Head of Legal (Interim)

Starknet; New York (NY); Remote; USD 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Starknet is seeking an interim Head of Legal to step into a General Counsel–level role with broad scope across corporate legal, strategic advisory, and treasury/TradFi matters. You will oversee the legal team, advise leadership on key initiatives, and contribute hands-on experience with traditional finance work.

This is a senior, high-impact engagement—remote-first with European overlap, 6–8 months, and flexible on engagement type.

Qualifications

• Senior legal leader with GC-level experience
• Strong expertise across corporate, contract, regulatory, and employment law
• Experience handling treasury, derivatives, and TradFi matters
• Proven ability to lead a legal team through growth or change
• Comfortable engaging with senior executives and board members

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic legal direction on major initiatives while leading the legal team
• Advise on product launches, regulatory considerations, and structuring
• Lead and manage treasury/derivatives work and general corporate matters
• Support cross-functional teams with legal and compliance integration
• Represent the Legal function at Board meetings and with senior leadership

Skills

General Counsel level

Legal leadership

TradFi law

Web3/crypto

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Job description

About the Role

We're looking for an interim Head of Legal to step into a General Counsel–level role with broad scope across corporate legal, strategic advisory, and treasury/TradFi matters. This is a senior, high-impact engagement - you'll oversee the legal team, act as a strategic partner to leadership on key initiatives, advise on upcoming product launches, and bring hands-on experience with traditional finance legal work.

What You'll Do

Provide strategic legal direction on major company initiatives while overseeing and managing the legal team to ensure continuity and consistency of legal operationsAdvise on legal and structural considerations as we build, launch, and potentially spin out new products (regulatory considerations, entity and incentives structuring, employee contractual arrangements).Act as a trusted legal advisor to senior leadership, with regular 1:1 engagement with key executives including the Executive DirectorApply your strong traditional finance legal expertise to lead legal work related to treasury operations, including trading documentation, derivatives agreements, and negotiations.Provide day-to-day legal counsel across corporate, commercial (including IP), employment and operational matters.Support cross-functional teams (Product, Growth, Operations) in integrating legal and compliance considerations into planning and executionEnsure legal policies, controls, and governance practices stay fit for purpose, adjusting them as neededRepresent Legal at Board meetings as required

Who You Are

An established Legal expert and Leader with significant experience operating at General Counsel or senior legal leadership levelStrong combination of Web3/crypto and traditional finance (TradFi) legal experienceExpertise across a wide and diverse array of legal disciplines, including regulatory, employment, product, financial, and commercial/IPTrack record of managing or overseeing a legal team, ideally through periods of change or high growthExperience advising on corporate structuring matters, including entity formation, spin-outs, or similar arrangementsComfortable representing legal at Board level and communicating with senior executives and stakeholdersAble to operate independently in a remote, globally distributed organization, with enough working-hours overlap to collaborate closely with an European-based teamAvailable to start on short notice and flexible to support a structured handover at the start and end of the engagement

The Logistics

Full time, short-term engagement (6–8 months)

Flexible on engagement type (contract, fixed-term)

Competitive pay

Remote-first, with some overlap with European working hours required