Associate General Counsel – AGC
Uphold Inc.
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: New York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $235,000 per year
Job Level
JuniorMid-Level
About the role
- Draft, review, and negotiate a wide variety of commercial agreements, including technology, licensing, vendor, data, and partnership agreements.
- Support corporate governance, board materials, policy updates, and entity management.
- Provide legal guidance on regulatory matters impacting fintech, payments, crypto, digital assets, AML, data privacy, and consumer protection.
- Collaborate with Compliance and Regulatory Affairs on emerging regulatory developments and operational implementation.
- Partner with Product, Engineering, Finance, Marketing, and Operations to advise on product design, launches, risk considerations, and go-to-market strategies.
- Assess legal risks for new business initiatives and propose practical, business-aligned solutions.
- Assist in developing legal processes, templates, and workflows to improve speed, consistency, and compliance.
- Support internal legal investigations, external inquiries, and disputes.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to internal stakeholders at all levels, translating complex legal topics into practical guidance.
- Coordinate with outside counsel where needed, optimizing quality and cost.
Requirements
- JD from an accredited U.S. law school; admitted to NY Bar or eligible for admission on motion.
- 7–10 years of relevant legal experience, ideally a combination of law firm and in-house.
- Strong background in commercial transactions, corporate law, and advising cross-functional teams.
- Experience in fintech, payments, digital assets, crypto, blockchain, or other regulated financial services.
- Excellent communicator with demonstrated ability to collaborate across teams and influence decision-making.
- Strong business judgment and the ability to balance risk with operational realities.
- Highly organized, proactive, and comfortable working independently in a fast-paced environment.
- Bonus if you have Experience interacting with regulators or supporting a regulated business.
- Exposure to corporate governance or public-company requirements.
- Prior experience building legal processes or contract management systems.
Benefits
- An amazing work environment in a company that continues to grow, driven by extraordinary and passionate people that keep up innovating and challenging more each day.
- An international team, in a cutting edge field, working on the most fascinating projects.
- Growth and career opportunities, and the chance to be proactive and creative.
- A flexible and enthusiastic work environment that offers you snacks, a lot of coffee and other great benefits.
- Open and transparent culture - we get together on a weekly basis to share updates, strategic plans, and engage with each other informally over food and drinks.
- Interesting events that keep you connected with the team and celebrate our success.
- Be part of a great company that is revolutionizing financial services.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
commercial agreementscorporate lawlegal guidanceregulatory compliancecontract managementlegal processesrisk assessmentdata privacyAMLconsumer protection
Soft skills
excellent communicatorcollaborationinfluence decision-makingstrong business judgmenthighly organizedproactiveindependent workability to balance risktrusted advisorproblem-solving
Certifications
JD from accredited U.S. law schooladmitted to NY Bareligible for admission on motion