Counsel, Commercial

🕒 February 25

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Alpaca

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201 - 500 employees

🔌 API

💳 Fintech

₿ Crypto

API • Fintech • Crypto

Alpaca is a fintech company that provides a comprehensive brokerage and trading platform through a suite of APIs. These APIs enable developers and businesses to integrate algorithmic trading, app development, and embedded investing into their services. Alpaca offers services like trading in US stocks, ETFs, and cryptocurrency with options for local currency transactions. The company is recognized for its cyber security practices and is a member of FINRA and SIPC. Alpaca is ideal for fintech startups, broker-dealers, hedge funds, and other financial services looking to build sophisticated trading applications and platforms with minimal friction through their well-documented Broker API.

📋 Description

• Reporting to the Vice President, the Commercial Counsel will have exceptional negotiating and drafting experience, product support, and fintech services industry experience. • Draft, review, and negotiate complex financial and commercial agreements, including clearing agreements, crypto and digital asset services agreements, securities lending and margin documentation, B2B API, SaaS, and embedded brokerage partnerships, derivatives and futures documentation, vendor and event contracts. • Structure novel partnership arrangements that support Alpaca’s API-first brokerage model. • Develop scalable contracting frameworks, templates, and playbooks to support global expansion. • Work closely with Sales, Compliance, Operations, Finance, InfoSec, and other stakeholders to ensure commercial arrangements align with regulatory and operational requirements. • Challenge assumptions and help design creative legal structures that scale financial services infrastructure. • Bring practical, business-oriented solutions to complex cross-border regulatory issues. • Contribute to the evolution of Alpaca’s global legal strategy as we expand across North America, Europe, MENA, APAC, and LATAM.

🎯 Requirements

• Licensed attorney with 5-8+ years of experience working at: • A financial services institution (e.g., bank, broker-dealer, asset manager, FCM, payments firm, crypto exchange), or • A law firm supporting such clients. • Strong history of commercial and transactional legal work in financial services. • Experience reviewing and negotiating complex financial agreements (clearing, prime brokerage, crypto, derivatives, or similar). • Familiarity with U.S. regulatory regimes applicable to securities, crypto, and/or derivatives (SEC/FINRA, CFTC/NFA) • Excellent judgment, analytical rigor, and clear communication skills. • Demonstrated ability to own projects from concept to execution. • Practical, solution-oriented mindset with strong business judgment. • Comfort working with cross-functional, globally distributed teams. • Intellectual curiosity and interest in fintech, digital assets and blockchain technology.

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive Salary & Stock Options • Health Benefits • New Hire Home-Office Setup: One-time USD $500 • Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month via a Brex Card