Lido.fi
Senior Legal Counsel
1mo ago
WorldwideSeniorcontract negotiationrisk assessmentlegal frameworks
Senior Legal Counsel role supporting commercial strategy and legal frameworks for the Lido protocol ecosystem.
Requirements
- 5+ years of relevant experience at a law firm and/or in-house, with significant exposure to complex commercial transactions.
- Deep experience drafting and negotiating a wide range of commercial contracts.
- Strong commercial judgment, with the ability to make practical, risk-based decisions in a fast-moving environment.
- Ability to work autonomously and proactively identify issues, propose solutions, and drive matters forward.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to translate complex legal topics into clear, actionable advice.
- Comfortable working with decentralised teams, open-source initiatives, or protocol-based ecosystems.
- Demonstrated interest in crypto, DeFi, decentralised governance, or open-source ecosystems preferred.
- Fluency in Russian is strongly preferred, as the role will involve Russian-language documentation and collaboration with Russian-speaking counterparties/contributors.
Other
- Lido Labs Foundation, an independent organisation dedicated to supporting the growth and resilience of the Lido protocol, is seeking an experienced Senior Legal Counsel.
- This role offers the opportunity to support commercial strategy, shape key partnerships, and build scalable legal frameworks that enable the secure expansion of the Lido ecosystem.
- You will work closely with contributors across the ecosystem, helping teams navigate contractual matters, manage risk, and move forward confidently in a fast-moving, decentralised environment.
- Review, draft, negotiate, and advise on a broad range of commercial contracts, including strategic partnerships, integrations, client services, and vendor arrangements.
- Collaborate closely with contributors across the ecosystem to ensure contractual alignment with the protocol’s broader goals and initiatives.
- Support contract management, negotiation workflows, and risk assessment processes.
- Provide practical legal advice on new opportunities, ecosystem initiatives, product integrations, and commercial partnerships.
- Proactively identify, analyse, and mitigate legal risks, balancing commercial opportunity with sound risk management.
- Support the development of legal frameworks that strengthen the resilience and scalability of the Lido ecosystem.
- Contribute to thought leadership initiatives around decentralised protocols, open-source ecosystems, and legal innovation.
- Contribute remotely
- Competitive compensation
- Flexible schedule
- Compensation for education, equipment & co-working
- Overseas conferences, community immersion
- If this challenge sounds appealing and you are excited to help build resilient legal infrastructure for one of crypto’s most important protocols, we would love to hear from you.