Associate General Counsel, Coinbase
Institutional Legal
£159.1-176.8k
+ Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) + Target bonus + Target equity
The world’s leading exchange for digital currencies
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The world’s leading exchange for digital currencies
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
£159.1-176.8k
+ Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) + Target bonus + Target equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To increase economic freedom for more than 1 billion people.
Role
Who you are
- Qualified attorney in England and Wales, a financial hub within the European Union or in a major US jurisdiction with at least 7 years experience working in a financial services institution (e.g. an exchange or central clearing counterparty, broker dealer / asset manager, trading firm, bank or brokerage) or in a law firm supporting such clients (ideally with some in-house experience)
- Interest and experience with digital currency and blockchain technology
- Experience working with product teams launching financial services, investment or similar products
- Experience working and leading with cross-functional, globally located teams
- Expertise with UK and EU regulatory regimes applicable to financial instruments (including MiFID, EMIR, AIFMD) and crypto assets (e.g. MiCA, AMLD)
- A track record of challenging the status quo and preconceived notions of what is possible
- Confidence and nuance giving advice on novel products in areas of regulatory ambiguity
- Excellent judgement, analytical rigour, clear and direct written and oral communication skills, and business pragmatism
- Top-notch analytical skills with experience owning projects from concept to finish
- Creativity, comfort and experience with solutions that help scale financial services businesses and technology solutions
- Sound and practical business judgement
- Intellectual curiosity and flexibility. Hunger to learn and expand skillsets
- Team-oriented and collaborative
Desirable
- Experience leading critical authorisation and license applications for derivatives or similar highly-regulated products in major jurisdictions
- Experience analyzing the regulatory status of crypto assets and whether they may qualify as regulated financial instruments (e.g. under MiFID)
- Experience of advising on cross-border licensing requirements, safe-harbors and creating client classification procedures mapped to regulatory requirements
- Strong negotiation skills and ability to independently review and negotiate complex and novel financial agreements (e.g. prime brokerage, lending and derivatives documentation)
What the job involves
- The Associate General Counsel (Institutional Legal) role will be based in the UK, EU, or US working as part of the Institutional Legal team covering derivatives, international markets and professional trading clients including banks, brokers, hedge funds, market makers corporates and other professional traders
- The team consists of a small but highly experienced group of lawyers from a combination of traditional finance and fintech backgrounds
- The role reports into a director who leads the Institutional Product Legal team, and covers institutional products focusing on derivatives and financing products in the UK, EU and other G20 geos
- We’re looking for a lawyer with exceptional product development, regulatory and negotiation skills developed within the traditional derivatives, structured finance and/or prime brokerage sectors
- A sense of curiosity, flexibility and adventure combined with the desire to make an impact at the intersection of crypto and traditional global markets is essential
- Independently lead projects to launch cutting edge products for a variety of global derivatives and financing initiatives. Provide practical and actionable advice on nuanced, novel legal issues and risks, complex agreement structures and company policies in a risk-tolerant and compliance-oriented environment
- Lead structuring and regulatory advice in the context of bespoke, high-profile agreements with strategic partners and sophisticated counterparties in the finance, derivatives and digital currency space
- Help shape and advise on cutting edge digital currency and blockchain technology regulatory issues, particularly with respect to derivatives, leveraged and structured transactions and complex margin lending arrangements in the UK, EU, Middle East and elsewhere
- Effectively and independently lead complex and global cross-functional efforts, driving and ensuring cross-functional alignment with other stakeholders (Institutional Sales, Business Development, Product/Engineering, Finance/Tax, Compliance) to solve problems, build partnerships, and ship products to market
- Apply a solutions-oriented approach to problems raised by the business as they plan and execute on an aggressive global growth plan, develop scaled strategies for addressing risk in business-centric ways and build commercial processes that allow the business flexibility and freedom to move quickly
- Look around corners anticipating steps ahead, and creatively guide the business to plan, build, and execute transactional and product roadmaps
- Be a key business partner, not just a lawyer
Our take
Coinbase has built a reputation as one of the most accessible entry points into the world of cryptocurrency. With features like crypto wallets, direct bank account linking, and merchant payment tools, it's helping bring crypto into the mainstream. But the company isn't just relying on its early success, it's evolving fast to stay relevant in a rapidly changing market.
Lately, its doubled down on its focus on institutional clients, now serving as the custodian for the majority of approved Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs, and its Prime platform offers a full suite of services for hedge funds, asset managers, and financial institutions. As demand for regulated crypto products rise globally (particularly in Asia), Coinbase is ready to expand.
And it's even making moves to engage with younger audiences, having recently partnered with Riot Games to sponsor global eSports events for League of Legends and Valorant. This multi-year deal, commencing with the Valorant Masters in Toronto and the MSI 2025 tournament in Vancouver. This partnership highlights Coinbase's strategy to integrate Web3 technologies into mainstream entertainment, aiming to bridge the gap between gaming and cryptocurrency for a new generation of users.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-24% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Oct 2018
$300m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Oct 2018
$108.1m
SERIES D
Total funding: $633.4m
Leadership
Brian Armstrong
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously founded UniversityTutor.com, also worked as a Software Engineer at AirBnb
Alessia Haas
(CFO)Previously held various head positions, including VP at GE Healthcare, Director at Merrill Lynch and CFO at CIT Bank and Oz Management
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