Senior Counsel, Product

March 21

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Coinbase is a leading cryptocurrency exchange platform that allows individuals and institutions to buy, sell, and trade various crypto assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. The company offers advanced trading tools, institutional solutions, and a self-hosted wallet for storing and managing cryptocurrencies. With a strong focus on security and transparency, Coinbase provides a trusted platform used by millions globally. It supports various features including staking, earning rewards, and spending crypto through their cards. Additionally, Coinbase provides developer tools and APIs for building onchain applications, making it a comprehensive hub for engaging in the crypto economy.

Digital Currency • Software • Payment Processing • Bitcoin • Technology

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2012

₿ Crypto

💸 Finance

💳 Fintech

💰 $21.4M Post-IPO Equity on 2022-11

📋 Description

• Join and contribute to a best-in-class crypto product legal team, embedded with the Consumer business. • Integrate into the day-to-day operations of Coinbase Product, providing legal, business and strategic advice. Look around corners and creatively solve problems for the business as they plan, build, and execute on their product roadmap. • Provide full product life-cycle counseling, from ideation and development to launch, operation and sunset. • Ensure product compliance with applicable U.S. and international laws and regulations, in close collaboration with colleagues in Legal and the Compliance team. • Identify issues that may fall outside your expertise, driving resolution by partnering with other members of the Coinbase legal team and with outside counsel. • Work cross-departmentally, including with stakeholders such as Compliance, Communications, Finance, Tax, Security, Enterprise Risk Management, Data, Analytics, and Corporate Development. • Respond promptly to a wide range of complex legal requests and coordinate closely with Legal department colleagues to ensure the swift delivery of smart, practical advice. • Operate in a fast paced, demanding environment and pivot quickly to meet leadership's needs. • Recognize priority initiatives and effectively manage your clients and your advice to scale your advice and provide the right level of guidance for request at hand.

🎯 Requirements

• Currently licensed in a U.S. state. J.D. or equivalent with 8+ years of legal experience, preferably with in-house experience with a consumer financial services business, a fintech, bank or crypto/blockchain company. • You have experience counseling product teams in launching financial services or technology products, and have a clear understanding of the legal underpinnings supporting these products. • You have a strong interest in digital currency, blockchain technology, and innovative constructs pioneered by decentralized applications, web3, and defi. • You are familiar with consumer financial services regulation and agencies (Reg E, FinCEN MSB, State MTLs, SEC) and consumer services and internet regulations and agencies (FTC UDAAP, CDA 230, Privacy/GDPR) • You have experience with build-outs to support Anti Money Laundering (AML)/Know-your-customer (KYC) requirements, and regulated e-money and money transmission obligations under banking laws. • You have proven problem-solving, communication and interpersonal skills. • You exercise excellent legal judgment with analytic rigor, prudential risk assessment, and a balance of realizable creativity and pragmatism. • You are comfortable with risk-adjusted thinking, and can understand when interpretive flexibility is warranted. • You are team-oriented and collaborative, you bring cross-departmental colleagues to the table, and build your practice to enable your clients to successfully build and launch crypto products at Coinbase.

🏖️ Benefits

• target bonus • target equity • benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k))