Head of Legal

Posted 8 Days Ago
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Hiring Remotely in United States
Remote
Mid level
Web3
The Role
The Senior Counsel at Magic Labs will manage the legal function, providing advice on compliance, intellectual property, and drafting contracts. Responsibilities include monitoring regulatory landscapes, developing legal strategies, and educating internal teams on legal matters related to blockchain and digital assets.
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About Magic Labs
If you’re excited about working on the forefront of chain abstraction, user experience and elevated design, we'd love for you to join our team.

Magic pioneered wallet abstraction in 2018, onboarding over 35 million wallets and 190,000 developers. We helped to create invisible wallet experiences for web3 trailblazers like Polymarket, Helium, WalletConnect and Immutable, as well as Fortune 500 brands like Forbes, Naver and Mattel. We've raised over $80 million from notable investors, including PayPal Ventures, Lightspeed, Placeholder, SV Angel, Naval Ravikant, and Balaji Srinivasan.

Today, Magic operates at the forefront of blockchain innovation, providing cutting-edge infrastructure and developer tooling to everyone building onchain. Our mission is to abstract away all technical complexity, empowering developers to create accessible end-user experiences. We believe every internet user should have access to apps and experiences onchain without the headache of traditional self-custody wallets—and the hassle of navigating siloed blockchain networks.

After setting the standard for wallet abstraction, Magic is on a mission to pioneer the next phase of abstraction: chain abstraction. With so many L1s, L2s and L3s entering the space in addition to new VMs, it’s never been more crucial to solve identity and liquidity fragmentation that spans across chains—this is how we’ll achieve true interoperability and seamless user experiences. Magic is building a unified, cross-chain network that will maximize efficiency and accessibility for developers and users alike. 

The Role

We are looking for an outstanding Senior Counsel to own the legal function at Magic. This is an exceptional opportunity to provide leadership and partnership to a company on the frontiers of its next big growth leap. This role will report to the head of finance. 

You Will

  • Monitor and analyze evolving regulatory landscapes in the U.S. and internationally, particularly with respect to digital assets and blockchain-based financial products.
  • Advise on compliance frameworks related to money transmitter laws, securities laws, commodities regulations, AML/KYC requirements, sanctions, and tokens.
  • Advise on IP strategy, protect proprietary technology, and manage filings, licensing, and enforcement as needed.
  • Identify potential legal risks and proactively develop strategies to mitigate exposure in a rapidly evolving technological and regulatory environment.
  • Work closely with product, engineering, marketing, and business development teams to integrate legal considerations into product design and strategic initiatives.
  • Educate internal stakeholders on legal topics, ensuring that all teams remain informed and empowered to make compliance-conscious decisions.
  • Draft, negotiate, and review a variety of commercial agreements, including SaaS contracts, vendor agreements, partnership frameworks, and licensing deals.
  • Create and maintain Magic’s privacy policies, terms of use and other online documents, policies, standards and related processes.

About You

  • 4-6 years of legal experience, preferable including time at a top law firm and as in-house counsel at a technology or fintech company.
  • Deep personal interest and/or experience using blockchain-based technologies and the DeFi ecosystem. 
  • A proactive approach to problem-solving, strong organizational skills, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment where guidance can be minimal and responsibilities evolve rapidly.
  • Experience working with consumer-facing digital products, platforms, or SaaS solutions, and understanding their associated legal and compliance considerations.
  • J.D. from a top law school and active bar membership in good standing.

Bonus Points

  • Technical undergraduate degree, especially those with computer science or engineering backgrounds
  • Previous experience in a Web3 company
  • Actively engaged in crypto twitter
  • Entrepreneurial and owner mindset

Salary range: $250-275k + Equity

At Magic, we believe building a team full of diverse perspectives and experiences is vital to success. Therefore, we strongly encourage anyone historically underrepresented in tech to apply for this role. Magic does not discriminate based on gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, citizenship status, age, or physical ability. Empathy, authenticity, and inclusivity are at the core of all we do.

US Candidates: Magic Labs, Inc. participates in E-Verify to confirm the identity and employment eligibility of all new US hires.

The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
102 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2020

What We Do

Magic is an SDK that enables companies to create instant web3 wallets with a web2 login (email, social) to optimize user conversion on their app. Our solution abstracts away the complexities of wallets and removes the need for seed phrases, browser extensions, or downloads.

With enterprise-grade security and reliability, Magic gives companies peace of mind as their apps scale, all with just a few lines of code.

At Magic, our mission is to onboard a billion users to web3 by helping companies break down barriers to adoption.

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