The opportunity
Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase , we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom.
What you'll do
Negotiate highly tailored agreements with strategic partners and: sophisticated counterparties in the finance, payments, and digital asset space, including prime brokerage, lending, and derivatives documentation.
Own full product life-cycle negotiation for institutional products, advising: on legal issues, risks, complex agreement structures, and company policies in a compliance-oriented environment.
Lead cross-functional efforts across Institutional Sales, Business: Development, Product/Engineering, Finance/Tax, and Compliance to drive alignment and close deals.
Build scalable commercial processes and risk frameworks that give the: business flexibility to execute on an aggressive global growth plan.
Qualified solicitor or barrister (England & Wales) or licensed attorney with: 5+ years of experience at a financial services institution (e.g., bank, e-money issuer, broker-dealer, asset manager) or at a law firm advising such clients.
Proven track record negotiating and drafting institutional financial: agreements, including prime brokerage, securities financing, and/or derivatives documentation (e.g., ISDA, GMSLA, futures agreements).
What they're looking for
- Experience providing full life-cycle negotiating for trading, custody, or: financing products, including advising on legal risk and commercial structuring.
- Familiarity with UK and/or EU regulatory regimes applicable to financial: instruments, with the ability to navigate cross-border legal and regulatory considerations.
- Experience leading legal workstreams across globally distributed,: cross-functional teams involving Sales, Product, Engineering, and Compliance stakeholders.
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver: business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.