Column
Financial Technology
CommercialCounsel
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“Commercial Counsel at Column. Skills: Commercial agreements, Banking products, Regulatory requirements, Fintech partnerships. Own complex agreements end-to-end. Structure, draft, and negotiate customer agreements”
What You'll Achieve.
Enable modern banking experiences; Scale platform safely; Enable speed without sacrificing quality
Industry & Context.
Hybrid in-person role, 3-4+ days per week in office, Relocation assistance considered
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years as a practicing lawyer, Law firm experience in a technology transactions or fintech practice, In-house experience at a fintech or financial institution, Ability to independently draft and negotiate commercial agreements, Understanding of contract law, Understanding of commercial transactions, Experience with complex commercial negotiations, Comfort with project management, Comfort with deadlines, Juggling execution across multiple initiatives for multiple stakeholders
Nice to Have
Understanding of traditional commercial banking products and services including ACH and wire transactions, accounts, lending, cards, cash management, sweeps, and check issuance/deposit, Experience in structured finance, Experience with lending products, Understanding of money transmission
What You'll Do.
Own complex agreements end-to-end
and negotiate customer agreements
and negotiate vendor agreements
and negotiate third-party agreements
Build and manage legal playbooks
Build and manage contract templates
Develop and maintain contract inventories
Develop and maintain terms of services
Develop and maintain notices
Develop and maintain disclosures
Lead negotiations with high-growth fintechs
Lead negotiations with enterprise customers
Support novel research
Provide product advice
Provide regulatory advice
Prepare litigation deliverables
Prepare corporate governance materials
Support improvements to bank agreements
Support improvements to policies
Support improvements to legal processes
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work closely with Column's Sales & Partnerships teams; Work closely with Risk teams; Work closely with Compliance teams; Work closely with Sales teams; Work closely with Business teams; Support each other with novel research; Serve as a thought partner to the business; Serve as a thought partner to legal
Process & Methodology
Project management, Juggling execution across multiple initiatives
Full Job Description
ABOUT COLUMN For companies building financial technology and transforming the financial services space, the biggest bottleneck to their growth and innovation is often the underlying banks and infrastructure stack they rely on. We have spent our careers founding and scaling companies like Plaid, Square, Meta, Blend, and Affirm, and have seen this problem firsthand — builders and developers needing to partner with traditional banks, and creating API and abstraction layers over the patchwork that is the bank, its core, and many other vendors. All of this results in a complex (and often expensive) banking supply chain involving a user, fintech, BaaS middleware provider, bank, core and the Federal Reserve. At Column, we set out to simplify and fix this. We are a bank and a software company built from the ground up, offering builders and developers technology-forward banking solutions that cut out the hundreds of vendors, middleware providers, and abstraction layers. This means a safer, more transparent, and less costly banking supply chain. Come build with us! THE OPPORTUNITY Column is growing its in-house commercial legal team to own the legal infrastructure behind our most important commercial and strategic relationships. This isn't your typical in-house commercial counsel role reviewing SaaS contracts - you'll architect novel partnership structures that enable modern banking experiences, navigating complex regulatory requirements along the way. You'll work closely with Column's Sales & Partnerships, Risk, and Compliance teams to define how we structure our deals, serve our customers, and scale our platform safely. If you're excited about combining legal acumen with a builder's mindset - and want you work to have a direct impact on how financial services are delivered at scale - we think you'll be excited about this role! This is a hybrid in-person role based in our Presidio office — one of the most beautiful locations in SF — 3–4+ days per week. We offer up to $2,000/
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