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Binance

Runs a global cryptocurrency trading exchange

Associate General Counsel - Litigation

Legal Counsel & Legal SupportConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeRemote in USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 6 years of post-law-school practicing legal experience, with substantial experience handling complex litigation and disputes.
  • Meaningful litigation experience at an excellent law firm; candidates may currently be practicing in-house.
  • Significant experience managing outside litigation counsel, including coordinating strategy and execution across multiple external law firms simultaneously.
  • Strong working knowledge of federal and state civil litigation and arbitrations, including discovery, e-discovery, privilege, motion practice, settlement strategy, trials, and other core litigation processes.
  • Ability to independently evaluate complex legal and factual issues, assess risk, establish litigation strategy, and provide concise recommendations to senior stakeholders.
  • Experience managing litigation budgets and legal spend, including evaluating outside-counsel staffing, scope, efficiency, and performance.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills to distill complex legal issues into practical recommendations for legal and non-legal audiences.
  • Strong judgment, organizational skills, and attention to detail, with ability to manage multiple high-priority matters and competing deadlines.
  • Experience within financial services, fintech, cryptocurrency, technology, or another highly regulated industry.
  • Juris Doctor from an accredited U.S. law school and active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar.

Responsibilities

  • Manage a portfolio of litigation, arbitration, pre-litigation disputes, investigations, and other matters across multiple jurisdictions, overseeing matters from initial assessment through resolution.
  • Develop litigation strategy with Legal leadership and direct multiple external counsel firms, establishing matter objectives, work plans, budgets, timelines, staffing expectations, and performance standards.
  • Serve as the primary in-house coordination point for assigned matters, ensuring consistent strategy and communication across outside counsel, internal legal specialists, business stakeholders, executives, and other relevant parties.
  • Evaluate claims and potential exposure, recommend litigation and settlement strategies, and provide practical advice regarding legal, financial, operational, and reputational risk.
  • Oversee litigation phases including pleadings, discovery and e-discovery, motion practice, witness and deposition preparation, expert strategy, hearings, trials, arbitrations, settlement negotiations, and appeals.
  • Establish outside-counsel management practices, including matter budgeting, invoice and spend oversight, alternative fee arrangements, staffing efficiency, performance evaluation, and coordination among firms working on related matters.
  • Partner with Compliance, Product, Operations, Finance, Marketing, People, IT/Security, and other teams to gather information, preserve evidence, support litigation strategy, and address business practices that may create recurring litigation risk.
  • Identify emerging litigation trends and advise Legal leadership and business partners about potential exposure, mitigation opportunities, and developments that may affect Binance.US.
  • Develop and maintain scalable litigation processes, including matter-management practices, legal holds, case reporting, outside-counsel guidelines, litigation metrics, and playbooks.
  • Manage, coach, and develop Legal team members as needed, providing clear expectations, ongoing feedback, professional development, and effective work prioritization.
  • Support broader Legal department priorities and provide practical legal guidance on high-priority or time-sensitive matters as business needs evolve.

Desired Qualifications

  • Familiarity with consumer disputes, class actions, regulatory litigation, commercial disputes, securities matters, or other disputes relevant to a regulated financial-services business.

About the Company

Binance

Runs a global cryptocurrency trading exchange

Binance runs a cryptocurrency exchange for individual traders and institutions, with markets for buying digital assets outright and trading contracts tied to their prices. Its platform combines spot trading with margin, futures, and options tools, letting users manage several trading strategies through a single account. Customers also buy crypto using supported payment methods, track market prices, and manage portfolios through its website and mobile app. Binance earns trading fees, with rates based on trading volume, account tier, and the type of transaction, and runs research and education services for people learning about digital assets. The business launched in July 2017.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
Growth Equity (Venture Capital)
Total funding
$2B
Headquarters
Decentralised
Founded
2017

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