About the Role
We're looking for an interim Head of Legal to step into a General Counsel–level role with broad scope across corporate legal, strategic advisory, and treasury/TradFi matters. This is a senior, high-impact engagement - you'll oversee the legal team, act as a strategic partner to leadership on key initiatives, advise on upcoming product launches, and bring hands-on experience with traditional finance legal work.
What You'll Do
Provide strategic legal direction on major company initiatives while overseeing and managing the legal team to ensure continuity and consistency of legal operations
Advise on legal and structural considerations as we build, launch, and potentially spin out new products (regulatory considerations, entity and incentives structuring, employee contractual arrangements).
Act as a trusted legal advisor to senior leadership, with regular 1:1 engagement with key executives including the Executive Director
Apply your strong traditional finance legal expertise to lead legal work related to treasury operations, including trading documentation, derivatives agreements, and negotiations.
Provide day-to-day legal counsel across corporate, commercial (including IP), employment and operational matters.
Support cross-functional teams (Product, Growth, Operations) in integrating legal and compliance considerations into planning and execution
Ensure legal policies, controls, and governance practices stay fit for purpose, adjusting them as needed
Represent Legal at Board meetings as required
Who You Are
An established Legal expert and Leader with significant experience operating at General Counsel or senior legal leadership level
Strong combination of Web3/crypto and traditional finance (TradFi) legal experience
Expertise across a wide and diverse array of legal disciplines, including regulatory, employment, product, financial, and commercial/IP
Track record of managing or overseeing a legal team, ideally through periods of change or high growth
Experience advising on corporate structuring matters, including entity formation, spin-outs, or similar arrangements
Comfortable representing legal at Board level and communicating with senior executives and stakeholders
Able to operate independently in a remote, globally distributed organization, with enough working-hours overlap to collaborate closely with an European-based team
Available to start on short notice and flexible to support a structured handover at the start and end of the engagement
The Logistics
Full time, short-term engagement (6–8 months)
Flexible on engagement type (contract, fixed-term)
Competitive pay
Remote-first, with some overlap with European working hours required
Skills Required
- Significant experience operating at General Counsel or senior legal leadership level
- Strong Web3 or crypto legal experience
- Strong traditional finance legal experience
- Expertise in regulatory, employment, product, financial, and commercial or intellectual property law
- Experience managing or overseeing a legal team
- Experience advising on corporate structuring, entity formation, or spin-outs
- Experience representing legal at Board level and communicating with senior executives
- Ability to work independently in a remote, globally distributed organization
- Availability to start on short notice and support a structured handover
- Working-hours overlap with a European-based team
What We Do
The Starknet Foundation stewards the growth and development of the Starknet ecosystem, supporting builders and users to create transformative solutions. It aims to scale Ethereum and Bitcoin without compromising security or decentralization, making powerful and accessible applications.
