• 3-4 years of related experience working at a leading law firm or in-house legal department (especially at a tech or financial services company)
• Experience structuring, drafting, and negotiating a variety of commercial and licensing agreements (e.g., SAAS, MSAs, banking, marketing, partnerships, sponsorships, independent contractor)
• Admission to practice law in the United States
• Experience working with a procurement team
• Ability to provide clear, concise legal advice while working cross-functionally with global teams, such as finance, product, marketing, client engagement, compliance and tax
• Capacity to understand the broader business context and align risk assessments with the company’s strategic objectives and opportunities to expedite deal closure
• You exercise excellent legal judgment with analytic rigor, prudential risk assessment, and a balance of realizable creativity and pragmatism
• You are comfortable with risk-adjusted thinking, and can understand when interpretive flexibility is warranted
• A “can do” attitude - we create high-quality work on quick timelines
• A demonstrated interest in cryptocurrency & Interest in the company culture

Desirable

• Join our growing legal team working on matters such as advisory work, deal execution & expansion to further Kraken’s mission
• Paper deals of all shapes and sizes across all levels of the organization, from precedent-setting contracts for new lines of business, our largest enterprise SaaS deals and strategic partnerships to one-off freelancer engagements
• Act as a trusted advisor to internal stakeholders in understanding and interpreting proposed and final contract terms (both business and legal)
• Develop and update form contracts - run your deals, your way
• Work and coordinate cross-departmentally with diverse Kraken teams, including: Compliance, Marketing, Finance, Tax, Security, Regional Operations, Business and Corporate Development, as well as with members of Kraken's executive leadership
• Use a highly-regulated and well-resourced environment to your strategic commercial advantage
• Develop strategies for addressing risk in business-centric ways and build commercial processes that allow the business flexibility and freedom to move quickly