Senior Corporate Counsel
Ripple provides crypto and blockchain solutions for enterprises, enabling global financial entities to move, manage, and tokenize value. They focus on improving existing financial systems through partnerships and regulatory compliance, with products used in over 50 countries.
About Ripple
Ripple is an enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions company that aims to enable the world to move value as seamlessly as information moves today. Their mission is to build breakthrough crypto solutions for a world without economic borders. Using blockchain technology, Ripple facilitates global financial institutions, businesses, governments, and developers to move, manage, and tokenize value, thereby unlocking greater economic opportunity. The company works within existing financial systems to improve them, partnering with customers to streamline infrastructure and collaborating with regulators to ensure solutions are secure and compliant. Ripple's products are in commercial use by hundreds of customers across more than 50 countries, helping them expand into new markets, access liquidity solutions, and generate crypto-enabled revenue streams. They also support developers by providing tools for building on the XRP Ledger, a fast and sustainable public blockchain. Ripple’s payments, custody and stablecoin solutions empower financial institutions to integrate blockchain and digital assets into their business in a simple, secure, compliant way—all in one place. From instant payments to asset tokenization, blockchain and crypto are happening right now, across the world. It’s happening to suppliers, to retailers, to exchanges, to currencies, to sectors, to industries, to markets, and to global businesses. And it’s happening with Ripple.
Skills
About the Role
You will report directly to Ripple's Deputy General Counsel and play a key role in the mission to implement innovative financial solutions successfully. You will manage an increasing number of vendor agreements and think of ways to streamline the process. You will assist the sales and business development teams with various commercial transactions, including drafting and negotiating term sheets and definitive documentation, and manage the deal process. You will also manage and budget for external advisors engaged on such projects, and assist with other commercial or corporate matters as needed.
Requirements
- J.D. from a top-tier law school with strong academic credentials
- A minimum of 7 years of practice, ideally as a corporate attorney at a major law firm and at a fintech startup
- Proven ability to work cross-functionally with product, marketing, engineering, security, tax, and finance teams
- Outstanding problem-solving skills, judgment, communication, and interpersonal abilities
- Capacity to thrive in a fast-paced environment, meet tight deadlines, and act decisively
- Competence in presenting complex issues clearly and concisely, providing succinct, practical, and effective legal advice
Responsibilities
- Manage the increasing number of vendor agreements and streamline the process
- Assist sales and business development teams with commercial transactions
- Draft and negotiate term sheets and definitive documentation
- Manage the deal process
- Manage and budget for external advisors engaged on projects
- Assist with other commercial or corporate matters as needed
Benefits
- Professional development budget
- In-office collaboration flexibility (10+ days a month)
- Bi-weekly all-company meeting
- Team offsites, team bonding activities, and happy hours
- Competitive bonuses and equity
- Health, retirement, family forming, and family support benefits
- Employee giving match
- Mobile phone stipend
- R&R days
- Wellness reimbursement and onsite & virtual programming
- Generous vacation policy
- Parental leave policies and family planning benefits
- Catered lunches and fully-stocked kitchens