Paradigm is a San Francisco-based investment firm focused on crypto and frontier technologies across the globe, with over $8 billion in assets under management. We make investments in companies and protocols at all stages, ranging from early-stage venture financing rounds to growth equity to liquid token assets.

Paradigm was co-founded in 2018 by Matt Huang (former Partner at Sequoia Capital) and Fred Ehrsam (co-founder of Coinbase). Since then we’ve been hard at work building a world-class team of brilliant mutants to investigate the world’s most beautiful technical problems. Our research-driven approach helps us build relationships with founders and entrepreneurs, but it also reflects our broader goal of growing the crypto ecosystem globally and accelerating crypto’s ability to advance the world we live in. We believe that crypto will ultimately redefine money, finance, and the internet itself, and this technological revolution will have a fundamental and long-lasting impact on the global economy.

We are currently seeking to hire a key member of the Legal team to support venture financing rounds, commercial agreements, litigation, and a broad array of other legal work. The role will report to the General Counsel, Gina Moon. 

Responsibilities

• Support equity and token venture financings from term sheet to close (including management of outside counsel).  

• Draft, revise, and negotiate commercial agreements. 

• Assist with portfolio company needs, including board resolutions and stockholder consents.  

• Support litigation, intellectual property, and other legal matters as necessary.  

• Provide practical and business-oriented advice in a fast-paced, high-performing environment.

Qualifications and Attributes

• Minimum of four years of experience doing corporate and securities work for venture capital-backed companies.

• Deep experience counseling clients with non-legal backgrounds.  

• Passionate about crypto and/or other frontier technologies.  

• Action-oriented while maintaining a keen attention to detail.

• Thrives in a fast-paced working environment with rapidly shifting priorities and needs.

• Highly curious with a growth mindset.

• Team player.