Commercial Counsel

Aptos is a peoplefirst blockchain on a mission to help billions of people achieve universal and fair access to decentralized assets in a safe and scalable way.

Founded by some of the original creators and maintainers that researched designed and built the Diem blockchain to serve this purpose we have dedicated several years toward this mission. We believe the opensource Diem technology we have developed is an important foundation of a safe and scalable web3 world where everyone has more equitable opportunities to grow and access financial assets with lower fees and fewer intermediaries.

Aptos (Ohlone for The People) encompasses our mission and ethos for why we build.

About The Role

Aptos Labs is looking for exceptional candidates to serve as Commercial Counsel on the legal team related to its blockchain initiatives. This individual will support legal matters related to commercial and corporate transactions. You will play a key role in supporting business development partnerships and other business teams by drafting negotiating and providing legal advice on various agreements and strategic partner collaborations. This is a great opportunity to join a growing legal team and work at the forefront of helping to build one of the leading layer 1 proofofstake blockchains and have a major global impact around the world.

What Youll Be Doing:

• Draft review and negotiate a wide variety of complex commercial and corporate agreements with a focus on technology transactions partnerships and business development
• Manage execute and directly negotiate transactions including commercial partnerships grant agreements and investments in ecosystem projects
• Handle other corporate legal matters and investment agreements (SAFEs preferred stock financings) and tokenrelated agreements (SAFTs warrants) and related blockchain and fintech transactions
• Provide strategic and practical legal advice to crossfunctional teams ensuring alignment between legal commercial and business priorities
• Collaborate closely with business development and other internal teams to develop scalable legal frameworks and processes
• Contribute to legal team projects on product regulatory and corporate governance matters as needed
• Remain current on relevant industry and regulatory developments particularly in blockchain fintech and technology law

What Were Looking For:

• J.D. degree (or foreign equivalent) and membership in good standing with a U.S. state bar
• 4 years of legal experience with a strong focus on technology transactions commercial agreements and/or blockchainrelated matters. Experience in inhouse and/or law firm environments
• Proven ability to manage multiple highpriority projects and transactions under tight deadlines with minimal supervision
• Strong negotiation and drafting skills with experience structuring deals in fastpaced highgrowth industries
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to build relationships across all levels of the organization and with external partners
• Demonstrated ability to advise on complex commercial issues in a strategic and pragmatic manner
• Preferred background in blockchain fintech or other innovative technology sectors

The base salary range for this fulltime position is $196k $250k . The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and typical maximum target for new hire salaries for the position of a candidate based in the Bay Area at any level. We do hire exceptionally talented professionals with decades of experience in their field. As such our range may be higher than what is displayed. Our base salary ranges are determined by experience and location and we hire at all levels for multiple roles. Within the range individual pay is determined by work location jobrelated skills demonstrated during the interviews working experience and relevant education or training. Please note that the compensation details listed in role postings reflect the base salary only and do not include equity tokens or benefits.

Our Benefits

• 100 insurance premium coverage for medical dental and vision for you and your dependents (US Employees)
• Equipment of your choice
• Flexible vacation time 11 holidays and floating company days off
• Competitive Salary
• Equity (RSUs) (US employees)
• Protocol Token Grants
• 401k matching (US Employees)
• Fun and inclusive inperson and digital events

Aptos is committed to diversity in the workplace and were proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not hire on the basis of race color religion creed gender national origin citizenship age disability veteran status marital status pregnancy parental status sex gender expression or identity sexual orientation or any other basis protected by local state or federal law. All employment is decided based on qualifications merit and business need.