Paxful is one of the world’s leading peer-to-peer Bitcoin marketplaces and a universal money translator. Our mission is social justice through financial freedom worldwide. Powered by people and blockchain technology, not big banks, we offer support for a payment system that empowers merchants and e-commerce shoppers. This opens up a new market of 2 billion people who have no access to banking services, but do have the ability to buy bitcoin via one of our over 300 payment methods enabled by Paxful.

Paxful was founded in 2015 and has an established headquarters in Estonia, with additional offices in New York, Hong Kong and the Philippines. Paxful has millions of actual users, a strong business model and is completely bootstrapped. You’ll be joining a team that’s out to make sustainable change in the world. One of our pillars is giving back to the communities we help.

We are seeking an experienced generalist Corporate Counsel for our New York office who will report directly to the General Counsel and will provide broad-based legal support for our company. The ideal candidate must be able to thrive in a fast-paced environment and build positive client relationships with diplomacy and business acumen while providing solutions-driven and timely counsel and advice to a wide range of business partners on a broad range of commercial and transactional matters. The Corporate Counsel will be responsible for a broad range of commercial, regulatory and compliance matters and structuring, drafting and negotiating commercial transactions.

What you’ll be doing:

• Draft and negotiate commercial transactions (confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, LOIs, consulting agreements, etc.) with counterparties, customers, vendors and contractors
• Review and revise all global marketing materials in collaboration with our Marketing and PR colleagues
• Work directly with internal business units on strategic commercial transactions, providing day-to-day advice and resolving issues that arise in new and existing commercial relationships and representing the company on all aspects of the transaction
• Manage, maintain and revise all company legal templates and policies to ensure we are compliant, including our Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, Employment Contracts, Company Handbooks etc.
• Manage all user facing legal issues, including compliance, Terms of Service violations, subpoena requests and other operational needs
• Provide on-going legal counseling in intellectual property, data protection and security, labor and employment, general corporate and regulatory compliance
• Prepare and maintain corporate documents such as meeting minutes, resolutions, bylaws and entity formation and structuring
• Develop and manage client relationships within a high-energy, fast-paced, team-oriented environment while contributing to and fostering positive team morale and collaboration

What you bring to the table:

• Demonstrated track record of providing strategic direction around multiple projects and with competing priorities
• Excellent contract and document drafting demonstrating an exceptional level of business savvy and sophistication
• JD degree with strong academic credentials from a respected ABA accredited institution
• Licensed to practice law in New York
• Minimum 5 years’ experience, ideally with a prominent law firm and some in-house corporate experience
• Demonstrated ability to work efficiently and manage multiple project in a fast-paced work environment
• Unwavering attention to detail and accuracy with uncompromising honesty and integrity
• Strong negotiation skills with the ability to influence

Ideally, you also have:

• Cryptocurrency and/or peer-to-peer finance experience
• In-house technology experience
• Product review experience
• International experience

Perks:

• Accessible office in the West Village
• Flexible hours
• Competitive salary, with the option of payment in bitcoin
• Healthcare insurance, including dental and vision
• Catered lunch and dinner daily
• Gym membership of your choice
• Sponsored sports nutrition and health-related activities
• Paid maternity/paternity leave including a special one-time bonus to support newborn
• Commuter benefits
• Training and professional development resources
• Paid company events and retreats