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Salary: USD 183,855 - 216,300 / annual
Coinbase is seeking a Commercial Counsel to join the Business Legal team and lead legal strategy for the company's most important payments partnerships. This role owns end-to-end legal execution on complex, first-of-their-kind transactions that set precedent for the crypto industry and directly accelerate Coinbase's growth.
Key responsibilities include:
- Drafting, negotiating, and executing highly tailored commercial agreements with strategic partners and sophisticated counterparties in the payments and fintech space, including novel deal structures
- Driving innovative agreement frameworks and delivering practical, business-centric legal advice that balances risk with speed and flexibility
- Cross-functional partnership with Business Development, Sales, Product, Engineering, Finance/Tax, and Compliance to solve complex problems and close deals quickly
- Building scalable commercial playbooks and risk-mitigation strategies that accelerate deal timelines and increase business flexibility across the payments portfolio
- Identifying legal issues beyond core expertise and coordinating resolution with specialists across the Coinbase legal team and outside counsel
Required qualifications:
- 5+ years of transactional legal experience in-house or at a leading law firm
- JD or applicable equivalent with active license in a U.S. state
- Demonstrated expertise drafting, structuring, and negotiating complex commercial agreements with fintechs, banks, payment processors, payment networks, and payment issuers/acquirers
- Proven ability to navigate highly regulated financial services environments and translate evolving regulatory landscapes into actionable commercial guidance
- Track record of independently managing high-volume deal pipelines while maintaining precision in drafting and risk assessment
- Responsible use of generative AI with human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality
Coinbase is a remote-first company with quarterly in-person working sessions called "surges." The role offers competitive compensation, equity, bonus eligibility, and comprehensive benefits.
