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<h2><strong>About Us</strong></h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">Sei is the first parallelized layer 1 blockchain. By re-writing the most widely adopted execution environment in Web3, Sei is setting a new standard in blockchain performance and scalability. Apps on Sei benefit from both the performance of web2 and the decentralization and sovereignty of web3. For more detailed information visit <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="postings-link" href="https://www.seifdn.org"><u>Sei's official website</u></a>.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>About the role</strong></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">The Sei Development Foundation (SDF) is hiring a General Counsel — the first internal legal owner and the person who turns legal and compliance from a fragmented outside-counsel patchwork into a real, business-speed function. This is a leadership and execution role: you will personally draft contracts, negotiate deals, build the compliance program, and engage regulators while also setting the strategy that governs how legal supports the business.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">You'll start by building the templates, playbooks, and outside-counsel structure that let the function scale. Over time, you'll become the organizational owner of legal risk and the person leadership turns to before any high-stakes decision. The right candidate has deep, hands-on experience building legal infrastructure for high-growth fintech, crypto, or financial-services businesses — whether in-house or as outside counsel at a top-tier firm.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Legal Ownership & Scope</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Own all legal, regulatory, and compliance functions across the foundation and its ecosystem activities, including non-profit compliance, contracts, grants, investments, partnerships, and policy work</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Serve as the legal lead on token-related activities, including grants, investments, and structuring decisions</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Lead the transition of Blockchain Association and Digital Chamber policy work into SDF, including the structural and compliance implications of operating under non-profit status</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Hands-On Execution</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Personally draft, negotiate, and execute contracts — vendor agreements, grant agreements, investment docs, partnership terms, and bespoke commercial arrangements — rather than routing everything through outside counsel</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Own marketing communications review across the organization, building a process that scales with the business and never becomes a bottleneck</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Manage outside counsel