Corporate Counsel Legal and Compliance · R3 London, R3 Remote · Hybrid
Corporate Counsel
Join R3 as Corporate Counsel: own commercial contracts, guide go-to-market, shape tokenisation and Web3 products, and enable rapid, compliant growth.
Department: Legal and Compliance
Role: Other
Locations: R3 London, R3 Remote
Remote status: Hybrid
About R3
We're building the on-ramp for the next trillion dollars of assets to move on-chain. R3 bridges TradFi and DeFi through institutional-grade RWA yield vaults, fully composable and integrated into Solana DeFi.
The Role
You'll be R3's day-to-day legal partner. Own commercial contracting end-to-end, advise on go-to-market activity, and help shape the legal framework for products at the cutting edge of tokenisation, digital assets and Web3.
High-visibility, high-autonomy. You'll work close to product and revenue in a fast-moving environment, developing expertise in one of the most exciting areas of the financial technology landscape.
What You'll Do
- Draft, negotiate and manage the full spectrum of commercial agreements: SaaS licences, MSAs, partnership and reseller arrangements, NDAs, DPAs and DORA addendums.
- Represent R3 in discussions and negotiations with the independent Foundation which governs the Protocol we are building, being highly collaborative day-to-day whilst ensuring R3's interests are protected.
- Be the trusted legal partner to sales, business development and marketing, moving at commercial pace, structuring deals creatively, and giving commercial advice that moves things forward.
- Review product, marketing and GTM collateral for legal and regulatory risk.
- Support strategic projects in tokenisation, DeFi and Web3, bringing in external counsel where needed.
- Build the infrastructure - templates, playbooks, internal guidance - that enables the business to move faster within sensible risk tolerance.
- Manage external counsel where instructed, keeping it focused and cost-effective.
What You'll Bring
Essential:
- You are a qualified solicitor in England & Wales (or equivalent common law jurisdiction with the right to practice in the UK), with 5+ years PQE from private practice, in-house, or both.
- Solid general commercial law experience, with a proven track record of drafting technology contracts, ideally in a financial environment.
- Working knowledge of digital assets, DeFi and Web3, including familiarity with on-chain product structures such as yield vaults, token frameworks, and SPV/fund-wrapper arrangements used in RWA tokenisation.
- Sharp commercial instincts; you find solutions, not blockers.
- Proven ability to support fast-moving sales and marketing teams: prioritising hard, pushing back when needed, delivering under pressure.
- Confident operating as the only lawyer in the room, while knowing when to escalate.
- Clear communicator who can translate legal complexity into plain guidance.
Desirable:
- Background in traditional financial services or financial market infrastructure (TradFi) in either private practice or in-house.
- Experience advising on token generation events (TGEs) or utility token structures, and familiarity with relevant UK, EU or US regulatory frameworks (e.g. UK financial promotions regime, MiCA, MAS, MAR, AML/CTF).
- Experience with UK GDPR, IP licensing or open-source software issues.
- Prior in-house experience at a tech, fintech or financial services business.
Why R3
- Real autonomy from day one - your work will directly shape how we operate and go to market.
- A front-row seat on the tokenisation and digital assets space, working with leading institutional clients and partners.
- A culture that values pragmatism and ownership over process.
- Competitive salary, equity, and benefits.
About R3
Building digital financial markets of tomorrow
R3 leads the world in tokenizing real-world assets and delivering interoperability that bridges $10bn+ in regulated assets with the scale of public blockchains - unlocking compliant, real-world DeFi.
Our solutions are foundational to the evolution of global markets, driving network effects that create lasting value.
Founded in: 2014
Co-workers: 80+
Contact: Rhea Beattie - Global Talent Acquisition Lead – Operations
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