Plasma

Associate General Counsel

Plasma

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States

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Job Level

JuniorMid-Level

Tech Stack

Web3

About the role

  • Provide comprehensive legal support across the organization, including GTM Product, Engineering, Operations, enabling growth while safeguarding legal and regulatory integrity.
  • Draft, negotiate, and manage a wide array of agreements: commercial partnerships, vendor & service agreements, grant or collaboration agreements, confidentiality/NDA arrangements, and more.
  • Identify, assess, and mitigate legal and regulatory risk tied to new products, partnerships, operations, and strategic initiatives, acting as a key risk-management partner for the business.
  • Advise on compliance approaches with our GC and CCO: from licensing and money-transmission issues to consumer-protection, AML/sanctions, data/privacy, and evolving crypto-specific regulation.
  • Embed flexible, scalable legal frameworks and processes, to support product launches, rapid iteration, and cross-team workflows, without compromising on compliance or risk hygiene.
  • Act as a “utility player”: ready to handle a variety of issues as they arise; from commercial contracts, to internal corporate matters, to intercompany or employment/legal ops questions with an ability to pivot quickly as needs evolve.
  • Work with external counsel. Manage scope, costs, and ensure legal outcomes are aligned with business objectives.
  • Stay abreast of regulatory developments (federal, state, crypto and payments), interpret implications for the company, and proactively counsel leadership on potential opportunities, risks, and compliance measures.

Requirements

  • U.S.- licensed attorney (J.D. and active bar membership) with a minimum 4+ years of law-firm and in-house experience.
  • Comfortable operating in ambiguity: able to interpret vague or evolving regulation, turn that into actionable guidance, and help shape internal policy.
  • Business- and product-oriented: you understand the balancing act between enabling rapid innovation and managing legal/regulatory risk — prioritising smart risk-taking and pragmatic legal advice.
  • Excellent communicator: you can distill complex legal / regulatory issues into clear, actionable guidance for both technical and non-legal stakeholders (GTM, Product, Engineering and Operations).
  • Analytical, organised, resilient: you have strong judgment, attention to detail, and can handle a broad scope of responsibilities — from contract drafting to strategic regulatory work.
  • Adaptable team player: able to collaborate across functions, take ownership, and thrive in a fast-paced, lean startup / growth-stage environment.
  • Experience in the crypto / blockchain / Web3 / stablecoin / digital-asset space - including familiarity with regulatory implications, token economics, DeFi, payments, or blockchain-native business models.
  • Background with money-transmission, payments regulation, consumer finance law, global banking regulation, and licensing for financial services.
  • Comfortable working with outside counsel, managing legal ops, and building efficient processes/tools for contract and compliance management.
  • Familiarity with employment, IP, data-privacy, corporate governance, and regulatory-reporting frameworks that often accompany fintech/crypto businesses.
Benefits
  • Above market salary plus token compensation
  • Premium health insurance for you and your family fully covered by Plasma
  • Monthly wellness budget, whether for the gym, therapy, sauna, massage
  • All the tools and tech you need to operate at your best
  • 401(k) plan with company match for employees in the US

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
contract draftinglegal risk assessmentcompliance managementregulatory interpretationnegotiationlegal framework developmentlegal operations managementanalytical skillsattention to detailstrategic regulatory work
Soft skills
excellent communicationadaptabilityteam collaborationorganizational skillsresilienceownershipability to operate in ambiguitypragmatic legal advicejudgmentability to distill complex issues
Certifications
U.S. licensed attorneyJ.D.active bar membership