Senior Legal Counsel (Generalist/Contracts)

GitMax
Anywhere
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceExperience: 7+ yearsSkills: ["Organization","Attention to detail","Multi-tasking","Written communication","Verbal communication","Commercial judgment","Deadline management","Composure under pressure"]

Provide senior legal leadership for an international quantitative trading firm, with a focus on drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial contracts across trading, technology, services, vendor, and partnerships. Own cross-functional regulatory and corporate transactions, including market entry support, entity setup, and M&A/joint ventures. Monitor regulatory developments across key jurisdictions and translate them into actionable guidance, while partnering with compliance, operations, finance, technology, and senior leadership.

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GitMax
GitMax
2 months ago

Senior Legal Counsel (Generalist/Contracts)

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Job Summary

Provide senior legal leadership for an international quantitative trading firm, with a focus on drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial contracts across trading, technology, services, vendor, and partnerships. Own cross-functional regulatory and corporate transactions, including market entry support, entity setup, and M&A/joint ventures. Monitor regulatory developments across key jurisdictions and translate them into actionable guidance, while partnering with compliance, operations, finance, technology, and senior leadership.
Location: Anywhere
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead legal support for expansion into new markets, including entity setup, regulatory approvals, and commercial launch.
  • •Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements, including trading, technology, services, vendor, and partnership contracts.
  • •Support corporate transactions, including M&A, joint ventures, and investment structures.
  • •Own legal and cross-functional projects with compliance, operations, finance, technology, and senior leadership.
  • •Monitor regulatory developments in key jurisdictions and translate them into clear, actionable business guidance; oversee licensing and ongoing compliance matters in regulated markets.

Key Requirements

  • •7+ years post-qualification experience as a lawyer.
  • •Experience managing complex, multi-jurisdictional legal projects independently and to deadline.
  • •Strong commercial instincts to align legal advice with business objectives.
  • •Advanced user of Google Workspace and modern AI platforms, including Gemini and Claude, to increase output quality and speed.
  • •Exceptional written and verbal communication; ability to translate complex legal analysis into clear guidance for non-lawyers.
Experience:7+ years
Skills:OrganizationAttention to detailMulti-taskingWritten communicationVerbal communicationCommercial judgmentDeadline managementComposure under pressure
Tech Stack:Google WorkspaceGeminiClaudeAIMachine learningHFT

Company Brief

GitMax
Offers Git-based code hosting and developer collaboration tools, including repository management, pull request workflows, and CI/CD integrations to streamline software development and team workflows.
Industry: Developer Tools
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