Description
At Anchorage Digital, we are building the world's most advanced digital asset platform for institutions to participate in crypto. The Senior Counsel, Trading is an integral member of the trading solutions business responsible for providing strategic legal advice to bring new products and features to the institutional market.
This role requires a builder's mindset and direct involvement from the product discovery stage through establishing, structuring, developing policies, and conducting legal research for regulatory compliance. You will provide legal expertise on market infrastructure, including crypto trading venues, prime brokers, custodians, and payment rails.
Responsibilities include structuring, drafting, and negotiating counterparty agreements for prime brokerage features, electronic trading agreements, derivatives, and financing arrangements, while coordinating with internal teams and managing external counsel. Finally, you will provide strategic advice to executive leadership on reputational and regulatory issues and advise on the implementation and ongoing compliance of key relevant regulations.
We have created the Factors of Growth & Impact to help Villagers better measure impact and articulate coaching, feedback, and the rich and rewarding learning that happens while exploring, developing, and mastering the capabilities and contributions within and outside of the Senior Counsel, Trading role:
Technical Skills:
- Strong understanding of the laws and regulation applicable to spot, margin, derivatives, platform trading and prime brokerage for digital assets.
Complexity and Impact of Work:
- Work closely with the Associate General Counsel for trading solutions, business heads and their teams to grow the trading solutions business.
Organizational Knowledge:
- Strong understanding of various market infrastructure, including direct knowledge on crypto trading venues, prime brokers, custodians, and payments rails.
Communication and Influence:
- Build a close relationship with the trading solutions team, legal and compliance team to collaborate closely, resolve legal issues, structure complex agreements, and improve efficiency.
You may be a fit for this role if you:
- Are highly organized with a bias for action, meticulous attention to detail and ability to produce quality work in a fast-paced, high-volume work environment.
- Have an understanding of the regulatory frameworks, existing and proposed, that pertain to various digital assets business models.
- Have 8+ years of transactional experience in reviewing various financial transaction agreements, primarily, lending agreements, prime brokerage agreements, ISDA/CSA and trade confirmations.
- Have experience working in a face-paced start-up/early-stage company.
Although not a requirement, bonus points if:
- You were emotionally moved by the soundtrack to Hamilton, which chronicles the founding of a new financial system.