Early Warning is seeking a Sr. Counsel, Digital Assets to advise on cutting-edge payment solutions, digital assets, and blockchain technology. The ideal candidate will have 8+ years of in-house experience, a strong understanding of regulatory frameworks, and excellent communication skills.
Requirements
- Juris Doctor from accredited law school
- Admission to Arizona or other State bar
- 8+ years in-house or corporate counsel experience
- Strong background advising financial institutions or financial services companies on compliance with consumer financial services and privacy laws and regulations
- Ability to learn new substantive areas of the law
- Strong understanding of relevant experience advising clients regarding the regulation of digital assets (including stable coins and tokenized deposits), and blockchain technology
- Significant expertise and relevant experience advising financial services industry market participants regarding compliance with anti-money laundering, sanctions, data privacy, consumer protection regulations
- Ability to understand and be responsive to business needs and to partner cross-functionally throughout the organization to achieve results while mitigating risk
- Strong presentation and excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills to build partnerships and alliances internally and with external partners at all levels of the organization
- Strong business acumen—the ability to be forward-thinking and innovative while understanding our business needs and limitations
- Demonstrated experience identifying and resolving legal and regulatory issues quickly and effectively, with an ability to make real-time decisions with imperfect information
- Ability to comprehend and communicate complex law and regulation and judicial and regulatory interpretations of law and regulations to internal clients at all levels of the organization
- Organized with ability to prioritize multiple tasks and achieve objectives in a fast-paced environment
- Prior experience effectively managing outside legal resources
- Unyielding commitment to highest professional ethics
- Ability to maintain professional licensing and memberships in appropriate professional organizations
- Background and drug screen
Benefits
- Competitive medical (PPO/HDHP), dental, and vision plans
- Company contributions to Health Savings Account (HSA) or pre-tax savings through flexible spending accounts (FSA) for commuting, health & dependent care expenses
- 401(k) Retirement Plan with 100% Company Safe Harbor Match on first 6% deferral
- Flexible Time Off for Exempt (salaried) employees, as well as generous PTO for Non-Exempt (hourly) employees
- 11 paid company holidays and a paid volunteer day
- 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave
- Maven Family Planning – provides support through your Parenting journey including egg freezing, fertility, adoption, surrogacy, pregnancy, postpartum, early pediatrics, and returning to work
