Senior Commercial Counsel

Overview

• Lead the drafting, negotiation, and execution of complex commercial agreements with enterprise customers, financial institutions, fintechs, marketplaces, and strategic partners globally
• Own the company's most strategic transactions end-to-end with minimal supervision
• Support the launch and scaling of new payment, card, treasury, and digital asset products, including stablecoin-enabled solutions
• Develop scalable legal infrastructure - templates, negotiation playbooks, contracting standards, and self-service resources
• Advise on vendor, technology, SaaS, data, and infrastructure agreements
• Collaborate cross-functionally with compliance, regulatory, privacy, finance, and product teams
• Drive adoption of AI-enabled legal workflows, contract automation, and knowledge management tools

Requirements

• 5+ years' experience as a qualified lawyer in-house, at a top law firm, or in a government agency
• Deep expertise in commercial contracts and building scalable legal infrastructure, ideally at high-growth companies
• Experience in payments, fintech, banking, digital assets, treasury, card, or other regulated financial services strongly preferred
• Highly collaborative, solutions-oriented, and biased toward action and impact
• Exceptional communication skills and the ability to translate complex legal concepts into practical business advice
• Strong proponent and adopter of technology and AI; humble, low-ego, and committed to continuous improvement

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Hard Skills

• drafting commercial agreements
• negotiation
• execution of contracts
• legal infrastructure development
• contract automation
• knowledge management

Soft Skills

• collaborative
• solutions-oriented
• communication skills
• ability to translate legal concepts
• commitment to continuous improvement