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title: 'Commercial Counsel, AMER at Fireblocks'
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# Commercial Counsel, AMER at Fireblocks

- **Company:** Fireblocks
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Posted:** 2026-07-27
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12
- **Apply:** https://www.fireblocks.com/careers/position?gh_jid=4700087006

## Job description

Fireblocks is the company bringing global finance onchain. Backed by over $1 billion in capital, we are the premier digital asset infrastructure provider trusted by thousands of industry-defining financial institutions, including banks, payment providers, fintechs, and global corporates such as BNY Mellon, BNP Paribas, ANZ Bank, Western Union, Stripe, and Revolut. Built for institutional scale and security, our enterprise-grade platform and network have powered over $14 trillion in digital asset transfers worldwide.

The Senior Counsel, Commercial role is based in New York and will play a significant role in Fireblocks’ continued growth in the Americas financial markets. This role will focus on commercial contracting and will work as part of the broader legal team supporting the business globally. You will work closely with the Americas Sales and Customer Success Teams on strategic client matters. Your experience will make you a persuasive and effective advisor to both management and your clients.

You will work with business partners in a dynamic and fast-paced environment driving meaningful impact. You should be comfortable working in a technical, software development environment alongside product, security, finance, sales, and marketing professionals.

## Responsibilities

- Focus on some of our largest commercial transactions in support of our SaaS services. You will be drafting and negotiating a wide variety of contracts with the leading financial institutions of the world, including MSAs, SaaS agreements, SOWs and NDAs.
- Own the review cycle from drafting and negotiation through closure.
- Structure and negotiate risk allocation and regulatory compliance provisions calibrated to each transaction.
- Use AI tools to streamline complex reviews; refine legal templates and processes; create sales training and enablement materials.
- Identify potential risk and recommended mitigants in commercial transactions for escalation to senior leadership.
- Partner with procurement on high-risk vendor contract reviews.
- Support due diligence processes involving material commercial contracts.
- Advise stakeholders on the legal risks, business strategies, and other product and regulatory issues related to commercial transactions and general operations.

Required Skills

- 8+ years experience at a top-tier law firm and/or in-house at a technology company
- Experience negotiating complex software or SaaS transactions
- Background in the financial services, fintech, blockchain, cybersecurity, or crypto industries, preferred
- J.D. or LL.B accredited from a law school, with active membership in good standing of a U.S. state bar; New York admission (or eligibility to register as in-house counsel in New York) preferred
- Proficiency in managing competing priorities in a high-pressure environment
- Demonstrated ability to use AI tools to create efficiencies within legal workstreams
- Experience as a team player who enjoys partnering with cross-functional teams to solve issues and work collaboratively to generate consensus across diverse points of view
- Fastidious attention to detail in both oral and written communications

We operate on a hybrid work model with three days per week in office, enabling our teams to benefit from face-to-face collaboration while maintaining flexibility.

It is not typical for a candidate to be hired at or near the top of the pay range and each compensation decision is dependent on each individual case. A reasonable base salary range estimate for this position is $195,000 to $240,000. The base salary is one component of the total compensation package, which for some roles may include a target bonus, a very competitive equity grant, and very generous benefits.

While we believe competitive compensation is a critical aspect of you deciding to join us, we do hope you also spend time considering why our mission and culture are right for you. We are creating something transformational here, and we hope you are as excited about the future as we are. Fireblocks' mission is to enable every business to easily and securely access digital assets and cryptocurrencies. In order to do that, we strongly believe our workforce should be as diverse as our clients, and this is why we embrace diversity and inclusion in all its forms.

[Please see our candidate privacy policy here](https://www.fireblocks.com/candidate-privacy-notice/).

## About Fireblocks

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Fireblocks provides a secure, scalable platform for digital asset custody, stablecoin payments, tokenization, and treasury management, enabling financial institutions and fintechs to build and operate on the blockchain.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series C, total funding $1.043B)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States
- **Founded**: 2018
- **Founders**: Michael Shaulov (CEO), Idan Ofrat (CPO), Pavel Berengoltz (CTO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Digital asset infrastructure, blockchain security, stablecoin payments, tokenization
- **Target customers**: B2B – banks, payment providers, fintechs, exchanges, custodians, and Web3 businesses (enterprise and high-growth)
- **Mission or purpose**: "Infrastructure that powers financial possibility" – enabling every business to easily and securely support digital assets and cryptocurrencies.

## Products & Services
- **Digital Asset Infrastructure**: Core platform for building, securing, and automating digital asset operations at scale – includes custody, wallet management, and transaction security.
- **Stablecoin Infrastructure**: Move, manage, hold, and issue stablecoins with built-in compliance; orchestrate global stablecoin payments across any blockchain, payment rail, and currency.
- **Payments**: Orchestrate global stablecoin payments, cut settlement times, and scale transaction volumes.
- **Treasury Management**: Secure, control, and automate digital asset treasury operations.
- **Embedded Wallets / Wallet-as-a-Service**: Create white-labeled wallets for consumer and retail apps, powering high-volume retail businesses.
- **Tokenization**: Tokenize assets and manage smart contract operations for digital securities, bonds, and funds.
- **Fireblocks Network**: Direct connectivity to the entire digital asset ecosystem (exchanges, custodians, liquidity providers) for settlement and trading.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed; latest funding round: Series C ($133M) in March 2021, with subsequent venture rounds in 2023.
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue $121.5M (2025 estimate, private) – **Total Funding** $1.043B
- **Notable Investors**: Stripes, Coatue, Paradigm, Cyberstarts, Tenaya Capital, Gil Mandelzis, Arjun Balaji, Ken Fox
- **Growth Signals**:
  - 756 employees (+24% YoY, +188 staff)
  - Over 2,200 organizations trust Fireblocks, including BNY Mellon, Worldpay, Galaxy, Revolut
  - Secured over $10 trillion in digital asset transactions across 100+ blockchains
  - Acquired Blockfold, Dynamic Labs, First Group, and Tres (2022-2023)
  - Offices in 8 countries: US, UK, Israel, Hong Kong, Singapore, Germany, France, Switzerland

## Competitive Advantages
- **Security moat**: Patent-pending Multi-Party Computation (MPC) and chip isolation technology – born from the founders’ cybersecurity background (Check Point) and investigation of the Lazarus Group hack.
- **Largest ecosystem**: Direct network connecting banks, exchanges, custodians, and payment providers – network effects that are hard to replicate.
- **Trusted by incumbents**: BNY Mellon, Revolut, and ABN AMRO use the platform for tokenized bonds and stablecoin payments.
- **Scalability**: Proven to handle millions of stablecoin transactions and cut settlement times from 12+ hours to under 90 minutes (e.g., Bridge use case).

## Strategic Focus
- **Expand stablecoin payments and tokenization** for traditional financial institutions.
- **Go deeper into Web3** with embedded wallets and on-chain consumer experiences.
- **Scale the Fireblocks Network** to become the default settlement layer for digital assets.
- **Licensed payments services**: Hiring a General Manager for Licensed Payments Services, indicating push into regulated payments.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: "Work where you’re best" hybrid model – flexible remote in office hubs (NY, Tel Aviv, London, Singapore, etc.). Vibrant, high-energy offices.
- **Compensation**: Competitive salary and equity, generous flexible PTO, paid parental leave and family forming reimbursement, premium medical and health coverage.
- **Growth & development**: Professional development resources, exposure to cutting-edge blockchain and security engineering.
- **Engineering culture**: 19 open R&D roles (blockchain, security, backend, mobile, data/AI). Emphasis on "obsess over customers", "operate with trust", "own it", "challenge the status quo", "refuse to lose".
- **Diversity of locations**: Offices worldwide and some remote roles within the US.

## Sources
1. [Fireblocks.com](https://www.fireblocks.com/)
2. [Fireblocks Careers](https://www.fireblocks.com/careers)
3. [Fireblocks About](https://www.fireblocks.com/about)
4. [Fireblocks LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/fireblocks)
5. [Fireblocks Open Positions](https://www.fireblocks.com/careers/current-openings)

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