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Senior Counsel, Crypto Services

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Summary

Senior Counsel at Fireblocks advises on legal and regulatory matters for crypto and financial services products, ensuring compliance across global markets while supporting product design, launch, and scaling.

As Senior Counsel, you will serve as a trusted legal advisor to product, engineering, and business teams. You will support the design, launch, and scaling of new crypto and financial services products across global markets. You will identify and advise on regulatory and legal considerations affecting product design, functionality, distribution, and user experience, provide guidance on regulatory readiness and go-to-market planning, and draft and maintain product terms, disclosures, and customer-facing legal documentation. You will also advise on product positioning and marketing in light of regulatory, licensing, and consumer protection requirements, and monitor global regulatory developments related to digital assets, custody, payments, stablecoins, and financial services, translating them into actionable business guidance.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as legal advisor to product teams, supporting the design, launch, and scaling of new products and features across global markets
  • Identify, assess, and advise on regulatory and legal considerations affecting product design, functionality, distribution, and user experience
  • Provide guidance on regulatory readiness, go-to-market planning, and jurisdictional expansion
  • Draft, review, and maintain global and localized product terms, disclosures, and other customer-facing legal documentation
  • Advise on product positioning, marketing, and platform presentation in light of regulatory, licensing, and consumer protection requirements
  • Monitor and interpret global regulatory developments related to digital assets, custody, payments, stablecoins, and financial services, and translate them into actionable business guidance

Requirements

  • Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school and admission to the bar
  • 6+ years of legal experience with significant focus on regulated financial technology companies
  • Strong working knowledge of payments regulation, digital asset custody, and related frameworks
  • In-house experience at a fintech or digital asset company preferred
  • Experience supporting the launch of regulated financial products, ideally across multiple jurisdictions
  • Excellent drafting, negotiation, and communication skills
  • Ability to thrive in a high-pressure environment with limited resources
  • Experience working with financial institutions and structuring legal partnerships
  • Familiarity with corporate governance practices

Benefits

  • Target bonus
  • Competitive equity grant
  • Generous benefits package

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