Counsel, Commercial
Core
Lead legal strategy and execution for Coinbase's payments partnerships, including banks, payment networks, and fintechs.
Role type
Senior in-house commercial counsel (payments/fintech)
Builds
First-of-their-kind commercial agreements and scalable deal playbooks for the payments portfolio
Domain
Financial services, cryptocurrency, payments, fintech
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Complex commercial agreement drafting and negotiation, Fintech/bank/payment network deal structuring, Regulatory compliance in financial services, High-volume deal pipeline management, Generative AI integration for legal workflows
Responsibilities
Drafting, negotiating, and executing tailored commercial agreements with strategic partners; Driving novel agreement frameworks; Partnering cross-functionally to close deals; Building scalable commercial playbooks; Identifying and resolving complex legal issues
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC