Counsel – Contentious Regulatory & Litigation

Responsibilities

• Assist in handling ongoing litigations and arbitrations in jurisdictions where the business has operations.
• Manage legal efforts in response to contentious inquiries, including managing pre-litigious and regulatory matters, encountered by the company and internal stakeholders. 
• Take charge of communication with external counsels and negotiate with the opposition.
• Provide proactive, in-depth, commercially sensible legal advice to all stakeholders.
• Support in the development and implementation of legal strategy to reduce the risk of disputes while balancing against the organisation’s overall business strategy.
• Assist in negotiation of contracts for different business lines in the ecosystem, and support in a variety of risk management projects.
• Be responsible for drafting and reviewing court, arbitration documents, liaison and settlement agreements.
• Partner with cross-functional and regional teams and provide support on legal matters of varying complexity, sensitivity, and tangibility.
• Provide legal business partner training and counsel non-legal associates to enable stronger legal acumen across the company.
• Take prudent risks within the context of the overall business, and advise and implement solutions to address issues identified.
• Provide administrative support to manage billing, legal contracts, corporate documents and other documentation.
• General overall support to the legal team.

Requirements

• Qualified lawyer with 4+ years post qualification of experience at a reputable law firm. 
• Knowledge of financial products (including spot trading, margin trading, futures and options) essential.
• Experience with handling disputes for traditional financial institutions and cryptocurrency organisations is highly preferred.
• Experience with handling regulatory inquiries, requests for information and investigations are a plus.
• Interest in the cryptocurrency industry and its development.
• Possesses solid legal technical expertise as well as sound business and people judgment sense.
• Hands on at work and can be independent in managing complex projects.
• Can develop relevant and creative solutions to handle risks and manage disputes.
• Excellent legal drafting and interpretation skills.