Junior Legal Counsel advising AlgaeCal, a consumer - health eCommerce company, on contracts, regulatory compliance, brands, and business risk. Supporting responsible growth through practical legal solutions.
About the role
- Senior Legal Counsel guiding commercial contracts, compliance, and governance at OpenZeppelin, a blockchain security company. Advising leaders on risk, open-source licensing, privacy, and acquisitions.
Responsibilities
- Draft, negotiate, and close a wide variety of agreements and manage the process behind all client and vendor agreements
- Support all commercial and contractual matters and deal flow for OpenZeppelin
- Provide risk-weighted advice to business leaders balancing commercial upside against legal, financial, operational, and reputational risk
- Support the General Counsel on intellectual property strategy and licensing, open source issues, privacy, compliance, acquisitions, and other matters
- Collaborate with Sales, Finance, Operations, HR, and IT & Security
- Design and execute automated contracting and compliance processes using AI and advanced tools
- Design and execute staff trainings and compliance practices for a regulated and publicly-traded organization
- Manage legal records and corporate governance processes for entities in multiple jurisdictions
- Lead assigned projects and take ownership of projects aligned with personal interests
Requirements
- 8-10 years of relevant legal experience, including in-house experience at a high-growth company in the blockchain and digital assets space
- Demonstrated experience and comprehensive knowledge in drafting, reviewing and negotiating a wide variety of commercial agreements in the blockchain space, including open source expertise
- Highly analytical with impeccable attention to detail
- Creative problem-solving and negotiation skills with a pragmatic, business-minded approach to legal analyses and risk assessments
- Comfortable with high levels of responsibility and self-direction, with excellent follow-through and ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously
- Expert verbal and written communication skills, including explaining complicated topics to those without legal training
- A law degree and a license to practice law in at least one jurisdiction
Benefits
- Meet your teammates at company gatherings around the world 😎
- Enjoy the flexibility of fully remote work 🌎
- Take the time you need with flexible time off 🏝
- 8 weeks of paid leave for primary caregivers
- 4 weeks of paid leave for secondary caregivers
- One-time $3,600 baby bonus 💙
- Up to $500 in equipment support for a home office 🪑
- Medical insurance 🏥
- Learning and development opportunities 🧠
- Monthly stipend for a preferred co-working space 💻
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