Corporate Counsel

Ripple is seeking to hire a talented and self-motivated transactional lawyer to join Ripple’s Legal Team. In this role, you will support the company’s business and finance teams on enterprise technology transactions across the payments, financial technology, blockchain and cryptocurrency spaces. As the second lawyer in our growing Singapore office, you will be an integral part of our growing and agile go-to-market legal team and support the business’s transactional pipeline in the APAC region.

**WHAT YOU’LL DO**:

- Assisting the company’s sales and businesses teams in transactions involving the Company’s RippleNet product suite, including transactions with financial institutions and other businesses, including drafting and negotiating agreements
- Coordinating with the rest of Ripple’s legal team on improving templates and processes for such transactions
- Developing deep familiarity with Ripple’s product suite and its regulatory considerations
- Assisting the company’s business development, finance, and marketing teams in a variety of commercial and strategic transactions, such as agreements with key partners and infrastructure providers and other strategic relationships
- Managing the Company’s outside counsel, as appropriate, for transactional matters.

**WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR**:

- Law degree and strong academic credentials
- 4+ years practicing as a transactional attorney at a big law firm and at a company
- Familiarity with the laws and regulations governing financial institutions, including the Payment Services Act, and AML/CFT regulations
- Strong experience with enterprise technology commercial agreements: software licensing, Saas, and partnership contract negotiations on a global basis.
- Willingness to ‘pitch in’ and be a responsive business partner to your internal clients.
- Ability to effectively work cross-functionally with Ripple’s product, marketing, engineering, security, tax and finance teams to ensure agreements are consistent with internal corporate policies and processes

**WHO WE ARE**:
Ripple is doing for value what the internet did for information: enabling its instant and seamless flow around the world. We call this the Internet of Value (IoV). Using blockchain and cryptocurrency technology, Ripple is dedicated to creating powerful gains in financial efficiency, equity and inclusion. In addition, Ripple is developing and enabling the future use cases that will catalyze the new digital economy for governments, businesses and consumers.

Ripple has offices in Bangalore, Dubai, Dublin, London, Miami, Mumbai, New York, Reykjavík, San Francisco, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Toronto, and Washington, D.C.

**WHAT WE OFFER - The resources and support to be your best at work and beyond**:
Do Your Best Work
- The opportunity to build in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders
- A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact. A professional development budget to support other modes of learning.
- Thrive in an environment where no matter what race, ethnicity, gender, origin, or culture they identify with, every employee is a respected, valued, and empowered part of the team.
- Ripple is Flexible First: you have the option to work remotely, from our offices, or a combination of the two within the 11 countries we are located around the world.
- Weekly all-company meeting - business updates and ask me anything style discussion with our Leadership Team
- We come together for moments that matter which include team off-sites, team bonding activities, happy hours and more

Take Control of Your Finances
- Competitive salary, bonuses, and equity
- Bonus Flexibility Program: Participants in the Corporate Bonus Plan have the option to elect to receive their annual bonus in cash, equity or XRP, or a combination.
- 100% paid medical and dental and 95% paid vision insurance for employees starting on your first day
- 401k (with match)
- Commuter benefits
- Employee giving match
- Mobile phone stipend

Take Care of Yourself
- Twice a quarter R&R days so you can rest and recharge
- Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite & virtual programming
- Flexible vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need it
- Industry-leading parental leave policies. Family planning benefits.
- Catered lunches, fully-stocked kitchens with premium snacks/beverages, and plenty of fun events
- Benefits listed above are for full-time employees._
- Ripple is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We do not discriminate against qualified employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, military status, or any other characteristic protected by local law or or