Senior Commercial Counsel

3 weeks, 1 day ago
Full-time
Senior
Legal
Ondo Finance

Ondo Finance

Ondo Finance provides institutional-grade financial services on a blockchain platform, making advanced financial solutions accessible to a broader audience.

Diversified Financial Services
11-50
Founded 2021
$24M raised

Description

  • Serve as a primary legal partner to business development, partnerships, marketing, operations, and other commercial teams.
  • Draft, review, and negotiate strategic partnership, distribution, technology, licensing, vendor, service, referral, marketing, data, and confidentiality agreements.
  • Lead complex commercial negotiations from initial structuring through execution and renewal.
  • Advise stakeholders on contractual, regulatory, reputational, and counterparty risks.
  • Support relationships with financial institutions, fintech companies, blockchain protocols, exchanges, wallets, custodians, market makers, and technology providers.
  • Develop practical legal solutions that balance risk protection with commercial objectives and execution speed.
  • Advise on marketing campaigns, partner communications, public claims, and related commercial arrangements.
  • Partner with compliance and regulatory counsel on securities, financial promotions, AML, data protection, licensing, and geographic restrictions.
  • Create and maintain contract templates, negotiation playbooks, approval processes, and scalable legal workflows.
  • Train business teams on contracting, negotiation, and risk management, and manage outside counsel when needed.

Requirements

  • JD degree from an accredited U.S. law school.
  • 5–8+ years of legal experience at a major law firm or in a high-growth blockchain, fintech, financial services, or technology company.
  • Significant experience drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements.
  • Strong knowledge of liability, indemnification, intellectual property, data use, confidentiality, service levels, termination rights, and regulatory allocation.
  • Experience advising business development, partnerships, marketing, sales, operations, or other commercial teams.
  • Strong commercial judgment and ability to provide clear, practical advice amid competing legal and business considerations.
  • Ability to independently lead negotiations with senior stakeholders and sophisticated counterparties.
  • Understanding of blockchain industry relationships and digital-asset or financial-services businesses.
  • Familiarity with securities, AML, financial promotions, data protection, and related financial-services regulations.
  • Excellent drafting, negotiation, analytical, communication, organizational, and multitasking skills; experience with tokenized assets, institutional financial products, or international arrangements is preferred.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation including salary, future token rights, and/or equity, with flexibility based on preference.
  • Medical, vision, and dental benefits.
  • Flexible vacation policy and PTO.
  • Remote-first work environment with a globally distributed team.
  • Opportunity to help shape the company’s vision, culture, and design practices.

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