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Senior Counsel

Fun · New York, NY · Hybrid

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About Fun

Fun is a software and blockchain company that develops payment infrastructure designed for Web3 and digital asset transactions. Backed by SignalFire.

About the role

We're looking for a Senior Counsel to join our legal team who is hungry to work as an all-purpose legal athlete, leading on commercial and transactional matters while touching on legal issues across the entire business.

What they're looking for

  • JD from an accredited US law school, admitted to practice in at least one US jurisdiction
  • 2+ years at a top-tier law firm with a focus on technology transactions, M&A, or commercial contracts – ideally in a high-volume, fast-paced practice
  • Exceptional legal drafting skills with a commitment to clarity, precision, and speed
  • Comfort operating in a high-velocity environment where priorities shift and turnaround expectations are measured in hours, not days
  • Enthusiasm for using AI and technology tools to enhance legal work product and speed of delivery, without compromising accuracy
  • Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build trust quickly with business counterparts
More about this role

Capital markets are undergoing a fundamental shift. Assets that live in fragmented systems and manual workflows are moving onto blockchains -systems designed to move and store value more transparently and efficiently.

While this unlocks more open and programmable financial systems, it also introduces significant complexity. For most users, interacting with this new infrastructure is still too difficult.

Fun builds the infrastructure that powers consumer-facing fintech applications - handling onboarding, account access, and money movement so users can interact with blockchain-based systems as seamlessly as they do with traditional finance.

For fintech builders, Fun provides a best-in-class onboarding and deposit stack that drives conversion and unlocks user growth. We operate at the intersection of financial infrastructure, complex engineering, and product experience.

We're looking for a Senior Counsel to join our legal team who is hungry to work as an all-purpose legal athlete, leading on commercial and transactional matters while touching on legal issues across the entire business. Reporting directly to the General Counsel, you’ll own the rapid lifecycle of our partnership and...

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