General Counsel

• Own legal and regulatory strategy across the full product line, including stablecoin earn, stablecoin orchestration, tokenized commodities and lending.
• Draft, negotiate, and close every commercial agreement that comes through the organization.
• Lead regulatory analysis and positioning. Produce defensible characterizations for securities, commodities, money transmission, and virtual asset service provider positioning
• Own the corporate structure. Manage entity formation and maintenance, board governance, intercompany arrangements, cap table matters, and financing documentation.
• Own the compliance stack, including AML and sanctions programs, KYB and counterparty onboarding, due diligence questionnaire responses, and the policy suite supporting institutional counterparty relationships.
• Serve as the legal voice in commercial negotiations, sitting directly with counterparties rather than behind the deal team.
• Handle employment, IP, privacy, and general corporate matters as they arise.
• JD from an accredited law school and active bar admission and good standing in at least one US jurisdiction.
• 8 to 12 years of practice, ideally combining a top-tier law firm foundation with in-house experience at a digital asset or fintech company.
• Demonstrated digital asset regulatory expertise. You have taken positions on token classification, distribution structures, and licensing questions and defended them to counterparties, auditors, and regulators.
• Transactional depth in secured lending or structured finance. You have papered facilities, and thought carefully about perfection and enforceability.
• Experience working with offshore structures and juggling multijurisdictional coverage.
• Comfort operating without a team beneath you, and interest in building one as the company scales.
• WHY JOIN US?
• Joining Paxos Labs means becoming part of a pioneering team at the forefront of financial innovation for the mass market. You will have the opportunity to:
• Build the Future: Play a critical role in transforming traditional enterprises with innovative digital asset solutions.
• Own the Function: Define the legal and compliance organization from the ground up rather than executing someone else's playbook.
• Do Impactful Work: Contribute to projects that have a tangible impact on the global financial landscape.
• Enable Personal Growth: Benefit from continuous learning and professional development in a rapidly evolving industry with an emphasis on personal career advancement.
• Receive Competitive Compensation: Receive a competitive salary and participate directly in ownership structures that provide top-of-the-line benefits.
• Join A Dynamic Team: Thrive in a fast-paced, agile setting where your ideas are valued and your contributions are recognized.
• We are a heavily in-person team working in New York City. We prize effective in-person coordination that allows us to move fast. We also consider remote work on a case by case basis.
• Once we receive your application, we'll be in touch if we are interested.

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