Details of the Organization

Established in 2018, Bitget is the world's leading cryptocurrency exchange and web3 company. Currently serving more than 100 million users across 150+ countries. Bitget is committed to helping users trade smarter with its pioneering copy trading feature and other trading solutions, while offering real-time access to Bitcoin price, Ethereum price, and other cryptocurrency prices. 

Details of the Job/Internship

Bitget is hiring a Senior Legal Counsel, Regulatory & Commercial on a Remote basis to join its legal team.

Role and Responsibilities

• Reporting to Head of Legal Department, or Senior Counsel, you will be an important member of our team of regulatory and commercial lawyers.
• You and your team will handle legal issues relating to Commercial work (e.g. Contracts, Product, IP, etc.) and/or on-going licensing and financial regulatory matters globally.
• You and the team will handle on-going commercial issues and contracts globally, such as sponsorships, advertising, procurement, MOUs, NDAs, token listings, terms and conditions, brokerage, licensing and custody agreements.
• You may support us on Disputes (litigation/arbitration) and Employment work depending on interest although you are not required to have prior specialism in these areas.
• You will be responsible for addressing commercial contracts risks within the company, and proposing measures to mitigate and reduce such risks.
• Where appropriate, you will be representing us before commercial parties in negotiations.
• You will lead the efforts to manage external law firms including their engagement, review of their work and approval of fees with on-going matter-management to ensure the best results for us.
• You will 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.

Eligibility

• Qualified lawyer ideally with 2-7 years of PQE legal experience in a reputable law firm and/or in-house organisation.
• Graduated with a law degree.
• Ability to handle commercial contract matters from beginning-to-end.
• Start-up experience is preferred, especially demonstrable experience in handling complex legal matters in fast-paced and exacting situations.
• Experience and knowledge of crypto products, regulations and transactions are advantageous.
• Ability to work independently, exercise common sense judgement and make tough decisions.
• Excellent legal drafting and interpretation skills.
• Excellent command of English, and business proficient Mandarin Chinese language skills mandatory.

Salary/Stipend

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

Type of Opportunity

Fulltime

Address

Remote