Blockchain and Payment Experience
The senior lawyer, as per the requirements posted, needs to be experienced in blockchain and payments systems at the same time. The incumbent, titled Lead Commercial Council, will be a proactive, diligent team player who will support its blockchain initiative and “will be responsible for drafting and negotiating a wide variety of contracts related our blockchain initiative and will also advise on legal risks, business strategies and other issues related to commercial transactions and general operations.”
The responsibilities of the legal in hand will be:
Blockchain Lawyer Qualifications
The perfect candidate has been described to have a J.D. degree or its equivalent with membership to at least on U.S. based bar and an experience that is more than 5 years. The Council should also have experience in leading contract negotiations, managing and dealing clients, building relationships and working within and outside the organization legal teams.
Facebook has been coming repeatedly in the spotlight in recent times. The largest social medial platform has made known that it is developing its own cryptocurrency. The coin will be primarily used in the Indian market in the first phase. The coin will be used for remittance purposes through its WhatsApp messaging application.
The latest opening in Facebook brings the total blockchain required staff in excess of 20. The social media giant is aggressively building up its blockchain team. Until recently, it had not clearly defined what the hiring would be doing in actual. The usual job responsibilities outlined only that the people needed to be passionate about working on blockchain based projects.
As the number of hiring increased, the platform has begun to bring clarity on the type of job.