Corporate Counsel, Regulatory

Stellar Development Foundation

Corporate and Regulatory Counsel for Stellar Development Foundation in cutting-edge blockchain technology. Overseeing legal compliance and providing regulatory advice within the blockchain industry.

Posted 4/16/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $140,000 - $235,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide corporate/corporate governance counsel:
- Entity Management: Oversee the legal lifecycle of the Foundation and its subsidiaries, ensuring all corporate filings, registrations, and "good standing" requirements are met across all operating jurisdictions.
- Corporate Secretarial Duties: Help to maintain official corporate records and serve as an internal governance resource.
Provide regulatory strategy and advice:
- Regulatory Analysis: Assist as an internal subject matter expert on the evolving global legal status of blockchain, tokenization, digital assets and decentralized finance.
- Interpretive Guidance: Provide high-level legal interpretations of new guidance, interpretation, rules and legislation that impact the Stellar ecosystem’s long-term viability.
- Precedent Monitoring: Track and analyze litigation and enforcement actions within the broader blockchain industry to identify emerging legal risks or shifts in "Control" and "Decentralization" definitions.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Credentials: J.D. degree and an active member of at least one U.S. state bar.
Experience: 5+ years of legal practice, with experience in corporate and regulatory practices, with a familiarity of the areas of law relevant to blockchain. In house experience at a crypto company, a top-tier firm or a major financial institution is especially desirable.
Mission alignment: You are motivated by blockchain technology and a desire to promote financial access and you appreciate SDF’s role as a non-profit foundation.
Calm and cool: We work in an area defined by fast-paced developments and rapidly evolving areas of law, and some tasks will be easy while others will be challenging. Throughout, we want you to be confident and comfortable…and bonus points for a great sense of humor.
Bonus Points if: Basic crypto savvy. You own crypto, have a wallet and can navigate a few defi protocols!

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive health, dental & vision coverage with most plans covered at 100% for the employee + any dependents
Flexible time off + 15 company holidays including a company-wide holiday break
Generous paid parental leave for all parents, plus paid pregnancy disability leave for birthing parents.
Gym reimbursement ($80 per month)
Life & ADD (up to $50K)
Short & Long term disability
401K with 4% match
Health & Dependent Care FSA Accounts
Commuter benefits with $250/month employer contribution
Health Savings Account (HSA) with monthly employer contribution
Family building benefits through Kindbody
Wellbeing benefits (One Medical, Rightway, Headspace)
L&D budget of $1,500/year
Daily lunch and snacks in office
Company retreats

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Hard Skills & Tools

corporate governanceentity managementcorporate secretarial dutiesregulatory analysislegal interpretationlitigation monitoringblockchain lawtokenizationdigital assetsdecentralized finance

Soft Skills

calm under pressureadaptabilityconfidencesense of humormotivationcommunicationinternal governance resourcestrategic thinkingproblem-solvingcollaboration

Certifications

J.D. degreeactive state bar membership