Fintech Transactions Attorney: 5+ years

Cooley LLP; New York (NY); On-site; USD 329,000 - 402,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Health savings account (HSA)

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Commuter benefits

Life insurance

AD&D

Long-term care coverage

Parental support benefits

Parental leave and fertility benefits

Job summary

Cooley LLP seeks an experienced associate or special counsel to join its Financial Services Regulatory practice in New York. The role emphasizes advising fintech, payments, cryptocurrency and digital assets clients on sophisticated technology transactions.

The candidate will draft and negotiate technology and commercial agreements, including licensing, SaaS and cloud services, and partner with regulatory and corporate teams to structure innovative products and relationships.

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years of experience in technology transactions, fintech and/or digital assets.
• Experience drafting and negotiating complex technology and commercial agreements (licensing, SaaS, cloud, partnerships).
• Ability to independently manage sophisticated matters and client relationships.
• Experience at a nationally recognized law firm preferred.

Responsibilities

• Advise clients at the intersection of technology and financial services regulation.
• Structure and launch innovative products and commercial relationships.
• Collaborate with regulatory and corporate lawyers on complex transactions.

Skills

Financial services regulation

Technology transactions

Fintech

Digital assets

Contract drafting

Client relationships

Job description

Cooley is seeking an experienced associate or special counsel to join its Financial Services Regulatory practice. Candidates should have at least five years of experience with sophisticated technology and commercial transactions, with particular experience advising clients in the fintech, payments, cryptocurrency and/or digital assets sectors.

Ideal candidates will have experience drafting and negotiating complex technology and commercial agreements, including technology licensing, SaaS and cloud services agreements, strategic partnerships and other commercial arrangements. Experience with transactions involving fintech and digital asset products and platforms – including bank-fintech partnerships, payments, blockchain, cryptocurrency, stablecoins, tokenization, custody or related infrastructure – is particularly desirable. Candidates should be comfortable working with regulatory and corporate lawyers to help clients structure and launch innovative products and commercial relationships at the intersection of technology and financial services regulation.

Candidates should have strong academic credentials, excellent drafting and negotiation skills, sound commercial judgment, and the ability to independently manage sophisticated matters and client relationships. Experience at a nationally recognized law firm with a technology transactions, fintech and/or digital assets practice is preferred. EOE.

The expected annual pay range for this position is $365,000+. Please note that final offer amount will be dependent on geographic location, applicable experience and skillset of the candidate.

We offer a full range of elective benefits including medical, health savings account (with applicable medical plan), dental, vision, health and/or dependent care flexible spending accounts, pre-tax commuter benefits, life insurance, AD&D, long-term care coverage, backup care for children and/or adults and other parental support benefits. In addition to elective benefit options, benefited employees receive firm-paid life insurance, AD&D, LTD, short term medical benefits as well as accruing vacation time at the rate of four weeks per year and sick time at the rate of two weeks per year and 10 paid holidays each year. We provide generous parental leave and fertility benefits.