Senior Corporate Counsel

Overview

We’re building the on-ramp for the next trillion dollars of assets to move on-chain. R3 bridges TradFi and DeFi through institutional-grade RWA yield vaults, fully composable and integrated into Solana DeFi.

Responsibilities

• Draft, negotiate and manage the full spectrum of commercial agreements: SaaS licenses, MSAs, partnership and reseller arrangements, NDAs, DPAs and DORA addenda
• Represent R3 in discussions and negotiations with the independent Foundation which governs the Protocol we are building, collaborating day-to-day while protecting R3’s interests
• Act as the trusted legal partner to sales, business development and marketing, moving at commercial pace, structuring deals creatively, and providing commercial advice that advances business goals
• Review product, marketing and GTM collateral for legal and regulatory risk
• Support strategic projects in tokenisation, DeFi and Web3, bringing in external counsel where needed
• Build the infrastructure — templates, playbooks, internal guidance — to enable the business to move faster within sensible risk tolerances
• Manage external counsel where instructed, keeping engagements focused and cost-effective

Qualifications

• You are a qualified solicitor in England & Wales (or equivalent common law jurisdiction with the right to practice in the UK), with 5+ years PQE from private practice, in-house, or both
• Solid general commercial law experience, with a proven track record of drafting technology contracts, ideally in a financial environment
• Working knowledge of digital assets, DeFi and Web3, including familiarity with on-chain product structures such as yield vaults, token frameworks, and SPV/fund-wrapper arrangements used in RWA tokenisation
• Sharp commercial instincts; you find solutions, not blockers
• Proven ability to support fast-moving sales and marketing teams: prioritising hard requirements, pushing back when needed, delivering under pressure
• Confident operating as the only lawyer in the room, while knowing when to escalate
• Clear communicator who can translate legal complexity into plain guidance
• Background in traditional financial services or financial market infrastructure (TradFi) in either private practice or in-house
• Experience advising on token generation events (TGEs) or utility token structures, and familiarity with relevant UK, EU or US regulatory frameworks (e.g. UK financial promotions regime, MiCA, MAS, MAR, AML/CFT)
• Experience with UK GDPR, IP licensing or open-source software issues
• Prior in-house experience at a tech, fintech or financial services business

Benefits

• High autonomy from day one — your work will directly shape how we operate and go to market
• A front-row seat on the tokenisation and digital assets space, working with leading institutional clients and partners
• A culture that values pragmatism and ownership over process
• Competitive salary, equity, and benefits

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