Legal Support Specialist

at  Parity Technologies

Parity is one of the world’s most experienced core blockchain infrastructure companies, having built and pioneered some of the most advanced technologies in the blockchain sector. Parity was founded by Dr. Gavin Wood, co-founder and former CTO of Ethereum, the primary engineer behind the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), inventor of the Solidity programming language, and primary author of the Ethereum “Yellow Paper”.
Based in Berlin, London, Zug and Lisbon, Parity has built clients for Ethereum, Bitcoin, and Zcash and has pioneered a completely new, next-generation blockchain protocol with Polkadot and the framework it’s built with, Substrate. Parity builds the open-source technologies needed to power an unstoppable, decentralised web—known as Web3—and helps developers and organisations implement and build upon the Web3 tech stack.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS:

• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and work under deadlines.
• Interest in blockchain technology, Legal & regulation.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  Note: Initiative and continuous learning about Legal, regulatory & blockchain technology will be highly valued in this role, given the evolving nature of the industry.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

The Legal Team Assistant provides essential administrative and research support to ensure smooth operations within the Legal and Finance teams. This role involves coordinating logistics, managing documents, and supporting various cross-departmental initiatives. While prior legal experience is not required, the assistant must show strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and an interest in blockchain technology (and legal issues associated therein) regulation, and the Polkadot ecosystem.

RESEARCH TASKS:

• Keeping up to date on regulatory developments in blockchain to assist with our bi-monthly Reg Rewind updates, maintain roadmap and creating/delivering presentations.