General Counsel

The role

The General Counsel will establish and lead the company's legal strategy across regulatory compliance, corporate governance, commercial transactions, employment, intellectual property, and dispute resolution. This role involves building the legal function and creating practical compliance programs to support the launch and growth of financial products.

What you will do

• Lead the company's approach to legal and regulatory matters across the U.S. and internationally.
• Lead deal work including M&A, strategic investments, financings, and joint ventures.
• Draft, negotiate, and operationalize the full commercial contract stack.
• Own the company's intellectual property strategy including trademarks, licensing, and open-source software.
• Manage disputes, regulatory inquiries, subpoenas, and investigations.
• Select and oversee outside counsel.
• Structure and maintain the company's corporate architecture and governance across multiple entities.
• Build legal and compliance processes that can scale with the company.
• Advise founders on entity structuring, digital tokens, tokenomics, securities, and business models.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree from top schools
• Juris Doctor from top schools
• Experience at a top law firm
• 7+ years of experience counseling financial services companies on general business, regulatory, corporate governance, and technology transfers
• Experience with strategic transactions and mergers and acquisitions
• Proactive business mindset to operate effectively as the sole lawyer
• Impeccable organization, project management, and communication skills
• Ability to translate complex regulatory requirements into practical product and operational guidance
• Ability to advise senior executives on nuanced matters with limited information
• Ability to improve processes and build out new systems from scratch
• Ability to toggle between strategic thinking and tactical execution with minimal oversight

Nice to have

• In-house experience at a product-led crypto, DeFi, or fintech company
• Deep understanding of CFTC regulation, including experience with filings, rule submissions, or examination responses
• Experience establishing and maintaining multi-entity corporate structures including offshore affiliates and operating subsidiaries

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Equity
• Generous benefits

About the company

Unto Labs is a team of low-level engineers building the next generation of blockchain technology on commodity servers. They are building core consensus primitives and performance-tuned networking stacks.