General Counsel

Join Blockstream, a leading company in the digital asset and financial technology landscape. As the General Counsel, you will lead the company's global legal, compliance, and regulatory functions, serving as a key advisor to the executive team and Board of Directors. You will oversee corporate governance, commercial transactions, regulatory strategy, compliance programs, litigation management, employment matters, and legal operations across multiple jurisdictions. This is an executive leadership role that requires extensive legal experience, strong business judgment, and a passion for the future of financial infrastructure and decentralized systems.

• Definir, ejecutar y evolucionar la estrategia legal y de cumplimiento de la empresa, alineándola con la misión de Blockstream y sus objetivos comerciales.
• Supervisar la gobernanza corporativa, las transacciones comerciales, la estrategia regulatoria, los programas de cumplimiento, la gestión de litigios y las operaciones legales en múltiples jurisdicciones.
• Contratar, mentorizar y desarrollar equipos legales, de cumplimiento y de contratos, y construir una infraestructura legal escalable.
• Experience building and scaling legal and compliance functions, including policies, processes, playbooks, and operational infrastructure
• 12+ years of legal experience, including substantial in-house leadership experience within fintech, cryptocurrency, blockchain, financial services, payments, SaaS, or other highly regulated technology industries
• Experience supporting capital markets activities, private financings, venture financing rounds, or institutional investment transactions
• Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent law degree from an accredited institution and active membership in good standing with at least one state/provincial bar association
• Experience engaging directly with regulators, policymakers, industry associations, and standards bodies related to crypto or fintech
• Familiarity with open-source licensing models and legal considerations related to protocol development and distributed technologies
• Strong knowledge of global regulatory frameworks affecting crypto, blockchain, fintech, securities, payments, AML/KYC, sanctions, privacy, and digital assets
• Experience implementing legal technology tools, contract lifecycle management systems, and scalable self-service legal frameworks
• Demonstrated ability to oversee litigation, investigations, regulatory inquiries, disputes, and crisis management matters
• Demonstrated success hiring, mentoring, and leading high-performing legal and compliance teams across multiple jurisdictions
• Experience advising executive leadership teams and Boards of Directors on corporate governance, legal strategy, risk management, financing activities, mergers & acquisitions, and organizational structuring
• Excellent judgment, strategic thinking, communication, negotiation, and leadership skills
• Experience overseeing compliance programs involving GDPR, CCPA, SOC audits, export controls, and financial crime prevention frameworks
• Strong familiarity with Bitcoin technologies, sidechains, tokenization frameworks, custody infrastructure, and decentralized protocols
• Experience managing outside counsel relationships and legal budgets effectively in a high-growth environment
• Strong understanding of intellectual property strategy, technology licensing, and product counseling for emerging technologies
• Ability to partner cross-functionally with engineering, product, finance, security, operations, HR, and executive stakeholders
• Background supporting international entity structuring, cross-border operations, and global expansion initiatives
• Demonstrated experience serving as General Counsel, Deputy General Counsel, or senior legal executive in a fast-growing global organization
• Prior experience in the cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, blockchain infrastructure, or digital asset ecosystem
• Proven ability to manage multi-jurisdictional legal and compliance matters across the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-moving, ambiguous, and highly technical environment
• Deep expertise in commercial transactions, including drafting and negotiating complex agreements related to enterprise software, APIs, partnerships, licensing, custody, token issuance, infrastructure, and technology services
• The ideal candidate combines deep legal expertise with strong business judgment and thrives in high-growth, fast-moving, and highly technical environments
• Interest in the future of financial infrastructure, cryptography, privacy-enhancing technologies, and decentralized systems
• Strong understanding of employment law and workforce compliance in globally distributed or remote-first organizations
• Previous experience working in engineering-driven or infrastructure-focused technology companies