Join Anchorage Digital as a Legal Counsel to provide strategic legal guidance for new trading solutions in the crypto space.
Posted by employer 1 month ago
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Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, years of experience, visa sponsorship.
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Legal Counsel will engage in daily activities that involve providing legal guidance throughout the product development lifecycle for Anchorage's Trading Solutions team. Key skills include expertise in regulatory compliance, contract negotiation, and a deep understanding of crypto market infrastructure. This position is ideal for a legal professional with a proactive approach and experience in financial services, particularly in trading and derivatives. Anchorage emphasizes a strong security culture, requiring in-person onboarding to safeguard its innovative digital asset platform.
Quick facts
- Is the Member of Legal, Brokerage and Trading Solutions role remote?
- No — this is an on-site role in United States.
- Where is the role based?
- Anchorage is hiring for this position in United States.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Anchorage targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Member of Legal, Brokerage and Trading Solutions role at Anchorage.
From the original posting
At Anchorage Digital, we are building the world’s most advanced digital asset platform for institutions to participate in crypto.
Anchorage Digital is a crypto platform that enables institutions to participate in digital assets through custody, staking, trading, governance, settlement, and the industry's leading security infrastructure. Home to Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., the first federally chartered crypto bank in the U.S., Anchorage Digital also serves institutions through Anchorage Digital Singapore, Porto by Anchorage Digital, and other offerings.
The company is funded by leading institutions including Andreessen Horowitz, GIC, Goldman Sachs, KKR, and Visa, with its Series D valuation over $3 billion. Founded in 2017 in San Francisco, California, Anchorage Digital has offices in New York, New York; Porto, Portugal; Singapore; and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Learn more at anchorage.com, on X @Anchorage, and on LinkedIn.
With the evolving landscape of digital threats and an increasing volume of sophisticated attacks by malicious actors, we have a security policy mandating all new hires complete an in-person onboarding process - no exceptions. Security is our foundation and we prioritize physical identity verification and secure IT setup. While our security and IT logistics require physical presence to protect our infrastructure from sophisticated global threats, this move is equally about our Village culture. We believe that a laptop can be shipped, but our culture cannot.
We are seeking a proactive Legal Counsel with a builder’s mindset to join our Trading Solutions team as an integral partner in bringing new products and features to the institutional market. You will be embedded directly from product discovery through launch, providing strategic legal guidance, conducting critical research, establishing policies, and ensuring full regulatory compliance across market infrastructure such as crypto trading venues, prime brokers, custodians, and payment rails.
In this role, you will lead the structuring, drafting, and negotiation of key counterparty agreements, including electronic trading, derivatives, and financing arrangements, while coordinating across internal teams and managing external counsel. Beyond transaction execution, you will serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership, delivering strategic counsel on complex regulatory frameworks, reputational risks, and ongoing compliance obligations.
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