[Hiring] Special Counsel, Transactions @Circle

Role Description

Circle is looking for an experienced transactional attorney to join the Transactions team within Circle’s Legal department. This role will focus primarily on two connected areas:

• Corporate Development and Ventures, including mergers and acquisitions, strategic transactions, and venture investments.
• Financial Partnerships, including agreements with banks and other financial institutions that support Circle’s reserve, treasury, and payments operations.

Under the direction of the Deputy Assistant General Counsel, Transactions, you will work as a senior individual contributor and trusted advisor to Circle’s Corporate Development and Ventures, Treasury, and Financial Partnerships teams. You will independently lead transactions from inception through negotiation, signing, closing, and, where relevant, implementation or integration.

This role requires rigorous legal execution, practical business judgment, and a solutions-oriented approach in a fast-moving digital asset and payments environment.

Qualifications

• J.D. or foreign equivalent and active membership in good standing of at least one U.S. State Bar.
• 7+ years of transactional legal experience at a leading law firm, an in-house legal department, or a combination of both.
• Substantial experience with M&A and other corporate transactions, financial services transactions, or both.
• Strong working knowledge of corporate and commercial law.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated familiarity with and practical use of generative AI in legal or other professional workflows.
• Passion for Circle’s mission and values, financial technology, and the potential of stablecoins, digital assets, and blockchain technology.

Requirements

• Strong ownership and organization, and the ability to manage multiple matters simultaneously.
• Sound business judgment and the ability to coordinate legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, securities, and operational considerations.
• Ability to balance legal risk, commercial objectives, and Circle’s strategic goals.
• Experience with banking, deposit, custody, safeguarding, treasury, or other financial services agreements.
• Experience building, implementing, or scaling AI-enabled workflows, prompts, templates, playbooks, or tools for a legal team.

Benefits

• Base Pay Range: $200,000 - $262,500.

Company Description

Circle is on a mission to create an inclusive financial future, with transparency at our core. We consider a wide variety of elements when crafting our compensation ranges and total compensation packages.

• We are an equal opportunity employer.
• Circle participates in the E-Verify Program in certain locations, as required by law.

Should you require accommodations or assistance in our interview process because of a disability, please reach out to [email protected] for support.