Senior Legal Counsel
A liquid staking solution that allows users to stake tokens while maintaining liquidity through stTokens that can be used across DeFi.
Projects
About Lido
Lido is a self-custodial liquid staking protocol governed by the Lido DAO that provides liquidity for staked assets. Users who stake with Lido receive stTokens (like stETH) that represent their staked position plus accrued rewards. These tokens can be used throughout DeFi while still earning staking rewards. Lido also features a decentralized validator set and security through distributed node operators chosen by the DAO.
Skills
About the Role
You will review, draft, negotiate, and advise on a broad range of commercial contracts, including strategic partnerships, integrations, client services, and vendor arrangements. You will collaborate closely with contributors across the ecosystem to ensure contractual alignment with the protocol’s broader goals and initiatives. You will support contract management, negotiation workflows, and risk assessment processes. You will provide practical legal advice on new opportunities, ecosystem initiatives, product integrations, and commercial partnerships. You will proactively identify, analyse, and mitigate legal risks, balancing commercial opportunity with sound risk management. You will support the development of legal frameworks that strengthen the resilience and scalability of the Lido ecosystem. You will contribute to thought leadership initiatives around decentralised protocols, open-source ecosystems, and legal innovation.
Requirements
- 5+ years of relevant experience at a law firm and/or in-house, with significant exposure to complex commercial transactions.
- Deep experience drafting and negotiating a wide range of commercial contracts.
- Strong commercial judgment, with the ability to make practical, risk-based decisions in a fast-moving environment.
- Ability to work autonomously and proactively identify issues, propose solutions, and drive matters forward.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to translate complex legal topics into clear, actionable advice.
- Comfortable working with decentralised teams, open-source initiatives, or protocol-based ecosystems.
- Demonstrated interest in crypto, DeFi, decentralised governance, or open-source ecosystems preferred.
- Fluency in Russian is strongly preferred, as the role will involve Russian-language documentation and collaboration with Russian-speaking counterparties/contributors.
Responsibilities
- Review, draft, negotiate, and advise on a broad range of commercial contracts, including strategic partnerships, integrations, client services, and vendor arrangements.
- Collaborate closely with contributors across the ecosystem to ensure contractual alignment with the protocol’s broader goals and initiatives.
- Support contract management, negotiation workflows, and risk assessment processes.
- Provide practical legal advice on new opportunities, ecosystem initiatives, product integrations, and commercial partnerships.
- Proactively identify, analyse, and mitigate legal risks, balancing commercial opportunity with sound risk management.
- Support the development of legal frameworks that strengthen the resilience and scalability of the Lido ecosystem.
- Contribute to thought leadership initiatives around decentralised protocols, open-source ecosystems, and legal innovation.
Benefits
- Remote work
- Flexible schedule
- Education, equipment and co-working support
- Overseas conferences, community immersion
