About the company
Gemini is a regulated cryptocurrency exchange, wallet, and custodian that makes it simple and secure to buy bitcoin, ether, and other cryptocurrencies.
Job Summary
Responsibilities:
📍Draft, evaluate, and negotiate a wide variety of commercial agreements, including high-volume NDA and procurement agreements, as well as complex client-facing agreements across a wide range of business services. 📍Provide risk-weighted advice to business principals that succinctly balances commercial upside against corresponding legal, financial, operational, and reputational risk. 📍Follow and refine contract workflow for Gemini Trust Company and the broader Gemini group, including coordination of relevant internal stakeholders and external providers. 📍Follow and refine standard templates and negotiation matrices to support Geminiâs growing commercial contracting needs. 📍Manage projects effectively and collaboratively. 📍Build positive and influential relationships with Gemini Leadership and cross-functional partners, evangelizing the Legal teamâs expertise and services across the company. 📍Collaborate with and support the rest of the Legal team to evaluate and communicate legal risks to internal stakeholders and external parties.
Minimum Qualifications:
📍JD degree. 📍Minimum of 2-4 years of relevant legal experience at a law firm or in-house. 📍Fluency in English.
Preferred Qualifications:
📍Strong knowledge of and interest in disruptive technology, financial services, or security; prior experience working in fintech, digital assets or high-growth tech companies a plus. 📍Proven ability to proactively, efficiently, and accurately assess legal business risks in a fast-paced environment. 📍Deep experience managing both complex and high-volume commercial negotiations from beginning to end, escalating to cross-functional or Legal team approvers where necessary. 📍Track record of creative problem-solving with limited supervision, excellent written and oral communication skills, and creation of strong and trusted cross-functional relationships. 📍Experience in complex negotiations (Custody and Trading Agreements, SaaS Agreement). 📍Experience in high-volume, quick turnaround agreements (Procurement, NDA).