Top Legal Jobs in San Francisco, CA

Provide advanced litigation support handling high-volume domestic and international subpoenas, summons, garnishments, levies, and related third-party requests; prepare and file pleadings for state and federal litigation and arbitration; liaise with opposing counsel and agencies; manage large caseloads; improve litigation processes and support legal operations projects.

Lead end-to-end drafting, negotiation, and execution of complex payments and fintech commercial agreements. Provide business-centric legal advice, build scalable playbooks, partner cross-functionally, manage a high-volume deal pipeline, and coordinate with specialists and outside counsel to resolve novel regulatory and commercial issues.

Provide legal counsel to product, engineering, and design teams for stablecoins, payments, and crypto infrastructure across product lifecycle. Advise on U.S. and international payments and securities laws, resolve novel legal risks, partner cross-functionally, and build scalable legal processes and playbooks to enable compliant product launches.

Serve as Coinbases primary in-house counsel for securities class actions and shareholder derivative suits: oversee pleadings, discovery, motions, experts, and settlements; manage outside counsel; advise senior leadership and the board on litigation risk, corporate governance, disclosure, and D&O insurance matters.

Second-in-command for Coinbase Derivatives' Market Regulation Department. Lead day-to-day regulatory compliance for the CFTC-registered DCM, manage examinations and audits, advise on CFTC Core Principles, oversee escalated trade surveillance enforcement decisions, and coordinate cross-functional regulatory workstreams.