Counsel - Product & Regulatory

Our small and growing team seeks financial services lawyers who are inquisitive, creative and practical and ready to effect change within our dynamic company and within the blockchain / digital assets industry at large.

One attorney we look to hire will own responsibilities that may include:

• Providing legal and regulatory expertise in areas such as digital assets, securities, derivatives, trust services, financing and secured transactions, AML/BSA, money transmission, payment, and/or intellectual property licensing.
• Working closely with cross functional teams led by product development and engineering to facilitate the building and delivery of new products.
• Proactive identification of legal and regulatory risks relating to new and existing products, and then working within the organization to mitigate these risks in a thoughtful manner.
• Provide real-time support to product development, trust services, prime services, marketing, compliance, legal staff, operations and others.
• Preparing training materials and regulatory summaries.
• Reviewing product requirement documents, marketing materials and disclaimers.
• Undertaking digital asset diligence and classification analysis, including through application of securities law to crypto.
• Creating and negotiating customer agreements for various BitGo offerings.
• Becoming familiar with non-US regulations and practices when helpful.
• Supporting certain corporate functions, including subpoena and document production efforts, governance, intellectual property/technology and HR/employment.
• Pitching in whenever and wherever needed by our small but growing legal team, even if not directly related to responsibilities described above

Your experience and skill set will cover many of the following:

• 2-4 years of related law firm and/or in-house legal experience at a financial services company, ideally involving product development.
• Creative problem solving particularly in relation to product development and maintenance.
• Familiarity with some of (i) securities and derivatives regulation such as ‘33 Act and Title VII; (ii) regulations relating to extensions of credit such as Regs T, X and U; (iii) secured transactions; (iv) money transmission licensing; or (v) AML related laws and regulations.
• Experience with non-US regulators and regulations.
• Technology and intellectual property.
• Ability to balance multiple tasks in accordance with changing deadlines and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Interest in blockchain and digital assets.
• You will be collegial and (at least usually) able to retain a sense of humor.