What are the responsibilities and job description for the Counsel position at Republic?
About Republic
Republic is on a mission to create a more inclusive and efficient global financial system. We’ve built an on-chain investment platform that leverages cutting-edge financial infrastructure to redefine global accessibility and optimize capital efficiency. Our on-chain investment platform allows anyone to easily access private market investment and financing opportunities.
Since 2016, the Republic ecosystem has deployed over $2.6 billion in investments, has supported over 2,500 companies, and is comprised of a community of over 3M users across 150 countries. Republic is backed by dozens of leading investment firms and financial institutions and its affiliated entities have co-invested with the best names in venture and private equity.
Founded in 2016, Republic is headquartered in New York City with offices worldwide.
We are looking for a Legal Counsel to join our growing Legal team on-site in our NYC office.
What you’ll do
- Draft, review, negotiate, and interpret a wide variety of commercial agreements.
- Partner with the US global marketplace’s business team to advise them on rules and regulations associated with offerings conducted through our funding portal and broker-dealer.
- Managing legal and regulatory risks in a thoughtful and commercially practicable manner.
- Own and drive legal structuring of novel tokenized investment products.
- Prepare and review materials for compliance with various SEC/FINRA rules and complete certain regulatory filings through the SEC’s EDGAR system.
- Closely support internal crypto-oriented teams by providing day-to-day legal and business support, analyzing emerging blockchain issues, and proposing unique product strategies.
- Transactional work through Republic’s deal flow of companies raising funds through securities offerings.
Our ideal candidate
- 3-5 years of related law firm and/or in-house experience at a financial services or crypto company, or a regulator (FINRA/SEC/CFTC).
- Strong understanding of securities laws and regulations with a familiarity with, and interest in, crypto law.
- BA/BS degree; JD degree; NYS Bar Admission.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with superb judgment.
- Adaptability and a willingness to work on a broad range of matters and take on projects outside of core areas.
- Live in NYC or ability to commute to our office located in NYC 4 days a week.
- Critical: Self-starter, hungry, ambitious, and pragmatic.
Why Republic?
The business is accelerating rapidly. Republic is a venture-backed FinTech unicorn in the Web3 space building real tokenized products that the masses use. We value our employees and strive to offer competitive benefits to support their whole selves. Here’s a sampling: Unlimited PTO, fully subsidized medical, dental, and vision insurance, 4% 401k match, fitness stipend, and weekly virtual meditation.
Annual base salary can vary, but the general anticipated range for this role is: $140,000 USD - $170,000 USD. Base salary range is not inclusive of other forms of potential compensation, including bonuses, equity, or other benefits.
Salary : $170,000
