Senior Product Counsel, Lending

CoinList, one of the fastest growing crypto financial platforms, is where the best crypto projects in the world build their communities. We support the full lifecycle of crypto projects, from token sales through token distribution, trading, lending, and crypto-specific services such as staking and access to decentralized-finance opportunities. We've helped projects like Filecoin, Blockstack, and Algorand get off the ground and helped crypto enthusiasts by facilitating more than $1.2 billion in crypto trades. We are the crypto platform for the smartest users in the crypto space. Our customer base includes validators, miners, founders, CEOs, crypto funds, and their principals. We are backed by top-tier investors with offices in SF and NY. We are just getting started.

CoinList has a dynamic legal team that serves an integral function in supporting the company’s expanding corporate needs and product initiatives. We are growing our lending business and need a leader to assess and improve our current practices and recommend strategies for advancing our lending products both domestically and abroad. As part of the team, you would apply your background in a traditional financial services or law firm setting to a fast-paced and cutting edge environment. You would be responsible for all the legal needs of the CoinList lending platform such as contract drafting, legal disclosures, and federal and state regulatory obligations. Importantly, you must be able to work independently and own your workflow.

This is a full-time position located in SF, NY, or remote.

Who you are:

• You’re excited about cryptocurrency and understand the basics. CoinList’s mission is to help the best crypto companies and their communities succeed. We’re incredibly excited by the power of distributed ledger technology, and you should be too.
• You’re able to navigate complex legal requirements in the US and abroad. You are admitted to the bar in the US and have 7+ years legal experience focused on lending practices in the US and abroad. You have an understanding of the hurdles in offering crypto assets in the US and a demonstrated ability in managing international legal initiatives.
• You advance business ideas even in uncertainty. Rather than hedge on tough issues, you have an opinion. In a space that is still being defined, you are able to find creative paths forward, balancing practical conservatism with a creative approach to problem solving.
• You are self-sufficient. You thrive when you are able to work independently to get to the right result quickly. Your good judgment allows you to report on the progress that you’ve made rather than wait to be told what to do.
• You pitch in, no matter the task. CoinList is a small and nimble team of professionals. We all work together to create success. You love that you can contribute to the whole, and no task is too small for you to own.

Core Focus:

• You’ll refine our legal lending processes. CoinList’s lending product is an ever-changing product with a high growth rate. You will need to be able to quickly assess and recommend refinements to our current product offering and execute on those recommendations.
• You’ll drive our international lending initiatives. CoinList is expanding swiftly, and you will be the go-to person for our international lending endeavors. You will be charged with standing up new lending offerings for CoinList in a compliant way. You will drive regulatory filings, negotiate contracts, and advise business leaders on complex legal issues. Whatever needs to get done, you will be the person pushing this part of the business forward.
• You will creatively problem solve. From figuring out how to structure a new lending offering, to brainstorming on a complex corporate issue, you will need to think creatively to navigate the changing waters of the crypto ecosystem. Each day you’ll expand your knowledge and solve problems that no one has had to grapple with before.
• You’re strategic, seeing ahead of the curve. Leveraging your legal and business experience, you’ll identify business opportunities and create roadmaps to make these opportunities into a working product. If you don’t already have a plan in place for a lending initiative, you know the steps you’ll take to put one in place.
• You’ll represent us externally. From publishing thought leadership pieces, to moderating legal panels at crypto conferences, to meeting with members of congress to advise them on legislation, you’ll help shape the course of this emerging industry.
• You’ll create the future. Crypto is a far bigger deal than most people realize, and at CoinList you will be at the forefront of it. There are all sorts of technical challenges you’ll be working through and new questions you’ll have to answer, in partnership with founders for the leading crypto projects across the globe. If you’re successful, you’ll build something the world has never before seen.

Relevant Background:

• You are admitted to the bar in the US and have 7+ years legal experience in handling financial services lending transactions in the US and abroad.
• You have experience counseling product teams in launching lending products and have a clear understanding of the legal structure and regulatory underpinnings of those products.
• You are familiar with a variety of financial instruments (e.g., securities, commodities, derivatives), including lending, trading, custodial and non-custodial management of assets, and settlement of those instruments.
• You have a strong interest in digital currency, blockchain technology, and decentralized finance.
• You are familiar with the global laws and regulations and agencies associated with overseeing lending.