Senior Legal Counsel

PromptCube; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first

Travel opportunities

Job summary

Steakhouse Financial is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel to sit at the heart of Grove's legal function, working directly with the General Counsel across transactions, blockchain-based product development, governance, commercial contracts, and the legal frameworks supporting a growing multi-entity group.

The role is remote in the United States and offers exposure to digital assets, tokenization, and financial services.

Qualifications

• Qualified lawyer admitted to practice in a recognized jurisdiction.
• 4+ years post-qualification experience in BigLaw, a comparable in-house role, or a combination of both.
• Transactional background in finance, securitization, project finance, structured finance, capital markets, corporate/M&A, or tax.
• Comfort operating as a generalist across transactions, product launches, corporate governance, commercial contracts, and day-to-day legal matters.
• Experience managing transactions and negotiating with sophisticated counterparties.
• Strong drafting and research skills, with experience working with and managing external counsel.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage transactions end-to-end, including preparing agreements, negotiating commercial and legal positions, and running closing and post-closing processes.
• Act as day-to-day legal counsel to product and engineering teams as they build, launch, and operate blockchain-based financial products.
• Evaluate the legal and regulatory impact of new product features, initiatives, and strategic business opportunities.
• Review marketing materials, promotional campaigns, and public communications and advise the business on them.
• Track legal, regulatory, and enforcement developments affecting digital assets, tokenization, securities, and financial services, and translate them into practical guidance.
• Build and run internal training on legal and compliance topics.
• Contribute to corporate transactions, governance matters, and other strategic projects as they arise.
• Instruct and manage external counsel when specialist input is needed.

Skills

Legal drafting

Negotiation

Regulatory analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

External counsel management

Education

Qualified lawyer admitted to practice in a recognized jurisdiction

Job description

Role overview

Steakhouse Financial seeks a Senior Legal Counsel to sit at the heart of Grove's legal function, working directly with the General Counsel across transactions, blockchain-based product development, governance, commercial contracts, and the legal frameworks supporting a growing multi-entity group. The role is listed as remote in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Manage transactions end-to-end, including preparing agreements, negotiating commercial and legal positions, and running closing and post-closing processes.
• Act as day-to-day legal counsel to product and engineering teams as they build, launch, and operate blockchain-based financial products.
• Evaluate the legal and regulatory impact of new product features, initiatives, and strategic business opportunities.
• Review marketing materials, promotional campaigns, and public communications and advise the business on them.
• Track legal, regulatory, and enforcement developments affecting digital assets, tokenization, securities, and financial services, and translate them into practical guidance.
• Build and run internal training on legal and compliance topics.
• Contribute to corporate transactions, governance matters, and other strategic projects as they arise.
• Instruct and manage external counsel when specialist input is needed.

Qualifications

• Qualified lawyer admitted to practice in a recognized jurisdiction.
• 4+ years of post-qualification experience in BigLaw, a comparable in-house role, or a combination of both.
• Transactional background in one or more of finance, securitization, project finance, structured finance, capital markets, corporate/M&A, or tax.
• Comfort operating as a generalist across transactions, product launches, corporate governance, commercial contracts, and day-to-day legal matters.
• Experience managing transactions and negotiating with sophisticated counterparties.
• Strong drafting and research skills, with experience working with and managing external counsel.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Application conditions

• Remote role listed for the United States. The source warns that remote does not imply worldwide eligibility; confirm residency, time zone, language, and work authorization on the original page.
• Employment type and contract length are not specified in the source. No visa sponsorship or relocation support is stated.
• No hybrid attendance requirement or internship duration is stated.

Preferred qualifications

• Bonus: experience in digital assets, DeFi, or other blockchain-based financial products.
• Interest in working at the leading edge of onchain capital markets.
• Curiosity, eagerness to learn, and comfort working on new and unfamiliar problems.
• Ability to prioritize effectively and adapt quickly as priorities evolve.
• Ownership mindset and ability to drive matters forward with minimal supervision.
• Entrepreneurial, hands-on approach and willingness to roll up their sleeves.
• Collaborative, team-oriented style with practical business judgment.

Compensation and benefits

• Work on high-impact, first-of-their-kind transactions at the heart of the Grove ecosystem alongside a crypto-native financial advisory team.
• Exposure across structured credit transactions, tokenized products, regulatory strategy, and corporate work.
• Help shape the legal and financial infrastructure underpinning onchain finance and tokenized real-world assets.
• Competitive compensation; no salary range, currency, or pay period is stated in the source.
• Significant responsibility and exposure to sophisticated counterparties across traditional finance and digital assets.
• Remote-first, highly collaborative team of experts across finance, engineering, risk, legal, and governance.
• Opportunities to travel for team events and industry conferences.