Corporate Counsel (USA)

As Corporate Counsel at Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BMNR), you will lead the public company legal function for a NYSE-listed digital asset company. You will serve as trusted legal advisor to the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer/Chief Operating Officer, executive leadership, and the Board of Directors on matters critical to the Company's growth, governance, and strategic direction. This role offers exceptional visibility into executive decision-making and broad responsibility across virtually every significant legal and business initiative undertaken by the Company.

What you'll do

• Support the Company's SEC reporting obligations, including Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, proxy statements, Section 16 filings, and other securities law compliance matters.
• Coordinate meetings of the Board of Directors and Board committees, including agendas, resolutions, unanimous written consents, governance documentation, and Board materials.
• Support compliance with NYSE listing standards, disclosure controls, insider trading policies, and other public company governance requirements.
• Maintain corporate records and oversee governance across U.S. and international subsidiaries.
• Coordinate closely with outside counsel, auditors, transfer agents, and other external advisors.
• Support mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments, financings, restructurings, joint ventures, and other corporate transactions.
• Coordinate legal due diligence, transaction documentation, signing and closing processes, and post-closing integration activities.
• Advise executive leadership on legal considerations relating to strategic initiatives and new business opportunities.
• Draft, review, negotiate, and manage a broad range of commercial agreements, including technology agreements, SaaS agreements, master services agreements, consulting agreements, NDAs, vendor agreements, and strategic partnerships.
• Support MAVAN's institutional business through negotiation of validator, staking, custody, infrastructure, and related commercial agreements.
• Improve contract lifecycle management processes and documentation standards.
• Conduct legal research relating to securities law, corporate governance, digital assets, blockchain technology, financial services regulation, and emerging technologies.
• Support enterprise compliance initiatives relating to AML/KYC, sanctions, privacy, cybersecurity, insurance, and enterprise risk management.
• Monitor legal and regulatory developments affecting the Company's business and provide practical, business-oriented legal advice.
• Build and continuously improve legal processes, templates, playbooks, policies, and knowledge management resources.
• Leverage AI-enabled legal technology to improve research, drafting, workflow automation, and operational efficiency.
• Manage legal documentation systems, DocuSign workflows, and legal records.
• Partner closely with Finance, Accounting, Investor Relations, Compliance, Operations, and Technology teams to deliver practical legal support across the organization.

What you bring

• A Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school.
• An active license to practice law in Texas and membership in good standing with the State Bar of Texas.
• Six or more years of relevant legal experience at a leading law firm, publicly traded company, or a combination of both.
• Significant experience supporting public company legal matters, including SEC reporting, corporate governance, Board and committee matters, disclosure obligations, and securities law compliance.
• Experience supporting mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions, strategic investments, financings, or other sophisticated corporate transactions.
• Experience advising clients or companies in the digital asset, blockchain, cryptocurrency, fintech, or Web3 industry.
• A strong understanding of Ethereum, blockchain technology, institutional digital assets, staking, and digital asset custody.
• Excellent drafting, negotiation, legal research, analytical, and project management skills.
• A proven ability to exercise sound legal and commercial judgment while managing multiple complex matters independently.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills with the ability to advise executive leadership and collaborate effectively with internal stakeholders and outside counsel.
• Experience leveraging AI tools and legal technology to improve legal workflows and productivity.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting NYSE- or NASDAQ-listed companies.
• Familiarity with the Securities Act of 1933, Securities Exchange Act of 1934, NYSE listing standards, and Section 16 reporting.
• Experience supporting institutional staking, validator infrastructure, digital asset custody, tokenized financial products, or decentralized finance (DeFi).
• Experience advising on U.S. financial regulatory frameworks applicable to digital assets, including SEC, CFTC, FinCEN, OFAC, and Bank Secrecy Act matters.
• Experience supporting international operations and coordinating with foreign counsel.
• Prior in-house legal experience within a technology, fintech, digital asset, or financial services company.

What we offer

• Competitive base salary commensurate with experience.
• Eligibility for equity-based compensation.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, retirement, and other employee benefits.
• Relocation assistance for candidates relocating to the Norwalk, Connecticut area.
• Direct access to executive leadership and the Board of Directors.
• Significant ownership over Bitmine's public company legal function.
• Meaningful responsibility across corporate governance, securities law, strategic transactions, commercial contracting, and enterprise legal operations.
• The opportunity to work alongside leading external law firms, auditors, investment banks, and institutional partners.

About Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc.

Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BMNR) is a publicly traded digital asset company operating at the intersection of blockchain infrastructure, institutional finance, and capital markets. The company operates MAVAN (Made in America Validator Network), one of the world's largest institutional Ethereum staking platforms, providing enterprise-grade, non-custodial validator infrastructure to custodians, asset managers, exchanges, foundations, and other institutional clients.