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Cryptocurrency trading platform
Open for applications
Cryptocurrency trading platform
101-200 employees
Open for applications
Stock option awards available to all employees
More information about location
101-200 employees
Company mission
To transform how businesses and people send, receive, and store money around the world.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of experience in corporate law, either in a law firm or in-house, with a preference for experience within a fast growth cryptocurrency or financial services company
- Experience working in a small company with fewer than 200 employees where you have had experience supporting cross-departmental projects and opportunities
- Demonstrated experience with regulatory bodies such as FinCEN, state money transmitter regulators, Treasury, SEC, CFTC, or similar entities
- Familiarity with non-US regulatory frameworks and experience collaborating with non-US legal advisors
- Substantial experience drafting and negotiating commercial contracts and transactions, interpreting regulations, and developing policies and procedures
- Very strong individual contributor who is self motivated to complete projects in a timely manner
- Ability to provide digestible and plain language explanations of complex legal considerations and risks, without reliance on jargon
- Able to effectively manage work involving external parties such as regulators, examiners, auditors, consultants, and outside counsel
- Excellent business judgment with a strategic approach to legal and operational goals
- Capable of working closely with stakeholders to develop and execute strategic and operational initiatives
- Highly disciplined, able to recommend solutions and make independent decisions with limited supervision while excelling in a fast-paced, dynamic and demanding environment
- Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills, including project management skills
- Team-oriented with a collaborative approach, open to diverse perspectives and cultures
- Enthusiastic about cryptocurrency and disruptive technology
- JD from a well regarded law school and membership in good standing in a U.S. state bar
- Prefer candidates in the EST time zone
What the job involves
- Reporting to the President and Chief Operating Officer, the Head of Legal will be a key senior member of the Risk Management team and lead the Legal Department at BitPay
- This role requires a strategic advisor who will collaborate closely with BitPay’s product, information security, finance, people operations, engineering, sales, marketing, and compliance teams
- The Head of Legal will work closely with leadership on new product launches, development of policies and procedures, data privacy, handling transactional and contract matters, overseeing intellectual property matters (trademarks and domains), and ensuring corporate governance and licensing compliance
- Additionally, the Head of Legal will support the board and address other matters that arise in a growing, innovative crypto company
- In this role, the Head of Legal will provide counsel and guidance, manage day-to-day legal requests, and oversee the budget and resource allocation for the Legal Department
- Provide ongoing, proactive, and actionable counsel and solutions to the Company including sound business decisions that align with legal requirements and mitigate risk
- Supporting a fast-paced business with tight deadlines and multiple stakeholders and departments, delivering thorough and precise work with minimal supervision
- Serve as a liaison with external legal counsel and manage the task assignments and deliverables with those parties
- Analyze and provide guidance on evolving laws, regulations, and trends impacting the business including go-to-market strategies, online terms of use, customer agreements, data privacy, ongoing compliance and communicating such guidance to stakeholders and leadership
- Collaborate with compliance, marketing, development, sales, finance and product teams to draft, negotiate, and review a broad range of arrangements, including complex and novel agreements
- Contract review including working with the Sales and other departments to progress objectives for enterprise partnership and merchant agreements and the promotion of BitPay products, including consumer facing, B2B, and the launch of new products as offered
- Support intellectual property, marketing, employment, corporate governance, litigation and disputes, data privacy, information security, interactions with law enforcement, and various other legal matters as needed on a daily basis in supporting all Company departments
- Partner with the Chief Compliance Officer and Compliance Department to support regulatory examinations and external and internal audits
- Advise on corporate governance, potential investment and other corporate development/strategic activities as needed
- Manage outside counsel and work with CFO and COO on legal budget and resource planning
- Perform other related tasks and special projects as assigned
Our take
BitPay provides an mobile application for the buying, storage, trading, and spending of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. Its all-in-one approach is what has allowed it to stand out in the space, where users traditionally required different platforms to purchase, store, and use their cryptocurrencies.
The company achieved this all-in-one functionality by providing the BitPay debit card for the storage of cryptocurrencies, which allows users to spend anywhere just as they would with traditional currencies. The platform also facilitates the earning of cashback rewards, and is continually receiving new features such as BitPay Bill Pay, a solution that allows cryptocurrency users to pay bills directly from their crypto wallets.
Whilst many businesses are now providing ways to invest in cryptocurrency, BitPay has made a name for itself as the first and most experienced company in bitcoin payments, which still remains the most popular cryptocurrency on the market. With its proven record of staying up-to-date with what users want, there is no reason the company won't continue its success into the future.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jul 2021
$1.8m
SERIES B
Apr 2018
$40m
SERIES B
Total funding: $104.3m
Company benefits
- Diverse, global team
- High performance tools
- Annual stock option awards
- Option to take your pay in crypto, and a crypto match program!
- Generous time off, including a sabbatical and the ability to choose your own holiday
- Professional development reimbursement,
- Free Amazon Prime, free Spotify, and fun contests with cash awards!
- Remote-first company
- Internet, phone and home office allowance
- Free medical and dental coverage
Company values
- Customers First - We are obsessed with making a great payment experience and serving our customers!
- Passionate about our Work - The challenge of transforming payments is a big one and we approach every step and every project with a creative mindset
- Different is Good - Although we share a common goal leading to BitPay's success, we celebrate differences and strive to create an environment where everyone belongs!
- Deliver Excellence - We believe we're responsible for our work – all of it. We expect BitPayers to take a stake in our company's success
- Work as a Team - Individual team members are most successful when they're making the people around them amazing at what they do. When it's time to come together to accomplish our mission, we always work together respectfully
- Share Ideas and Collaborate - We ask and answer the hardest questions in payments every day, so our culture values openness and critical thinking
Company HQ
North Buckhead, Atlanta, GA
Articles
Leadership
Stephen Pair
(CEO & Co-founder)Senior Software Engineer and Development Manager for IBM from 2006 to 2011.
Tony Gallippi
(Co-founder)Experience as Regional Sales Manager for Industrial Devices Corporation. Was District Sales Manager for Aerotech from 2001 to 2013.
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