Counsel, Corporate

The Role: Strategy is looking for a Corporate Counsel to join its in-house legal team. The successful candidate will touch nearly every area of the Companys corporate legal work from capital markets and financing transactions to corporate governance securities compliance financial regulatory and tax matters. Strategy is the worlds largest corporate holder of bitcoin and bitcoin sits at the center of the Companys corporate strategy. Candidates should bring genuine enthusiasm for bitcoin and the Companys treasury strategy in addition to strong corporate legal skills. 

Location: Onsite at the Tysons VA HQ 4 days a week

Your Focus 

• Growth-Centric Mindset. Demonstrate a growth-centric mindset in your day-to-day work to protect and promote the business focusing on closing business-enabling deals being comfortable using your judgment doing things in a way thats best for the business seeking simplicity trusting others to do their job knowing when good is good enough and considering your intended audience in what you do. 
• Capital Markets and Financing Transactions. Support complex capital markets and financing transactions across the deal lifecycle from planning through closing including drafting and negotiating operative documents tracking statutory and contractual obligations and advising the business on related legal issues risks and strategy. 
• Bitcoin-Related Initiatives. Support strategic Bitcoin initiatives including treasury reserve management and matters related to Bitcoin development education and advocacy; help the Company navigate the evolving legal and regulatory landscape around digital assets. 
• Corporate Transactions & M&A. Support general corporate transactional matters beyond capital markets including mergers and acquisitions joint ventures corporate reorganizations and entity formation and dissolution both domestically and internationally. 
• General Corporate and Governance. Assist with corporate governance matters including board and committee meeting materials minutes and resolutions; help develop corporate governance policies and legal controls that support sound governance practices; manage the Companys domestic and international subsidiary governance function. 
• Securities Law and Regulatory Compliance. Advise on compliance with federal and state securities laws including reporting and disclosure requirements; contribute to and collaborate with other Strategy departments on the preparation and review of SEC filings including proxy statements Forms 10-K 10-Q and 8-K and Section 16 filings; support investor relations and external communications including press releases earnings announcements and scripts investor presentations and other marketing materials; monitor and interpret regulatory developments affecting the Companys operations. 
• Commercial Matters. Draft review and negotiate a wide range of commercial contracts including vendor agreements non-disclosure agreements and other operational agreements. 
• Finance & Tax. Work closely with Finance Treasury and Tax on banking and investment matters corporate aircraft matters employee equity matters intercompany agreements tax planning internal controls and enterprise risk management. 
• External Counsel Management. Help manage external legal counsel effectively and within budget. 

Qualifications :

• J.D. from a U.S. accredited law school. 
• Licensed to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction. 
• 36 years of corporate experience with a national law firm and/or in-house legal department. 
• Broad corporate transactional experience including capital markets/financing transactions M&A and general corporate; candidates with a mix of these are especially well suited to this roles broad mandate. 
• Financial regulatory or other adjacent regulatory experience (such as securities banking broker-dealer investment adviser or digital-asset/commodities regulatory matters) is also welcome. 
• Exposure to corporate governance matters and publicly traded companies including familiarity with the Securities Act of 1933 the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is preferred. 
• A genuine passion for and interest in Bitcoin is essential; the successful candidate will be excited to engage with the Companys Bitcoin strategy. 
• Ability to manage a fast-paced workload and add value across multiple projects simultaneously. 
• Self-starter who shows project ownership and enjoys working across departments. 
• Superior communication and interpersonal skills and judgment. 

Compensation 

The base salary range for this role is $135600 to $244200 and represents a good faith estimate of the range at the time of posting.  Strategy maintains broad salary ranges to account for differences in skills experience qualifications internal peer equity market conditions and business needs. Candidates are typically placed within the range based on these factors and it is not common for individuals to be hired at or near the top of the range.

The posted range reflects base salary only. Eligible employees may also participate in bonus programs sales incentives equity awards and comprehensive benefits as applicable. 

Additional Information :

Strategy is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race creed color religion national origin gender sex sexual orientation gender identity disability veteran status age genetic information or any other legally-protected basis.

Strategy provides reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in the hiring process.  If you have any difficulty using our online system and you need an accommodation due to a disability you may contact us about your interest in employment at .

Visit Strategys Careers page for additional information.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time