Senior Legal Counsel

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As Senior Legal Counsel, you will work directly with our front office teams across our businesses on financing, trading, licensing and investment transactions and more. Drawing on your background in digital assets, financial services or financial markets, you will negotiate with sophisticated financial institutions, businesses and technology partners throughout the digital assets ecosystem. This senior role offers an exciting opportunity to lead in a fast-paced, innovative environment and contribute to Bullish’s growth and success.

Responsibilities:

• Provide commercially-minded legal advice on new initiatives, products, services and partnerships.

• Structure, negotiate and deliver all the legal aspects of financial and commercial transactions.

• Assist the front office teams to evaluate and access new business opportunities, creating bespoke structures and documentation as necessary.

• Collaborate with stakeholders across the organization on cross-functional projects to launch new commercial offerings.

• Opportunity to expand areas of support to include M&A, IP, corporate governance and other areas and initiatives based on interest and ability.

• Uphold our standards for compliance, ethics and corporate governance.

• Build scalable and effective processes for handling increasing throughput of commercial transactions.

• Stay abreast of developments in the digital assets industry and implications for our business.

Experience & Qualifications:

• US, UK or similar qualified with 8+ years of experience in private practice and in-house at leading firms/companies.

• Experienced in different types of financing and commercial transactions in the digital assets ecosystem, financial services and adjacent areas.

• Excellent at collaborating and communicating with stakeholders at all levels of the organization, 

• Proactive, hands-on, flexible and professional team member.

• Able to analyze novel situations, identify risks and opportunities and exercise sound judgment in addressing them.

• Knowledgeable or interested in digital assets and fintech businesses, and related financial services regulation.

• Financially literate with strong commercial acumen.

• Able to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

• Years of experience is a guide; candidates that otherwise have the requisite qualifications and experience are welcome.

Bullish US LLC & CoinDesk Inc. are committed to offering competitive compensation and benefits. The anticipated base salary for this position is $235,000 - $275,000 + discretionary annual target bonus + performance incentives + benefits. Offered salary will be reflective of job related knowledge, skills and commensurate experience. 

Bullish is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are fast evolving and striving towards being a globally-diverse community. With integrity at our core, our success is driven by a talented team of individuals and the different perspectives they are encouraged to bring to work every day.