Head of Legal Strategy (Fintech / Onchain Securities)

As Head of Legal Strategy at Fairmint, you'll work directly with the co-founders, CEO, CTO, and the engineering and product teams to design compliant financial infrastructure from the ground up. Fairmint is an SEC-registered Transfer Agent building foundational infrastructure for onchain equity capital markets, where blockchain becomes the official ledger of record for real shares. This is not a traditional legal role: you'll help shape the future of ownership and capital markets by solving complex, novel problems at the frontier of law and technology.

What you'll do

• Design the legal architecture behind Fairmint's products and regulated infrastructure
• Lead securities law strategy across transfer agency, broker-dealership, and capital markets activities
• Shape Fairmint's regulatory strategy with the SEC, FINRA, and other regulators
• Partner daily with engineering and product teams to design compliant, scalable features
• Lead corporate governance, commercial contracting, employment matters, and legal operations
• Manage outside counsel strategically while keeping legal practical and execution-focused
• Help define industry standards for programmable equity and tokenized securities

What you bring

• Significant experience advising on equity securities, securities laws, broker-dealers, transfer agents, investment funds, and market infrastructure
• Deep understanding of the Securities Act, Exchange Act, transfer agent regulation, equity markets, and capital formation
• A strong interest in blockchain, digital assets, tokenization, and the evolution of capital markets
• A product mindset: you enjoy building products, not simply reviewing documents
• Entrepreneurial DNA: you think like an entrepreneur and communicate like an executive
• Comfort making decisions in ambiguous environments with incomplete information
• License to practice law in the United States (New York preferred)

What we offer

• Base salary of $180,000 to $240,000 plus meaningful equity (actual compensation determined based on experience, education, skills, work location, and other job-related factors)
• Comprehensive benefits and flexible PTO

About Fairmint

Fairmint is the on-chain equity capital markets stack and an SEC-registered Transfer Agent that makes blockchain the ledger of record for real shares, free to move as collateral, financing, and liquidity across markets.