Litigation Counsel – ConsenSys Remote Jobs

Job Name: Litigation Counsel
Name of the Company: ConsenSys
Location: Remote, US National
Salary Range: Not specified

Job description:
ConsenSys seeks a Litigation Counsel to join its legal team, which provides a wide range of support services to its offering suite. The successful candidate will advise on issues pertaining to counterparty dispute risk and compliance with laws and regulations, review, draft, and negotiate a wide variety of documents, including internal policies and procedures, commercial agreements, and vendor agreements that may impact litigation efforts, and oversee internal functions pertaining to disputes. The core focus of this role is the intersection between emergent technology and litigation, with a primary focus on disputes arising in the United States.

Responsibilities

The Litigation Counsel will work closely with the existing legal team, internal support functions like Finance, HR, and IT, and engage with counterparties and other entities before and during legal disputes. The role will include advising Product and Operations teams on legal and litigation developments and their potential impact on ConsenSys’s offerings or operations, with a jurisdictional emphasis on the United States and its territories. Additionally, the Litigation Counsel may be tasked with general corporate legal matters typically associated with a rapidly growing technology company, including labor & employment issues, strategic transactions, corporate financing, and software licensing. The Counsel will engage in person and in writing with regulators, policymakers, and industry participants on issues relating to regulatory policy and compliance, as necessary and in cooperation with ConsenSys’s policy team.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate has a law degree from a leading law school and is licensed to practice law in the United States, with 6-10 years of litigation experience at a reputable law firm and/or in-house at a company that both brought and defended itself in disputes. They should possess fluency in, or have a strong desire to learn about, peer-to-peer blockchain networks and related on-chain and off-chain software and related legal issues, as well as strong verbal and written communication skills. The successful candidate should be driven, innovative, and comfortable with high levels of responsibility, including participating substantively in policy development. They should also be self-directed, learn quickly to tackle time-sensitive tasks, have sound business judgment, and the ability to assess legal risk while providing practical advice. Finally, successful candidates should have the ability to effectively engage with business and legal counterparts, handle multiple projects and matters simultaneously, and have a proven academic or professional track record demonstrating hard work, ambition, and a dedication to self-improvement and excellence.

Benefits:
ConsenSys offers a dynamic startup environment, which is one of the earliest blockchain companies and a leader in the space, with deep roots and significant opportunities for learning and improvement. The Litigation Counsel will work on cutting-edge technology development on the forefront of revolution. ConsenSys’s alumni have moved on to become tech entrepreneurs, CEOs, and team leads at tech companies, and work experience at ConsenSys is a tremendous reference for future careers. The successful candidate will enjoy a remote-first work environment and will receive career development as well as continuing education and training. ConsenSys is an equal opportunity employer committed to ensuring that its technology is made available and accessible to everyone.