Senior Commercial Counsel

Ondo Finance
United States
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceExperience: 5+ yearsEducation: professionalSkills: ["Commercial judgment","Negotiation","Analytical thinking","Communication","Organizational skills"]

Serve as a practical commercial legal partner for business development, partnerships, marketing, operations, and other teams. Draft, review, and negotiate strategic partnerships and commercial agreements, lead complex negotiations from structuring through execution and renewal, and advise on contractual, regulatory, reputational, and counterparty risks. Build scalable contracting workflows, templates, and playbooks, and collaborate with compliance counsel on securities, AML, data protection, and licensing considerations.

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Ondo Finance
Ondo Finance
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Senior Commercial Counsel

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Job Summary

Serve as a practical commercial legal partner for business development, partnerships, marketing, operations, and other teams. Draft, review, and negotiate strategic partnerships and commercial agreements, lead complex negotiations from structuring through execution and renewal, and advise on contractual, regulatory, reputational, and counterparty risks. Build scalable contracting workflows, templates, and playbooks, and collaborate with compliance counsel on securities, AML, data protection, and licensing considerations.
Location: United States
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Serve as a primary legal partner to business development, partnerships, marketing, operations, and other commercial teams.
  • •Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of agreements, including strategic partnerships, distribution, technology, licensing, vendor/service, referral, marketing, data, and confidentiality agreements.
  • •Lead complex commercial negotiations from initial structuring through execution and renewal.
  • •Advise stakeholders on contractual, regulatory, reputational, and counterparty risks associated with commercial initiatives.
  • •Develop scalable contract templates, negotiation playbooks, approval processes, and legal workflows; manage outside counsel and provide guidance to business teams.

Pay and Benefits

Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceVisionDentalPaid Leave

Key Requirements

  • •JD degree from an accredited U.S. law school.
  • •5–8+ years of legal experience at a major law firm and/or a high-growth blockchain, fintech, financial services, or technology company.
  • •Significant experience drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements.
  • •Strong understanding of commercial contracting principles (liability, indemnification, IP, data use, confidentiality, service levels, termination rights, and regulatory allocation).
  • •Familiarity with securities, anti-money laundering, financial promotions, data protection, and other relevant financial-services regulations.
Experience:5+ yearsFinancial servicesFintechBlockchain
Education:Professional (JD, MD, etc.)
Skills:Commercial judgmentNegotiationAnalytical thinkingCommunicationOrganizational skills

Company Brief

Ondo Finance
Develops tokenized investment products and infrastructure to bring institutional-grade digital asset exposure to investors, combining on-chain protocols with regulated fund structures for yields, custody, and liquidity solutions.
Industry: Asset Management
Company Size: Small (11 to 50 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Funding: Series A
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 2020
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