Senior Commercial Legal Counsel, Ledger
Ledger Enterprise Services
+Equity
2-5 days a week in office
Platform for digital assets and Web3
Open for applications
Platform for digital assets and Web3
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
+Equity
2-5 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To secure the new disruptive class of crypto assets.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in Law or non-law degree with GDL/Diploma
- Current Practicing Certificate (English Qualification)
- At least 5 years commercial legal experience dealing with Platform as a Service (PaaS) or similar businesses at a global law firm and/or in-house legal department
- Excellent experience with contract drafting and negotiation in English. Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
- Very rigorous, pragmatic and business oriented
- Ability to be autonomous and meet deadlines, and organize, prioritize and multitask
- Creative and practical thinker who can communicate information accurately and completely, while being concise and digestible for non-lawyers
- Collaborative team player standing ready to help colleagues
- At ease in a high growth, fast paced and innovative environment
- Knowledge of the crypto industry is a plus but not required
What the job involves
- In the context of growth, Ledger is seeking a Commercial Legal Counsel to join its Commercial Legal Team (which is part of our legal team), to help support our growing Ledger Enterprise Services (LES) business
- This is a strategic role and as a Commercial Legal Counsel, you will report to the Senior Legal Director for the Commercial Legal Team and be part of a team composed of dynamic and talented lawyers from different backgrounds and various industries
- You will be exposed to cutting edge legal and commercial topics in the rapidly evolving blockchain and crypto industry, where the story is yet to be written
- Be first point of contact for LES and lead the legal support for commercial engagements and assist in the drafting and review of a wide variety of commercial agreements to meet business and legal requirements, including LES Agreements, sales and distribution agreements, IT agreements, marketing agreements, general terms & conditions, direct and indirect procurement agreements, confidentiality agreements and requests for proposals
- Help the business develop new go-to-market strategies and products and services, and advise on the same
- Improve existing contract templates and create new ones, working closely with other functions and legal team members
- Research and advise on relevant laws which could apply to Ledger directly or could otherwise impact LES
- Define and drive improvements in the management of legal processes and contract documentation flows, approvals, reporting and archiving consistent with internal processes
- Work closely with other functions to contribute to the development of internal tools and to the improvement of existing processes, guidelines and policies
- Ensure that KYB and other processes are followed and progress efficiently
- Advise on disputes and help the broader legal team in improving and creating compliant solutions to resolve complicated business challenges
- As a general note, Ledger being a scale-up, we also expect the Commercial Legal Counsel, as part of the legal team, to be flexible and jump in on other topics and help other team members in other areas as the need may arise from time to time
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Ledger has grown into one of the world’s largest hardware wallets for digital assets since its 2014 inception, with well over 6 millions of devices sold across the globe. By offering physical devices to store private keys, customers are able to secure their digital assets offline.
The company is attempting to support the continued growth of the crypto eco-system by offering cryptocurrency owners an alternative to storing their assets on an online exchange. There, a simple password breach could cause untold damage.
Ledger’s hardware solution has proven popular with investors, seeing them receive huge funding from 10T Holdings, Cathay Innovation, and Draper Associates to name just a few.
Keen to move on and ensure against any recurrence, Ledger has since secured even more investment, and formed astute partnerships with other big names in the Crypto world, including an integration with Coinbase.
Kirsty
Company Specialist
Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
1% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Mar 2023
$109m
SERIES C
Jun 2021
$380m
SERIES C
Total funding: $584.6m
Company benefits
- Competitive compensation package
- Personal development initiatives
- Flexible working hours, remote-friendly environment
- 5 weeks of paid vacation + 10 days of RTT
- High performance office equipment
- Comprehensive health insurance policy
- Meal vouchers with Swile
- Reimbursement for sports and cultural activities
- Annual company outings and regular socials
- Employee discount on Ledger products
Company values
- Pragmatism
- Audacity
- Trust
- Transparency
- Engagement
Company HQ
Mail, Paris, France
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Leadership
Pascal Gauthier
(Chairman & CEO, not founder)Before becoming CEO at Ledger, they worked as Venture Partner in Mosaic Ventures, a London based venture capital firm focusing on Series A stage companies. They are also the non-executive chairman of Kaiko, a financial data website on Bitcoin.
Nicolas Bacca
(Co-Founder & VP Innovation Lab)Former R&D Solution Architect at embedded digital security company Oberthur. Founder & CEO of both Ubinity and BTChip, which preluded Ledger. They are the Metaverse Finder for Le Centre.
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