Interim Head of Legal (General Counsel-Level)
Temporary
Starknet Foundation
We're looking for an interim Head of Legal to step into a General Counsel–level role with broad scope across corporate legal, strategic advisory, and treasury/TradFi matters. This is a senior, high-impact engagement - you'll oversee the legal team, act as a strategic partner to leadership on key initiatives, advise on upcoming product launches, and bring hands-on experience with traditional finance legal work.
What You'll Do
- Provide strategic legal direction on major company initiatives while overseeing and managing the legal team to ensure continuity and consistency of legal operations
- Advise on legal and structural considerations as we build, launch, and potentially spin out new products ( regulatory considerations , entity and incentives structuring, employee contractual arrangements).
- Act as a trusted legal advisor to senior leadership, with regular 1:1 engagement with key executives including the Executive Director
- Apply your strong traditional finance legal expertise to lead legal work related to treasury operations, including trading documentation , derivatives agreements , and negotiations.
- Provide day-to-day legal counsel across corporate, commercial (including IP ), employment and operational matters.
- Support cross-functional teams ( Product , Growth , Operations ) in integrating legal and compliance considerations into planning and execution
- Ensure legal policies, controls, and governance practices stay fit for purpose, adjusting them as needed
- Represent Legal at Board meetings as required
Who You Are
- An established Legal expert and Leader with significant experience operating at General Counsel or senior legal leadership level
- Strong combination of Web3/crypto and traditional finance (TradFi) legal experience
- Expertise across a wide and diverse array of legal disciplines, including regulatory , employment , product , financial , and commercial/IP
- Track record of managing or overseeing a legal team, ideally through periods of change or high growth
- Experience advising on corporate structuring matters , including entity formation , spin-outs , or similar arrangements
- Comfortable representing legal at Board level and communicating with senior executives and stakeholders
- Able to operate independently in a remote, globally distributed organization , with enough working-hours overlap to collaborate closely with an European-based team
- Available to start on short notice and flexible to support a structured handover at the start and end of the engagement
The Logistics
- Full time , short-term engagement (6–8 months)
- Flexible on engagement type ( contract , fixed-term )
- Competitive pay
- Remote-first , with some overlap with European working hours required
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