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 and structure highly-tailored commercial agreements with strategic: partners and sophisticated counterparties in the fintech and technology space, including first-of-their-kind deal structures.
Drive novel agreement frameworks for product partnerships and provide: practical, risk-balanced legal guidance that enables business flexibility while protecting Coinbase's interests.
Partner cross-functionally with Business Development, Sales, Product,: Engineering, Finance/Tax, and Compliance to solve problems, build partnerships, and close complex deals on accelerated timelines.
Build commercial playbooks, templates, and scaled strategies that reduce deal: cycle times and enable the business to move faster on recurring transaction types.
Advise business leaders on transactional and product roadmap implications,: proactively identifying legal risks and structuring solutions that align with Coinbase's commercial objectives.
J.D. (or applicable equivalent) with 7+ years of relevant transactional: experience in-house or at a leading law firm, with active licensure in a U.S. state.
What they're looking for
- Demonstrated experience negotiating and structuring complex fintech: commercial agreements, with a track record of closing high-stakes deals with sophisticated counterparties.
- Proven ability to independently own deal execution end-to-end, from term: sheet through closing, across multiple concurrent transactions with cross-functional stakeholders.
- Track record of building scalable legal processes (playbooks, templates, deal: frameworks) that accelerate deal velocity and reduce legal bottlenecks.
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver: business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
