Senior Counsel, Anchorage Digital

• Utilize a strong understanding of the laws and regulation applicable to spot, margin, derivatives, platform trading and prime brokerage for digital assets to drive informed decisions and products
• Able to create, draft, negotiate a wide range of agreements, including digital asset trading agreements, prime brokerage agreements, collateral agreements, margin agreements, loan agreements, settlement terms, ISDAs, confirmations, master confirmations, disclosures, risk factors and more
• Highly organized with a bias for action, meticulous attention to detail and ability to produce quality work in a fast paced, high volume work environment
• You have an understanding of the regulatory frameworks, existing and proposed, that pertain to various digital assets business models
• Ability to apply traditional financial legal concepts to the digital asset space to solution for institutional clients’ complex business needs
• Transactional experience in reviewing various financial transaction agreements, primarily, lending agreements, prime brokerage agreements, ISDA/CSA and trade confirmations
• Experience working in a face paced start up / early stage company - highly motivated, self starter who takes initiative, with a positive attitude and willingness to take on any task (nothing is too big or too small)
• Ability to think creatively and propose commercial and pragmatic solutions
• Active membership in the state bar

Desirable

• As a Member of Legal, Senior Counsel Trading, you will be an integral member of the trading solutions business and will be a builder providing strategic legal advice on new products and features for the institutional market
• You will be a strategic legal advisor for Anchorage Digital OTC principal trading entity with respect to its spot, margin, derivatives, and API trading activities
• You will be the trusted expert to advise on money transmission rules, state lending rules, CFTC derivatives rules and SEC securities laws
• You will be expected to draft and review of compliance manuals, policies, procedures, disclosures and risk factors with respect to trading and lending activities
• You will also review, draft and negotiate trading, lending and derivative contracts (e.g. ISDA, Master Lending Agreements, Master Purchase and Sale Agreements, Prime brokerage agreements)
• Work closely with the Associate General Counsel for trading solutions, business heads and their teams to grow the trading solutions business
• Develop and manage contract templates, partner with Compliance to develop guidelines, policies and procedures playbooks and staff training
• Drive work independently while leading medium-to-large projects and processes
• Advise the Trading Solutions business line using strong understanding of various market infrastructure, including direct knowledge on crypto trading venues, prime brokers, custodians, and payments rails
• Convey relevant legal issues to internal stakeholders to ensure that knowledge is shared across the appropriate teams
• Prioritize work based on company’s goals and communicate the ‘why’ behind your work
• Build a close relationship with the trading solutions team, legal and compliance team to collaborate closely, resolve legal issues, structure complex agreements, and improve efficiency
• Strong communication skills (internally and externally)
• Participate in client facing meetings while working with cross-functional team on multiple projects internally