Counsel, Commercial (Institutional Legal) (Fintech)

TL;DR

Counsel, Commercial (Institutional Legal) (Fintech): Negotiating first-of-a-kind, highly-tailored agreements with strategic partners and sophisticated counterparties with an accent on product life-cycle counseling for global prime brokerage, custody, and derivatives products. Focus on advising on digital currency and blockchain technology legal and regulatory issues and proactively solving business problems for aggressive global growth.

Location: Remote, based in the U.K. In-person participation is required throughout the year for team and company-wide offsites.

Salary: £99,360—£110,400 GBP

Company

hirify.global is an onchain platform aiming to increase economic freedom in the world by building the future global financial system with crypto and blockchain technology.

What you will do

• Negotiate highly-tailored agreements with strategic partners in finance, payments, and digital currency.
• Provide full product life-cycle counseling for global prime brokerage, custody, and derivatives products.
• Advise on digital currency and blockchain technology legal and regulatory issues.
• Lead complex global cross-functional efforts, ensuring alignment with stakeholders.
• Proactively solve problems for the business to support aggressive global growth.

Requirements

• Licensed attorney with at least 5 years experience in a financial services institution or supporting such clients.
• Strong negotiation skills and ability to review financial agreements (e.g., prime brokerage, lending, derivatives documentation).
• Strong history of commercial and transactional legal work.
• Interest in digital currency and blockchain technology.
• Familiarity with US and/or EU or UK regulatory regimes applicable to financial instruments.
• Excellent judgment, analytical rigor, clear communication, and business pragmatism.

Nice to have

• Experience working with product teams launching fintech, financial services, or investment products.
• Experience registering and perfecting collateral arrangements.
• Experience with bankruptcy rules and regulations.
• Experience with cross-border analysis or analyzing regulatory filings.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-first culture with required in-person offsites.
• Comprehensive benefits including Private Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Assurance, and Disability/Income Protection.
• Workplace Pension Scheme and Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
• Wellness, Mobile/Internet, Connections, and Learning & Development stipends.
• Generous Time off/Leave Policy.