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Wormhole Labs

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11 - 50 employees

₿ Crypto

🔐 Security

Crypto • Technology • Security

Wormhole Labs is a technology company specializing in blockchain interoperability. They are focused on creating a future where interoperability and security are at the forefront of the blockchain revolution. Wormhole Labs envisions a wide array of permissionless systems built on multiple blockchains, offering users the choice to either engage with the technology's complexities or enjoy its functionality without a deep understanding. The company boasts a diverse team with backgrounds in quantitative trading, venture capital, and enterprise software, and emphasizes qualities such as customer obsession, high agency, and extreme ownership.

📋 Description

• Own regulatory strategy across the US (SEC, CFTC, FinCEN, OFAC, state MTLs) and key non-US jurisdictions (MiCA, FCA, MAS); engage directly with regulators when needed. • Lead deal work: M&A, strategic investments, financings, joint ventures, etc. • Draft, negotiate, and operationalize the full commercial contract stack: customer, partner, vendor, BD, integration, and protocol partnership agreements. • Partner on global employment matters like offer letters, contractor agreements, immigration, separations, and policy. • Oversee IP strategy, open-source licensing posture, and trademark portfolio. • Run litigation, regulatory inquiries, subpoenas, and enforcement matters; select and manage outside counsel; control legal spend. • Advise on privacy, data, and sanctions compliance across product surfaces. • Structure and maintain the company's corporate architecture across multiple entities • Operate as a business-minded partner to engineering, product, BD, and finance: integrated into the process with fast turnarounds and clear guidance. • Manage engagements with external counsel.

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of legal practice with strong law firm training. • JD and active US bar admission (any state). • Demonstrated ability to operate as a sole legal lead, comfortable being the only lawyer in the room and the last set of eyes before something ships. • Substantive command of US financial services and securities regulation as applied to digital assets. • Track record running M&A, financings, and complex commercial negotiations to close. • Pragmatic risk judgment. You know the difference between a real risk and a hypothetical one, and you don't hide behind the second to avoid taking a position. • High-trust communicator who can deliver bad news to founders, executives, and counterparties without theatrics. • Comfortable in a remote-first, async, global environment with a travel cadence to match. • Prior experience advising a crypto, DeFi, or fintech company, in-house or as outside counsel. • Experience structuring multi-entity setups, including offshore affiliates and operating subsidiaries. • Experience managing legal aspects of open-source contributions and permissive or copyleft licensing (MIT, Apache, BSL).

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and restricted token units, dependent on position type and location. • Discretionary bonus dependent on company performance.