What are the responsibilities and job description for the Corporate & Commercial Counsel position at Anchorage Digital?
At Anchorage Digital, we are building the world’s most advanced digital asset platform for institutions to participate in crypto.
Anchorage Digital is a crypto platform that enables institutions to participate in digital assets through custody, staking, trading, governance, settlement, and the industry's leading security infrastructure. Home to Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., the first federally chartered crypto bank in the U.S., Anchorage Digital also serves institutions through Anchorage Digital Singapore, Porto by Anchorage Digital, and other offerings.
The company is funded by leading institutions including Andreessen Horowitz, GIC, Goldman Sachs, KKR, and Visa, with its Series D valuation over $3 billion. Founded in 2017 in San Francisco, California, Anchorage Digital has offices in New York, New York; Porto, Portugal; Singapore; and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Learn more at anchorage.com, on X @Anchorage, and on LinkedIn.
With the evolving landscape of digital threats and an increasing volume of sophisticated attacks by malicious actors, we have a security policy mandating all new hires complete an in-person onboarding process - no exceptions. Security is our foundation and we prioritize physical identity verification and secure IT setup. While our security and IT logistics require physical presence to protect our infrastructure from sophisticated global threats, this move is equally about our Village culture. We believe that a laptop can be shipped, but our culture cannot.
In the fast-paced world of crypto, the relationships we build today become the foundation we rely on tomorrow — which means they need to be memorialized in ways that stand the test of time. We're looking for an experienced commercial attorney who is comfortable negotiating vendor agreements critical to our operations, and versatile enough to navigate a range of financial agreements as well. Just as important, we need someone with the intellect and curiosity to help us build entirely new business lines as we grow.
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 Member of Legal, Corporate & Commercial Counsel role:
\n- Own vendor contracts and third party risk management from a legal perspective.
- Draft and negotiate a wide range of commercial, custody, and brokerage/trading contracts, including master services agreements, NDAs, vendor agreements, partnership agreements, intercompany agreements, and more - our business and products are always evolving
- Experience with negotiating external client agreements such as custody, brokerage or trading agreements
- Work closely with the firm’s Third Party Risk Management team on the company’s contract management framework, and develop guidelines and playbooks.
- Drive work independently while leading medium-to-large projects and processes
- Breaking larger projects down into smaller tasks
- Function as a prolific individual contributor within the corporate and commercial space
- Strong understanding of Anchorage Digital’s strategy to successfully lead contract development and projects while taking into consideration the goals of the team your are supporting
- As progress is made across different negotiations, making sure knowledge is shared across the appropriate teams
- Ability to prioritize work based on company’s goals and communicate the ‘why’ behind your work.
- Build a close relationship with the sales, product, engineering, operations, and other teams to identify and resolve legal issues, structure complex agreements, and improve efficiency.
- Strong communication skills (internally and externally)
- Ability to be client facing while working with cross-functional team on multiple projects internally
- J.D. degree with a focus on financial services or corporate law.
- 4 years of experience drafting and negotiating a wide range of commercial and vendor contracts. Experience negotiating brokerage or other trading-related agreements is a plus.
- Demonstrated experience working closely with the business and other cross functional teams to resolve complex issues and strategize growth.
- Enthusiasm for crypto and a foundational understanding of the crypto industry and applicable laws/regulations both in the US and internationally.
- Demonstrated experience with close attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple projects.
- The ability to execute with moderate supervision and balance commercial and legal realities.
- You were emotionally moved by the soundtrack to Hamilton, which chronicles the founding of a new financial system. :)
About Anchorage Digital: Who we are
The Anchorage Village, what we call our team, brings together the brightest minds from platform security, financial services, and distributed ledger technology to provide the building blocks that empower institutions to safely participate in the evolving digital asset ecosystem. As a diverse team of more than 600 members, we are united in one common goal: building the future of finance by providing the foundation upon which value moves safely in the new global economy.
Anchorage Digital is committed to being a welcoming and inclusive workplace for everyone, and we are intentional about making sure people feel respected, supported, and connected at work—regardless of who you are or where you come from. We value and celebrate our differences and we believe being open about who we are allows us to do the best work of our lives.
Anchorage Digital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or veteran status. Anchorage Digital considers qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with other legal requirements. “Anchorage Digital” refers to services that are offered either through Anchorage Digital Bank National Association, an OCC-chartered national trust bank, or Anchorage Lending CA, LLC a finance lender licensed by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, License No. 60DBO-11976, or Anchorage Digital Singapore Pte Ltd, a Singapore private limited company, all wholly-owned subsidiaries of Anchor Labs, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
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