Associate General Counsel, Commercial
Chainlink Labs
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: New York • United States
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About the role
- Act as a strategic legal partner to BCM, Product, Engineering, Security, and Infrastructure teams, enabling Chainlink Labs to deliver critical technology services across the financial ecosystem
- Negotiate complex commercial, technology and infrastructure integration as well as data licensing deals with TradFi clients.
- Negotiate strategic and tailor-made partnership agreements with other major players in the blockchain and RWA industry to develop effective joint go-to-market strategies, while assuring protection of the IP assets of Chainlink Labs.
- Leverage a strong understanding of the regulatory and compliance requirements and frameworks relevant to technology service providers to FMIs, including operational resilience, data protection, DORA, EBA outsourcing guidelines, and cybersecurity requirements
Requirements
- 10+ years of relevant PQE legal experience, either inhouse or with foundational training at a top-tier law firm in a corporate or transactional practice.
- At least 2 years of in-house experience at a technology company, structuring and negotiating complex commercial agreements
- A strong track record of independently leading complex commercial transactions
- License to practice law or equivalent in the US, UK or gained LLM from such jurisdictions
- Proven leadership experience, setting best practice and business partnering
- Previous experience line managing legal counsel
- Solid financial services background, with prior experience working in or with regulated financial services firms and familiarity with financial regulation applicable to digital assets.
- Familiarity with digital asset regulation, blockchain infrastructure, and tokenized assets.
- Prior experience supporting legal aspects of go-to-market strategies or cross-border technology deployment.
Benefits
- All roles with Chainlink Labs are global and remote-based.
- Unless otherwise stated, we ask that you try to overlap some working hours with Eastern Standard Time (EST).
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
legal experiencecommercial agreementstransactional practicenegotiationregulatory compliancedata licensingintellectual property protectionfinancial regulationdigital asset regulationblockchain infrastructure
Soft Skills
leadershipbusiness partneringindependent decision-makingstrategic thinkingcommunicationteam managementproblem-solvingcollaborationnegotiation skillsadaptability
Certifications
license to practice lawLLM