Job Opening

The Role

As Senior Legal Counsel, you will provide broad legal support across Grove Labs initiatives, spanning live transactions and general corporate matters. Working closely with the General Counsel, you will have exposure to a wide range of legal matters and increasing responsibility for managing matters independently. On the transaction side, you will work directly with our finance and operations teams from term sheet through closing and post-closing administration. Beyond transactions, you will support corporate governance, commercial contracting, and the day-to-day legal needs of a growing multi-entity group, helping shape the legal frameworks that make onchain finance work.

Responsibilities

• Transaction due diligence and legal structuring across multiple jurisdictions, including the establishment of transaction vehicles, counterparty review, and analysis of fiat and stablecoin flows

• End-to-end transaction management, including preparation of term sheets and financing agreements, negotiation of commercial and legal positions, and management of closing processes, conditions precedent, and disbursements

• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating financing documents and commercial agreements, and managing external and local counsel

• Advising on the creation and perfection of security interests, bankruptcy remoteness, and regulatory and tax considerations, including identifying and mitigating transaction risks

• Corporate governance and entity management across a multi-jurisdictional group, including board resolutions, corporate approvals, and secretarial matters

• Developing internal policies, supporting compliance matters, and advising internal teams on day-to-day legal matters as the business scales

Our Ideal Candidate

• Wants to work at the leading edge of onchain capital markets

• Naturally curious and eager to learn, and comfortable working on new and unfamiliar problems

• Able to prioritize effectively and adapt quickly as priorities evolve

• Takes ownership of problems and drives matters forward with minimal supervision

• Entrepreneurial and hands-on, with a willingness to roll up their sleeves

• Collaborative and team-oriented, with sound, practical business judgment

Requirements

• 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

• Comfortable operating as a generalist, with an interest in working across transactions, corporate governance, commercial contracts, and day-to-day legal matters

• Experience managing transactions and negotiating with sophisticated counterparties

• Strong drafting skills and experience working with and managing external counsel

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Bonus: experience in digital assets, DeFi, or other blockchain-based financial products

What's In It For You

• Work at the heart of the Grove ecosystem on high-impact, first-of-their-kind transactions alongside a leading crypto-native financial advisory team

• Help shape the legal and financial infrastructure underpinning the growth of onchain finance and tokenized real-world assets

• Competitive compensation

• 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