Senior Counsel, Fireblocks
Americas
$179-246k
2 days a week in office (Hudson Yards, NY)
Helping financial institutions securely transfer digital assets
Be an early applicant
Helping financial institutions securely transfer digital assets
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$179-246k
2 days a week in office (Hudson Yards, NY)
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To enable every business to easily and securely support digital assets and cryptocurrencies.
Role
Who you are
- You should be comfortable working in a technical, software development environment alongside product, engineering, finance, sales, and marketing professionals
- 7+ Years of experience working within a technology company, preferably with a SaaS or Software offering
- Background in Financial services, fintech, blockchain, cybersecurity, or crypto industry
- J.D. or LL.B accredited from a law school
- Experience at a top-tier law firm and/or in-house experience with software or technology companies and/or SaaS companies, preferred
- 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
What the job involves
- The Senior Counsel, America's role is based in New York and leads the Americas region
- You will work closely with the VP of Sales Americas on strategic client matters and on advocacy and product issues
- Your experience in the practice of law and your expertise on AMERICAS financial markets issues will make you a persuasive and effective advisor to both management and customers, positioning you as a strong candidate for this role
- You will work with business partners in a dynamic and fast-paced environment driving meaningful impact
- Focus on some of our largest commercial transactions in support of our SaaS services. You will be drafting and negotiating a wide variety of contracts with the leading financial institutions of the world
- Learn new technologies, products and practice areas without much precedence
- Collaborate with the product and engineering teams to deliver pragmatic guidance as part of the overall product design and business roadmap especially around security products
- Develop the legal infrastructure for our products building the procedures between the legal team and the other client-facing teams across the company
- Identify potential risk and advise the company executive team on ways to mitigate such risk
- Advise clients on the various legal risks, business strategies, and other product and regulatory issues related to commercial transactions and general operations
- Create templates and advise on implementation
- Consult with the executive team on company-wide legal topics
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
Insights
20% employee growth in 12 months
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
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.
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