Markets & Derivatives Senior Counsel

We are a diverse team of free thinkers, and fast movers united to help investors and creators energize the global economy. We are looking for individuals who thrive in a culture of builders and overachievers and embrace high performance, transparent feedback, and a mission-first approach. Our culture shapes our way of working and gets us where we want to be.

• Seek Excellence.
• Be Selective To Be Effective.
• Be Highly Aligned, Loosely Coupled.
• Disagree Transparently.
• Encourage Independent Decision-Making.
• Build Dream Teams.

As Senior Counsel, you will join an experienced and collaborative Legal team to work on market and derivative related transaction matters. You’ll work alongside and report into our Head of Trading Legal and have the opportunity to work on a myriad of legal issues with room for growth beyond the current scope of the role. The ideal hire should have minimum of 4 years’ experience at a financial institution with additional experience at a top-tier law firm. 

• →Act as a strategic legal advisor for Galaxy with respect to ISDAs/ CSAs, confirms, prime brokerage agreements, lending and vendor transactions;
• →Advisor on swap dealer related rules
• →Focus on negotiating documentation with hedge funds, crypto native firms, investment companies, individuals, miners and other institutional clients
• →Coordinate resources with respect to negotiations, including management of outside counsel engagement where appropriate;
• →Collaborate with other functional partners and businesses to ensure appropriate awareness and escalation of issues;
• →Assisting with implementing global regulatory and market changes affecting trading and documentation
• →Draft and negotiate non-disclosure agreements;
• →Manage workflow in a highly dynamic and demanding environment while remaining highly responsive, reliable, communicative, and accountable to team leadership and other members of Galaxy; and
• →Help with other special projects and such other activities as may be assigned.
• →Embrace and champion the thoughtful adoption of AI to improve team performance and business outcomes.
• →Leverage AI tools (e.g., generative AI, automation platforms, data copilots) to improve productivity, decision-making, and output quality in your day-to-day work.

• The ideal candidate will be highly organized, have meticulous attention to detail and a demonstrable ability to produce quality work product in a fast-paced, high-volume environment;
• Ability to apply traditional financial legal concepts within the crypto space to address unique or ambiguous situations and to find solutions to problems that can be complex and uncommon
• Over 6+ years of transactional experience reviewing various financial transaction agreements, primarily ISDA/CSAs, trade confirmations and prime brokerage agreements
• Product knowledge and transactional or regulatory experience within the OTC derivatives and swap dealer businesses.
• Experience traditional financial markets, preferable experience at a sell side bank supporting derivative desks
• Ability to work well in fast-paced business and evolving legal environment and to manage multiple projects simultaneously;
• Highly motivated, self-starter who takes initiative;
• Positive attitude, and willingness to roll up sleeves (no job too big, no job too small);
• Ability to think creatively and propose commercially pragmatic solutions;
• Collaborative team member with a high level of professionalism and business judgment;
• Excellent written and oral communication skills; and
• Active membership in the NY state bar.