Top Blockchain Legal Jobs in New York City, NY

Lead global regulatory strategy and execution for technology infrastructure, operational resilience, and enterprise resilience. Interpret regulations, translate them into technology control frameworks and operational guidance, advise on third-party technology contracts, coordinate cross-functional implementation, and engage regulators and legal stakeholders across jurisdictions. The role requires a law degree and significant regulatory experience in payments, banking, or financial services.

Provide legal advice on U.S. and EU payments regulation, support licensing and MTL applications, draft and negotiate commercial and cardholder agreements, manage outside counsel, respond to regulators and audits, and shape internal strategy on payments and crypto compliance.

Provide senior transactional legal support for Enterprise, Payments, and Ecosystem teams globally. Draft, negotiate, and structure complex fintech, payments, crypto, and technology agreements; develop contract templates and contracting workflows; advise on regulatory, tax, accounting, and operational implications; support enterprise sales, partnerships, and Arc network integrations; and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to drive commercial outcomes while staying current on digital assets and payments developments.

Lead legal strategy for Coinbase payments partnerships: draft, negotiate, and execute complex commercial agreements; provide business-centric regulatory guidance; partner cross-functionally to close deals; build scalable commercial playbooks and risk-mitigation strategies; manage a high-volume deal pipeline and coordinate with specialists and outside counsel.

In this role, you will manage FalconX's licensing efforts, ensure product compliance with regulations, and act as a regulatory liaison for global inquiries. You will also analyze legislative changes to inform business strategies.

Own day-to-day legal work for a Series B blockchain data company. Lead commercial contracts, data licensing, technology transactions, IP and privacy matters, and product counseling. Build legal operations including templates, playbooks, approval workflows, and contract repositories. Advise founders and cross-functional teams, coordinate outside counsel, support governance and financing matters, and translate contractual obligations into actionable business processes.

Provide corporate and commercial legal support for strategic partnerships, acquisitions, asset purchases, acqui-hires, and digital-asset transactions. Draft and negotiate commercial and transaction agreements, conduct legal due diligence, advise on regulatory and intellectual property issues, support partner integrations, and develop contracting processes and legal playbooks. Collaborate with business, product, senior stakeholders, and external counsel across multiple jurisdictions.

Support digital asset regulatory research, product and go-to-market legal reviews, commercial contracts, AML/KYC compliance, privacy matters, corporate governance, intellectual property administration, and regulatory or litigation responses. The associate will work closely with product, engineering, commercial teams, senior legal leadership, and outside counsel, assuming ownership of a defined legal area within 6–12 months.

Legal & Regulatory Counsel will manage regulatory risks, optimize entity structure, create compliance processes, and support fundraising from a legal perspective.

The Paralegal will support the legal team with regulatory compliance, contracts, and legal research in the blockchain sector.