The world of digital assets is accelerating in speed, magnitude, and complexity, opening the door to new ways for leveraging the blockchain. Fireblocks’ platform and network provide the simplest and most secure way for companies to work with digital assets and it trusted by some of the largest financial institutions, banks, globally-recognized brands, and Web3 companies in the world, including BNY Mellon, BNP Paribas, ANZ Bank, Revolut, and thousands more.
The Senior Counsel, Commercial role is based in New York and will play a significant role in Fireblocks’ continued growth in the Americas financial markets. This role will focus on commercial contracting and will work as part of the broader legal team supporting the business globally. You will work closely with the Americas Sales and Customer Success Teams on strategic client matters. Your experience will make you a persuasive and effective advisor to both management and your clients.
You will work with business partners in a dynamic and fast-paced environment driving meaningful impact. You should be comfortable working in a technical, software development environment alongside product, security, finance, sales, and marketing professionals.
Responsibilities
- 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, including MSAs, SaaS agreements, SOWs and NDAs.
- Own the review cycle from drafting and negotiation through closure.
- Structure and negotiate risk allocation and regulatory compliance provisions calibrated to each transaction.
- Use AI tools to streamline complex reviews; refine legal templates and processes; create sales training and enablement materials.
- Identify potential risk and recommended mitigants in commercial transactions for escalation to senior leadership.
- Partner with procurement on high-risk vendor contract reviews.
- Support due diligence processes involving material commercial contracts.
- Advise stakeholders on the legal risks, business strategies, and other product and regulatory issues related to commercial transactions and general operations.
Required Skills
- 8+ years experience at a top-tier law firm and/or in-house at a technology company
- Experience negotiating complex software or SaaS transactions
- Background in the financial services, fintech, blockchain, cybersecurity, or crypto industries, preferred
- J.D. or LL.B accredited from a law school, with active membership in good standing of a U.S. state bar; New York admission (or eligibility to register as in-house counsel in New York) preferred
- Proficiency in managing competing priorities in a high-pressure environment
- Demonstrated ability to use AI tools to create efficiencies within legal workstreams
- 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
- Fastidious attention to detail in both oral and written communications
We operate on a hybrid work model with three days per week in office, enabling our teams to benefit from face-to-face collaboration while maintaining flexibility.
It is not typical for a candidate to be hired at or near the top of the pay range and each compensation decision is dependent on each individual case. A reasonable base salary range estimate for this position is $195,000 to $240,000. The base salary is one component of the total compensation package, which for some roles may include a target bonus, a very competitive equity grant, and very generous benefits.
While we believe competitive compensation is a critical aspect of you deciding to join us, we do hope you also spend time considering why our mission and culture are right for you. We are creating something transformational here, and we hope you are as excited about the future as we are.
Fireblocks' mission is to enable every business to easily and securely access digital assets and cryptocurrencies. In order to do that, we strongly believe our workforce should be as diverse as our clients, and this is why we embrace diversity and inclusion in all its forms.
Please see our candidate privacy policy here.Skills Required
- 8+ years experience at a top-tier law firm and/or in-house at a technology company
- Experience negotiating complex software or SaaS transactions
- Background in financial services, fintech, blockchain, cybersecurity, or crypto industries
- J.D. or LL.B accredited from a law school with active membership in good standing of a U.S. state bar
- New York admission (or eligibility to register as in-house counsel in New York)
- Proficiency in managing competing priorities in a high-pressure environment
- Demonstrated ability to use AI tools to create efficiencies within legal workstreams
- Experience partnering with cross-functional teams and generating consensus
- Fastidious attention to detail in oral and written communications
What We Do
For institutions that need to store and move digital assets without the operational or security headache. Fireblocks streamlines operations by bringing all your exchanges, OTCs, counterparties, hot wallets, and custodians into one platform. Wallets, deposit addresses, and API credentials are secured using patent-pending chip isolation technology and the newest breakthrough in cryptography (MPC). Institutions are using Fireblocks to move funds securely in seconds – instead of hours.
