Senior Counsel / Associate General Counsel, Bitgo
Institutional and Prime Services
$220-270k
Equity, an annual performance bonus and the benefits outlined above are also a part of this role's package
Digital asset financial services for instuitutions
Open for applications
Digital asset financial services for instuitutions
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$220-270k
Equity, an annual performance bonus and the benefits outlined above are also a part of this role's package
201-500 employees
Company mission
BitGo's mission is to deliver trust in digital assets.
Role
Who you are
- 4-6+ years of related law firm and/or in-house legal experience at a financial services or crypto company, ideally involving customer-facing sales, trading and/or custody. Must have at least 2 years of experience advising or negotiating against institutional clients at a large law firm or bulge bracket bank
- Strong understanding of the laws and regulation applicable to (i) transaction settlement, clearing, and securities lending, (ii) securities and derivatives regulation, and (iii) regulations relating to extensions of credit such as Regs T, X and U
- Ability to balance multiple tasks in accordance with changing deadlines and priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to assess and balance legal risks against business interests
- Interest in blockchain and digital assets
- Flexible, “can-do” attitude and willingness to learn
What the job involves
- Draft and negotiate a wide range of prime brokerage, trading, and commercial contracts, including master lending agreements, account control agreements, external client agreements, and more
- Working closely with cross-functional teams to facilitate building, delivery, and marketing of new products
- Supporting international expansion of custody, trading, settlement and related businesses
- Managing legal and regulatory risks in a thoughtful and commercially practicable manner
- Escalating issues to senior team members as appropriate
- Pitching in whenever and wherever needed, even when not directly related to responsibilities described above
Our take
The digital asset industry is maturing, with asset companies looking to shore up their positions by adding secure custody capabilities. This is good news for BitGo, an independent, regulated cryptocurrency custodian company providing security, custody, and liquidity solutions.
BitGo’s flagship multi-signature wallet solution helps its clients mitigate risk and optimize capital efficiency. The company has subsequently expanded to also cover a number of areas that are critical for any holder of major crypto assets - like portfolio and tax management. In this, BitGo was smart to focus exclusively on institutional clients: there’s huge appetite among larger players to expedite the mainstreaming of crypto, and they’ll need precisely BitGo’s tools to get there.
BitGo was in talks to be acquired by PayPal, and most recently Galaxy Digital, which speaks to a strong institutional confidence in the crypto wave. In spite of a rocky year for the digital assets (which now sees BitGo suing Galaxy Digital for pulling out of the acquisition deal), BitGo has manoeuvred itself into a central position to capitalize on what, now, seems a near-inevitable period of mass adoption. Exemplifying this, the BitGo Ventures wing of the company was launched in 2024 to partner with and invest in cutting edge blockchain and fintech startups.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
-26% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Aug 2023
$100m
SERIES C
Oct 2018
$16m
SERIES B
Total funding: $170.5m
Company benefits
- Company-paid medical, dental, and vision plans
- Catered lunches, fresh snacks, and gourmet coffee
- Commuting made easy with company-paid Caltrain passes
- Competitive compensation, stock options, and 401k plan
- Top-end computer equipment to power your work
- Flexible vacation time
- Remote/hybrid friendly with physical location workspaces
Company values
- Open communication
- Craftsmanship
- Accountability
- Collaboration
- Client-first
Company HQ
Evergreen Park, Palo Alto, CA
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Leadership
Mike Belshe
(CEO)Previously Director of Engineering at Good Technology, who went on to found Cookout Software - and then move to Google as a Software Engineer/Development Manager when the latter company bought out the startup. Has served as BitGo CEO for over a decade.
Ben Davenport
(Advisor)Has spent time as a Software Engineer at Microsoft, Google, and Facebook, and worked on algorithm development at Hudson River Trading. Additionally co-founded and led Beluga, a mobile group messaging solution that was ultimately bought by Facebook, and became Facebook Messenger.
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