General Counsel (Web3)

General Counsel

Company

Sei

Conditions

5 days agoHead New York City; Remote / San Francisco; San Francisco Remote Full Time Legal Jobs by Sei

Sei Sei is a high-performance Layer 1 blockchain optimized for trading applications with 400ms block finality and parallel transaction processing. United States Funding Unknown ($50M) Strategic ($30M) Investors Foresight Ventures Bitget Asymmetric fund MH Ventures Distributed Global Projects S Sei Network L1 S Seitrace Block Explorer About Sei Sei helps developers build fast, efficient applications by providing a trading-focused Layer 1 blockchain with parallelized execution. Users can trade digital assets at near-instant speeds, build high-performance decentralized exchanges, and deploy applications using familiar EVM tools. View jobs by Sei

Skills

Commercial Law Contract Negotiation Corporate Law Cross-Border Law Digital Asset Entity Structuring Fintech Governance Legal Process Legal Risk Outside Counsel

About the Role

You will serve as the principal legal adviser across governance, corporate, commercial, strategic, and operational matters. You will advise directors and senior stakeholders, manage cross-border legal work and outside counsel, negotiate agreements, and build scalable legal processes and infrastructure.

Requirements

• J.D. and active bar membership in at least one United States jurisdiction
• Significant in-house and/or leading law-firm legal experience with exposure to high-growth organizations, complex transactions, or cross-border legal matters
• Ability to operate independently as a senior legal lead and manage multiple complex workstreams simultaneously
• Ability to translate legal analysis into practical governance- and business-oriented recommendations
• Experience working across international jurisdictions and coordinating with external counsel
• Written and verbal communication skills
• Experience working effectively with directors, founders, executives, and external advisers

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Foundation’s principal legal adviser across governance, corporate, commercial, strategic, and operational matters
• Partner with the Board of Directors and senior stakeholders to support decisions, assess legal risk, and develop practical paths forward
• Lead legal support for governance matters, including board processes, resolutions, approvals, delegated authorities, and documentation
• Advise on entity structuring, affiliated-entity relationships, organizational decision-making, and internal legal frameworks
• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, strategic arrangements, and service-provider documentation
• Develop scalable legal processes, templates, and internal workflows
• Lead and coordinate legal work across the United States, Cayman Islands, Singapore, Korea, and the United Kingdom
• Manage outside counsel across specialist areas and jurisdictions
• Translate external legal advice into clear internal recommendations and actionable next steps
• Identify emerging legal risks and design workable internal processes
• Build and shape the legal function

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