Job description

About the Legal Team

The legal team at Consensys provides a broad range of support services to our product suite. The work is varied but usually somewhere along the intersection of regulatory analysis, strategic business advice, data protection, employment law, intellectual property and general corporate work. If you are someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment where being self-directed, determined, and resilient is a requirement, we are confident you’ll enjoy working with us and the broader Consensys team. Consensys always has been and will remain a remote-first company.

What you’ll do

We are looking for someone to supplement and complement the current team at Consensys. We believe lawyers work best when they are challenged, intellectually stimulated, and pursuing their personal interests. We look forward to crafting a role that fits Consensys’s growing needs while charting a compelling career path for our new team member. To start, we’ll need help with the following:

Provide strategic legal advice, counsel and support to Consensys’s business leaders and dozens of projects.
Reports to the leads in the legal team.
Keep up to date with regulatory developments and strategies.
Reviewing, drafting and negotiating a wide variety of documents including, but not limited to, commercial agreements, professional services agreements, marketing, internal policies, employment agreements, and vendor agreements.
You will work closely with the existing team and also partner with internal support functions like Finance, HR, IT and the office of the CEO.

Would be great if you brought this to the role

A law degree from a leading law school and a license to practice law in either England & Wales or Ireland
3-6 years of transactional, IP, technology or regulatory experience at a large reputable law firm and/or in-house
Experience drafting and negotiating complex agreements
Fluency in, or a strong desire to learn about, blockchain technology and related legal issues
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Hard-charging, innovative, and comfortable with high levels of responsibility
Comfort with being self-directed and learning quickly to tackle time-sensitive tasks
Business judgment and ability to assess legal risk while providing practical advice
Ability to effectively engage with business and legal counterparts
Ability to handle multiple projects and matters simultaneously
A proven academic or professional track-record demonstrating hard work, ambition and a dedication to self-improvement and excellence

Don't meet all the requirements? Don't sweat it. We’re passionate about building a diverse team of humans and as such, if you think you've got what it takes for our chaotic-but-fun, remote-friendly, start-up environment—apply anyway, detailing your relevant transferable skills in your cover letter. While we have a pretty good idea of what we need, we're ready for you to challenge our thinking on who needs to be in this role.

In the rapidly evolving Web3 space, we believe that everyone is a builder. This expansive paradigm requires a range of backgrounds, talents, skills, and experiences to influence and shape the future. At Consensys, this diversity fuels our ability to shift control and redefine the realm of possibility. We are committed to ensuring that our technology empowers people and communities with economic and political agency through decentralized technologies. We welcome the range of perspectives and differences and celebrate them. We're excited to see how your unique skills as a builder can contribute to our vision, drive innovation, and help us shape a more inclusive Web3.

Consensys is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Consensys is aware of fraudulent recruitment practices and we encourage all applicants to review our best practices to protect yourself which can be found (https://consensys.io/careers/best-practices-to-avoid-recruitment-fraud/).

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