Director, Digital Assets Legal Counsel Location: New York, NY Additional Locations: San Francisco, CA Team: Legal Counsel

Summary of Relevant Experience

Summary of Experience – Director, Digital Assets Legal Counsel Location: New York, NY Additional Locations: San Francisco, CA Team: Legal Counsel @ BlackRock

• In-house counsel with JD/MBA credentials and approximately four years of progressive experience advising C-suite executives on complex regulatory compliance, plan governance, and litigation across financial services and insurance sectors.
• ERISA and employee benefits attorney who has served as lead counsel at multiemployer pension and health funds and a Fortune 500 insurer, managing outside counsel and driving compliance programs in heavily regulated environments.
• Regulatory compliance strategist who has led M&A due diligence, HIPAA compliance initiatives, and labor relations matters, demonstrating capacity to navigate multi-jurisdictional legal frameworks at senior associate and counsel levels.
• Counsel positioned for director-level scope, with demonstrated experience reporting directly to C-suite leadership and managing cross-functional legal and operational matters within financial services and healthcare-adjacent organizations.

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Why this is a fit

The Director-level legal counsel role at BlackRock in financial services aligns with your target seniority band and industry, but the digital assets focus is a significant functional mismatch given your specialization in ERISA, employee benefits, HIPAA, and healthcare compliance rather than crypto/blockchain legal work; New York is within your accepted locations.