Senior Commercial Counsel
Ondo helps institutions and individuals access traditional financial assets on blockchain through tokenized US Treasuries and investment products.
Maintainer signals as of 9/2/2026
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About Ondo
Ondo brings traditional financial assets onchain through institutional-grade platforms and infrastructure. The protocol offers tokenized US Treasuries and investment products with daily yield distributions, while developing Ondo Chain, a Layer 1 blockchain optimized for real-world assets. Products include USDY for non-US investors and OUSG for qualified purchasers, supported by regulated custodians and audited smart contracts.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will act as a practical legal partner to commercial stakeholders. You will draft, review, and negotiate strategic agreements; advise on contractual and regulatory risks; develop templates and scalable workflows; train business teams; manage outside counsel; and support strategic transactions.
Requirements
- JD degree from an accredited U.S. law school
- 5–8+ years of legal experience
- Complex commercial agreement drafting and negotiation experience
- Commercial contracting knowledge
- Liability
- Indemnification
- Intellectual property
- Data use
- Confidentiality
- Service levels
- Termination rights
- Regulatory allocation
- Experience advising commercial teams
- Commercial judgment
- Independent negotiation ability
- Blockchain industry knowledge
- Financial-services regulation knowledge
- Securities
- Anti-money laundering
- Financial promotions
- Data protection
- Drafting, negotiation, analysis, and communication skills
- Transaction and deadline management
Responsibilities
- Serve as a legal partner to business development, partnerships, marketing, operations, and commercial teams
- Draft, review, and negotiate strategic partnership, distribution, technology, licensing, vendor, service, referral, marketing, data, and confidentiality agreements
- Lead commercial negotiations through structuring, execution, and renewal
- Advise stakeholders on contractual, regulatory, reputational, and counterparty risks
- Support commercial relationships with financial institutions, fintech companies, blockchain protocols, exchanges, wallets, custodians, market makers, and technology providers
- Advise marketing and business teams on campaigns, communications, public claims, and commercial arrangements
- Partner with compliance and regulatory counsel on securities, financial promotions, anti-money laundering, data protection, licensing, and geographic restrictions
- Maintain contract templates, negotiation playbooks, approval processes, and legal workflows
- Train business teams on contracting, negotiation, and risk management
- Manage outside counsel and specialist advisers
- Support senior legal personnel on strategic transactions and business priorities
Benefits
- Medical, vision, and dental benefits
- Flexible vacation policy
