Associate General Counsel, Transactions
Matter Labs
What You'll Be Doing
- Serve as primary internal lawyer on corporate transactions, including financings, acquihires/acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures
- Structure, negotiate and document cross-border partnerships and other relationships with third parties (mostly in the crypto ecosystem)
- Participate in developing the company’s decentralization strategy
- Negotiate commercial agreements and technology transactions
- Provide advice on product, privacy, data protection and intellectual property
- Counsel internal clients with respect to the legal and compliance policies and implications of proposed transactions
- Lead and manage multiple projects in an expeditious manner, providing counsel and assessing risks around complex legal, compliance and business issues
- Provide thought leadership and strategic thinking contributions to internal teams
- Direct and oversee outside counsel, as needed, to provide support on complex issues
- Handle various other duties as delegated by the General Counsel
What We Look For in You
- Relevant experience as a lawyer, ideally in both a top tier law firm and in-house legal experience
- Legally qualified to practice law in your jurisdiction
- Crypto-aware: it’s OK if this is your first full time legal job in crypto, but it shouldn’t be your first experience in crypto
- Cross-border experience: crypto is global and so are our employees and partners. Must be able to move seamlessly between jurisdictions (engaging local counsel where appropriate)
- "Inbox zero" mentality critically important
- Cypherpunk mentality a plus
- Desire to take a leading role in shaping the future of a leading crypto project
- Approachable / “good bedside manner” as a legal advisor
- Impeccable judgment and Highly self motivated, flexible and proactive
- Able to operate on complex matters with limited supervision
- Able to engage a variety of stakeholders and collaborate effectively and capable of building and maintaining a network of effective working relationships
- Excellent commercial awareness, with a pragmatic, solution based approach to issues, and an ability to think at a strategic, risk-focused level
- Ability to influence and build relationships across organizational and geographic boundaries
- Fluency in English. Additional languages a plus
- Strong academic background from top tier academic institution