Legal Counsel

Alchemy is looking to hire a legal counsel to help our company scale up to the next phase of growth. With regulatory clarity and institutional adoption increasing, there has never been a more exciting time to support the growth of Web3: the next era of the Internet. We are looking for a force multiplier to work closely with our General Counsel to build our legal strategy and grow the legal team over time. This individual will have an unparalleled opportunity to advise on virtually every aspect of the business and is expected to autonomously drive projects to completion by partnering closely with cross-functional internal teams and thoughtfully drawing upon outside counsel where needed. This is a generalist role requiring the mental agility to tackle the wide variety of legal issues typical for SaaS businesses supporting Web3 and blockchain use cases.

What You'll Do

Be an outstanding collaborator with colleagues in sales, product, engineering, finance/accounting, operations, corporate development, equity, and other areas

Draft and negotiate agreements with strategic customers, blockchain protocols, partners, and software providers

Develop and update agreements, website terms, and policies, and other scalable processes to help our teams to move faster

Counsel our product and engineering teams on new product launches and help translate regulations including sanctions, securities law, money transmission laws

Coordinate with our marketing team to review and develop scalable guidelines on promotional materials and contests

Support our corporate development efforts and oversee strategic acquisitions

Stay current with global regulatory frameworks, and support engagement with regulators & lawmakers, notice & comment letters, and review of draft legislation

Oversee corporate structuring, including domestic and international entity formation to meet business needs

Advise on global data protection laws, including GDPR and CCPA, ensuring that the company's data handling practices comply with privacy regulations

Advise our People team on employee policies, and other employment law issues

Continue to build our patent and trademark portfolio, lead trademark enforcement efforts, and counsel engineering teams on open-source strategy

Advise our Alchemy Ventures team on investment documents (SAFEs, token warrants)

What We're Looking For:

3+ years of legal experience, preferably with a mix of BigLaw experience and in-house experience at a high-growth tech company

Strong track record of cross-functional partnership across teams (BD, Finance, Product, Engineering) to align on creative solutions

Passion for crypto, blockchain technologies, DeFi, DAOs, and/or NFTs

Collaborative team players with relentless optimism in the face of obstacles

Self-starters with a “pick-up-a-broom” mentality, able to identify problems and take ownership to improve them

JD from an accredited law school

Member of a U.S. state bar in good standing, preferably in California or New York

Nice-to-haves: familiarity with financial & securities regulations; Web3 experience; startup experience; experience founding a company or building side projects