Senior Legal Counsel

About Uphold

Uphold is a financial technology company that believes on-chain services are the future of finance. It provides modern infrastructure for on-chain payments, banking, and investments. Offering Consumer Services, Business Services, and Institutional Trading, Uphold makes pioneering financial services easy and trusted for millions of customers in more than 140 countries.

Uphold strips away the complexity and lack of transparency to open up Web3 finance for everyone.

To learn more about Uphold, please visit https://uphold.com.

The opportunity

The Senior Counsel will be responsible for general corporate matters, negotiating commercial agreements, and a key contributor to the design and implementation of risk management strategies and regulatory compliance alongside Uphold’s General Counsel, Associate General Counsel and the Compliance and Regulatory Affairs teams. The ideal candidate is a self-driven lawyer capable of taking full ownership of a wide variety of legal and risk management matters at the Company relevant to a highly regulated and fast-growing company. As a result, the Senior Counsel will play an important role in the success and continued growth of Uphold. This position is full-time and exempt, and based in New York.  The Senior Counsel will report to the General Counsel. 

Responsibilities

• Negotiate, draft, and execute commercial agreements with technology partners and vendors.
• Offer counsel on wide-ranging legal issues and advise executives within the company.
• Work alongside other departments across the company, including HR, Security, Compliance, Regulatory Affairs, Product, and Engineering.
• Advise on contract status, legal risks, and the legal liabilities associated with commercial transactions.
• Researching and anticipating legal issues that could impact the company, including developments in the regulation of digital assets.
• Operationalize legal workflow and contract management across the company.
• Other duties as required or assigned.

Qualifications

• Law degree from a recognized university.
• Admitted to NY bar or able to be admitted on motion/reciprocity.
• 8 - 10+ years of corporate experience in large law firm and/or in-house.
• Experience in cryptocurrency/fintech strongly preferred.
• Experience working with regulators or for a regulated business is a plus.
• Strong interpersonal and presentation skills, ability to communicate effectively with others at all levels of the organization.
• Strong negotiating skills with both legal and financial/commercial issues.
• Ability to work independently with little or no supervision but be a team player with a great attitude.

What we have to offer you

• An amazing work environment in a company that continues to grow, driven by extraordinary and passionate people that keep up innovating and challenging more each day.
• An international team, in a cutting edge field, working on the most fascinating projects.
• Growth and career opportunities, and the chance to be proactive and creative.
• A flexible and enthusiastic work environment that offers you snacks, a lot of coffee and other great benefits.
• Open and transparent culture - we get together on a weekly basis to share updates, strategic plans, and engage with each other informally over food and drinks.
• Interesting events that keep you connected with the team and celebrate our success.

Be part of a great company that is revolutionizing financial services. Apply now!

If this job isn’t exactly what you are looking for, visit our careers page to check out all our exciting opportunities.  

Salary: $200,000+  bonus, benefits, unlimited PTO

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