Coinbase
Counsel - Institutional
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Counsel, Commercial – Institutional Legal at Coinbase
Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase, we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency—it’s a place to be pushed past your perceived limits.
If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for "good enough," you belong here.
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About the Role
As Counsel, Commercial on the Institutional Legal team, you'll provide hands-on legal support for Coinbase’s institutional products across UK and international markets, covering prime brokerage, exchange, trading, custody, derivatives, and financing. The team is a small, highly experienced group of lawyers from traditional finance and fintech backgrounds, working with banks, brokers, hedge funds, market makers, and other professional trading clients. You'll own the commercial legal work that enables Coinbase to build and scale first-of-a-kind institutional products at the intersection of crypto and traditional global markets.
Key Responsibilities
- Negotiate highly tailored agreements with strategic partners and sophisticated counterparties in finance, payments, and digital asset space, including prime brokerage, lending, and derivatives documentation.
- Own full product life-cycle negotiation for institutional products, advising on:
- Legal issues
- Risks
- Complex agreement structures
- Company policies in a compliance-oriented environment
- Lead cross-functional efforts across:
- Institutional Sales
- Business Development
- Product/Engineering
- Finance/Tax
- Compliance
- To drive alignment and close deals.
- Build scalable commercial processes and risk frameworks that support aggressive global growth.
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Required Skills & Experience
- Qualified solicitor (England & Wales) or barrister (or licensed attorney) with 5+ years of experience at:
- A financial services institution (bank, e-money issuer, broker-dealer, asset manager)
- OR a law firm advising such clients.
- Proven track record in negotiating and drafting institutional financial agreements, including:
- Prime brokerage
- Securities financing
- Derivatives documentation (e.g., ISDA, GMSLA, futures agreements)
- Experience in full life-cycle negotiation for:
- Trading
- Custody
- Financing products, advising on:
- Legal risks
- Commercial structuring
- Familiarity with UK and/or EU regulatory regimes applicable to financial instruments, including:
- Cross-border legal and regulatory considerations
- Experience leading legal workstreams with globally distributed teams involving:
- Sales
- Product
- Engineering
- Compliance stakeholders
Bonus (not mandatory): Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to:
- Deliver business-ready outputs
- Drive measurable improvements in:
- Workflow efficiency
- Cost
- Quality
Position Details
Position ID: P76023
Pay Transparency Notice
The target annual base salary for this position ranges as follows: £99,360 – £110,400 GBP (excluding equity and bonus). Total compensation may also include:
- Equity
- Bonus eligibility
- Benefits (including medical, dental, vision).
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Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within 6 months.
Equal Opportunity & Compliance Statements
- Equal Opportunity Employer: Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to:
- Race
- Color
- Religion
- Sex
- Sexual orientation
- Gender identity
- National origin
- Disability
- Protected veteran status
- Genetic information
Applicants with criminal histories will be considered consistent with applicable laws.
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- View Employee Rights and Know Your Rights and E-Verify Notice of Participation.
Accommodations
If you require a reasonable accommodation, email accommodations[@]coinbase[.]com with your request and contact details.
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AI Disclosure
Coinbase is piloting an AI tool based on machine learning technologies to conduct initial screening interviews. The tool:
- Simulates realistic interview scenarios in dynamic conversations. Coinbase also pilots an AI interview intelligence platform to:
- Transcribe and summarize interview notes
Coinbase will not use AI to make employment decisions.
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