Babylon Labs is seeking an experienced and motivated Senior Counsel to handle commercial transactions, collaborations, and licenses. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of blockchain technology, digital currencies, and global regulatory frameworks. This role involves supporting Babylon’s expanding ecosystem of partnerships, managing complex transactions, and providing strategic legal guidance across global projects. If you're passionate about cutting-edge technology and thrive in fast-paced legal landscapes, we’d love to hear from you.
We are seeking two attorneys for similar roles, but with different levels of experience and accomplishments. Both will report to the General Counsel.
Key Responsibilities:
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Create, review, negotiate, and manage a variety of agreements, including channel/partner agreements, marketing agreements, SaaS subscriptions, and licenses supporting our global ecosystem collaborations.
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Collaborate closely with our operations, marketing, infosec, and R&D teams to achieve business goals.
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Handle data privacy (GDPR, CCPA, etc.) and security issues in a variety of transactions.
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Maintain a high level of internal client and external customer satisfaction while promoting scalable legal processes and procedures.
Qualifications:
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J.D., LLM or equivalent degrees with active bar membership in good standing in the country of practice
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4+ years of experience as in-house counsel and at an established, top-tier law firm.
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Significant experience drafting and negotiating business development transactions, commercial transactions, joint marketing agreements, distribution agreements, open-source licenses, and SaaS licenses.
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Strong background in blockchain technology and the blockchain industry.
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Deep understanding of regulatory issues related to digital currencies, blockchain technology, payments, and privacy regulations.
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Expertise in GDPR, CCPA, and related privacy regulations, including experience reviewing Data Processing Agreements (DPAs) and advising on complex compliance and information security matters.
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Proven ability to work closely with cross-functional teams to build new products, address complex legal issues, and develop strategies for growth.
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Experience in various worldwide jurisdictions and comfort managing legal matters in a global, cross-border setting.
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Ability to execute with minimal supervision, balancing commercial and legal realities, while managing shifting priorities in a demanding, fast-paced environment.
Nice to Haves:
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Experience drafting, negotiating, and managing large private placements or similar investment transactions.
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Experience managing board resolutions and corporate minute books.
Our team is remote first and we are hiring across the world. Here at Babylon Labs, you’ll be joining a world-class team with tremendous growth potential as we bring secured Bitcoin staking to the world. Supported by top venture funds like Paradigm, Polychain Capital, Bullish, Hack VC, Polygon Ventures, Framework Ventures, Castle Island Ventures, OKX Ventures, among other investment firms and strategic partners. Come join us and build the future of trustless Bitcoin staking!
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What We Do
At Babylon, we envision a future where Bitcoin and Proof-of-Stake (PoS) chains thrive together. Our mission is to build a Bitcoin-driven decentralized world by evolving Bitcoin into a trusted security backbone for PoS chains, delivering yields for bitcoin holders while fostering an integrated, secure, and decentralized economy.
We trace our genesis to a transformative research paper on Bitcoin security, an original work co-authored by our co-founders, David Tse and Fisher Yu, the founder of EigenLayer, Sreeram Kannan and co-authors. Their combined intellect and foresight have set the cornerstone of Babylon.
In a testament to our dedication to advancing the field, our research paper has been accepted by the highly-respected 2023 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy - a significant global platform for security discourse.
The project is led by a team of consensus protocol researchers from Stanford and experienced layer 1 engineers from around the world. Babylon’s mission is to scale Bitcoin to secure the decentralized world. To achieve this, Babylon utilizes the three primary facets of Bitcoin: Bitcoin as an asset, its reliable timestamping service, its most censorship-resistant blockspace in the world. To leverage these facets, Babylon is developing three innovative security-sharing protocols: Bitcoin Staking Protocol, Bitcoin Timestamping Protocol, and Bitcoin Data Availability Protocol. Through these pioneering protocols, Babylon envisions a more secure and decentralized future