Markets & Derivatives Senior Counsel

Who We Are

Galaxy is a global leader in digital assets and data center infrastructure, delivering solutions that accelerate progress in finance and artificial intelligence. We believe that blockchain and digital asset innovation will transform how value moves through the world – and we’re building the products and services to make that future a reality.

Our institutional digital assets platform spans trading, investment banking, asset management, staking, self‑custody, and tokenization technology. We also invest in and operate cutting‑edge data center infrastructure to power AI and high‑performance computing, addressing the growing demand for scalable energy and compute in the U.S.

We work at the intersection of finance and technology, helping institutions, startups, and developers navigate a digitally native economy. Led by CEO and Founder Michael Novogratz, our team blends deep crypto expertise with institutional experience and a shared commitment to shaping the future of Web3 and AI.

Galaxy is headquartered in New York City, with offices across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

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We are a diverse team of free thinkers and fast movers united to help investors and creators energize the global economy. We are looking for individuals who thrive in a culture of builders and overachievers and embrace high performance, transparent feedback, and a mission‑first approach. Our culture shapes our way of working and gets us where we want to be.

• Be Selective To Be Effective.
• Be Highly Aligned, Loosely Coupled.
• Disagree Transparently.
• Build Dream Teams.

As Senior Counsel, you will join an experienced and collaborative Legal team to work on market and derivative related transaction matters. You’ll work alongside and report into our Head of Trading Legal and have the opportunity to work on a myriad of legal issues with room for growth beyond the current scope of the role. The ideal hire should have minimum of 4 years’ experience at a financial institution with additional experience at a top‑tier law firm.

• Act as a strategic legal advisor for Galaxy with respect to ISDAs/CSAs, confirms, prime brokerage agreements, lending and vendor transactions.
• Advisor on swap dealer related rules.
• Focus on negotiating documentation with hedge funds, crypto native firms, investment companies, individuals, miners and other institutional clients.
• Coordinate resources with respect to negotiations, including management of outside counsel engagement where appropriate.
• Collaborate with other functional partners and businesses to ensure appropriate awareness and escalation of issues.
• Assist with implementing global regulatory and market changes affecting trading and documentation.
• Draft and negotiate non‑disclosure agreements.
• Manage workflow in a highly dynamic and demanding environment while remaining highly responsive, reliable, communicative, and accountable to team leadership and other members of Galaxy.
• Help with other special projects and such other activities as may be assigned.
• Embrace and champion the thoughtful adoption of AI to improve team performance and business outcomes.
• Leverage AI tools (generative AI, automation platforms, data copilots) to improve productivity, decision‑making, and output quality in your day‑to‑day work.

• The ideal candidate will be highly organized, have meticulous attention to detail and a demonstrable ability to produce quality work product in a fast‑paced, high‑volume environment.
• Ability to apply traditional financial legal concepts within the crypto space to address unique or ambiguous situations and to find solutions to problems that can be complex and uncommon.
• Over 6+ years of transactional experience reviewing various financial transaction agreements, primarily ISDA/CSAs, trade confirmations and prime brokerage agreements.
• Product knowledge and transactional or regulatory experience within the OTC derivatives and swap dealer businesses.
• Experience traditional financial markets, preferable experience at a sell‑side bank supporting derivative desks.
• Ability to work well in…