Legal Counsel with Bitget (Online, PQE: 3-8 Years)

Deadline Open Deadline

Location Work from Home.

Salary Compensation details will be finalized during the interview process with the selected candidate.

Details of the Organization

Established in 2018, Bitget is the world's leading cryptocurrency exchange and web3 company. Currently serving more than eight million users across 60 countries. Since June 2019, the platform has become one of the largest crypto copy trading and derivatives exchanges in the world, with the latest round of financing launching the company into a multi-billion dollar valuation.

Details of the Job/Internship

Bitget is hiring a Legal Counsel with experience of 3 to 8 years to join their office Online.

Role and Responsibilities

Reporting to a Legal Director of Regulatory and Licensing, you will be an important member of our team of regulatory and licensing lawyers.
You and your team will primarily engage with stakeholders including external stakeholders for inspection, regulatory inquiries or requests for information and internal stakeholders to ensure activities are fully compliant with applicable laws, rules and regulations.
You will also be responsible for addressing regulatory risk within the company and introducing and implementing measures to mitigate and reduce such risk.
You will help with the efforts to manage external law firms including their engagement, review of their work, review and approval of fees and ongoing case management to ensure the best results for Bitget.
You will assist with the legal team’s efforts in regulatory and licensing matters including advising on crypto/financial licensing, product launches (including terms and conditions), regulatory compliance and ongoing risk assessment work encountered by the company and internal stakeholders.
You may represent the legal team before internal stakeholders to provide robust, commercially sensible, accurate and practical advice and to manage their expectations throughout the life of the matter.
Support the Compliance team in their efforts to ensure regulatory compliance, including legal analysis on sanctions, AML and other risks.
Assisting the legal work of the wider team including regulatory advice on commercial matters and drafting and reviewing licensing documents, responses to investigations and marketing materials.
Engage in training for the company to increase legal awareness throughout the organization on how to manage regulatory risk sensibly.

Eligibility

Qualified lawyer with 3-8 years financial regulatory experience.
Senior candidates may be considered for Senior Counsel.
Experience from a reputable global law firm (common law jurisdiction) and reputable in-house organisation is a must. Prior experience within a regulatory body is highly valued.
Experience and knowledge of financial products (including spot trading, copy trading, margins, derivatives and options) and commercial transactions are essential.
A track record of working on licensing and regulatory matters for traditional financial institutions and cryptocurrency organizations is highly preferred including interactions with the likes of the FCA, VARA, AMF, MAS, HK SFC and others.
Knowledge of the latest policy and rules from standard-setting bodies such as IOSCO, European Union, and central banks.
Start-up experience is preferred, especially demonstrable experience in handling complex legal matters in fast-paced and exacting situations.
Regulatory experience including regulatory investigations, requests for information, sanctions work, AML compliance and corporate governance work is highly valued.
Has the ability to work independently and make tough decision
Hands-on at work and can be independent in managing complex projects.
Excellent legal drafting and interpretation skills.
Excellent command of written and spoken English
Fluency in Mandarin is highly preferred to be able to work with regional markets.
Located in APAC time zone with Hong Kong and Singapore being preferred jurisdictions.