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10 Coinbase legal leaders
These ten current and former Coinbase legal leaders hold or held senior director and director associate general counsel roles at Coinbase, covering product legal, corporate and investments, litigation, institutional commercial agreements, UK legal and global employment. A reader can learn how legal leaders work at Coinbase from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Caroline O'Grady
LinkedInExperience: Director, Associate General Counsel, Commercial Legal (Institutional) · Coinbase
Director, Associate General Counsel, Commercial Legal (Institutional) at Coinbase since February 2026, based in Chicago, and Associate General Counsel, Commercial (Institutional) at Coinbase (2022–2026). Caroline O'Grady was Director; Agreements & Documentation (2022) and Vice President; Agreements & Documentation (2013–2022) at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and Senior Counsel at J.P. Morgan (2009–2013).
David Shafer
LinkedInExperience: Director & Associate General Counsel · Coinbase
Director & Associate General Counsel at Coinbase since October 2024, based in Charlotte, and Director & Associate General Counsel, Investments at Coinbase (2022–2023). David Shafer was General Counsel at Wintermute (2023–2024) and General Counsel (2020–2022) and Assistant General Counsel (2016–2020) at Optiver.
Doug Sharp
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Associate General Counsel, Product · Coinbase
Senior Director, Associate General Counsel, Product at Coinbase since May 2026, based in San Francisco. Doug Sharp has held a run of Coinbase corporate legal roles: Senior Director, Associate General Counsel, Corporate (2024–2026), Director, Associate General Counsel, Corporate (2022–2024), Associate General Counsel, Corporate (2021–2022) and Senior Counsel, Corporate (2020–2021).
Jordan Salberg
LinkedInExperience: Director, Associate General Counsel · Coinbase
Director, Associate General Counsel at Coinbase since February 2026, with a headline naming payments, stablecoins and crypto infrastructure. Jordan Salberg was Associate General Counsel (2023–2026) and Senior Counsel, Product (2022–2023) at Coinbase, Executive Director at Morgan Stanley (2018–2022) and Assistant Attorney General in New York (2012–2018).
Michael Lundberg
LinkedInExperience: Director, Associate General Counsel, UK Legal · Coinbase
Director, Associate General Counsel, UK Legal at Coinbase since February 2026, also listed as Associate General Counsel - UK Legal Lead since March 2025. Michael Lundberg was Associate General Counsel - Strategic Response at Coinbase (2022–2025) and Assistant General Counsel - Compliance (2019–2022) and Senior Counsel - Compliance (2016–2019) at World Fuel.
Miranda Ma
LinkedInExperience: Director, Associate General Counsel, Product · Coinbase
Director, Associate General Counsel, Product at Coinbase since August 2023, based in Bellevue, and Associate General Counsel at Coinbase (2021–2023). Miranda Ma was Head of Legal, OKCoin USA at Okcoin (2018–2021) and Legal Counsel at US Core Holdings Limited (2016–2018).
Muizz Rafique
LinkedInExperience: Former Director, Associate General Counsel | Global Employment · Coinbase
Former Director, Associate General Counsel | Global Employment at Coinbase (October 2020 to February 2026), then Director, Associate General Counsel | Global Employment & IP until September 2026. Muizz Rafique was Associate General Counsel | Global Employment at Coinbase (2018–2020), Senior Counsel, Employment at Tesla (2015–2018) and an attorney at Littler (2010–2015).
Nicholas Carden
LinkedInExperience: Director, Associate General Counsel · Coinbase
Director, Associate General Counsel at Coinbase since February 2025, based in Georgia. Nicholas Carden was Associate General Counsel (2022–2025) and Senior Counsel (2021–2022) at Coinbase, Senior Corporate Counsel at ServiceNow (2019–2021), and a Board Member of Disability:IN Greater Atlanta (2020–2022).
Raagini Shah
LinkedInExperience: Director, Associate General Counsel, Litigation · Coinbase
Director, Associate General Counsel, Litigation at Coinbase since February 2026. Raagini Shah was Associate General Counsel, Litigation (2023–2026) and Sr. Counsel Consumer Litigation (2022–2023) at Coinbase, Counsel at American Honda Motor Company (2020–2022) and a Senior Associate at Reed Smith LLP (2016–2020).
Choose the right perspective
Pick a product associate general counsel for questions about launching crypto products and payments, a litigation or employment lawyer for questions about disputes and workforce matters, and a corporate, institutional or UK legal lead for questions about deals, institutional clients and international regulation. Note who is current and who has moved on.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a crypto exchange's product legal team review new trading and payments features?
- 02What goes into negotiating agreements with institutional clients at a crypto company?
- 03How do in-house lawyers at a crypto company handle UK and international regulatory requirements?
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