Senior Counsel, Business Legal

Overview

Senior Counsel on the Business Legal team, negotiating and structuring commercial agreements for Coinbase's strategic partnerships and deal execution for business development, sales and product.

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.

What you'll need

• J.D. (or applicable equivalent) with 7+ years of relevant transactional experience in-house or at a leading law firm.
• Active licensure in a U.S. state.
• 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.

Details

• Location: Remote in the USA; the company is remote-first but not remote-only.
• Expect to get together quarterly for in-person working sessions called "surges."
• Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus): $224,995 to $264,700 USD. Base salary varies by location. Total compensation may include equity, bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)).
• Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.