Litigation Counsel (Western EU) / Europe

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 external communication with external counsels and negotiating 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 in dispute resolution with 5-7 years of experience at a reputable global law firm, in-house experience a plus.
• Bachelors or Master of Laws degree from a top law school.
• Knowledge of financial products (including spot trading, margin trading, futures and options) essential.
• Experience with handling disputes for traditional financial institutions and cryptocurrency organisations highly preferred.
• Experience with handling regulatory inquiries, requests for information and investigation a plus.
• Interest in the cryptocurrency industry and its development.
• Possesses solid legal technical expertise as well as sound business and people judgement 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.
• Excellent command of written and spoken English, fluency in Chinese (Mandarin) is a plus, for communication with various stakeholders in the company.

Conditions

• Do something meaningful; Be a part of the future of finance technology and the no.1 company in the industry
• Fast moving, challenging and unique business problems
• International work environment and flat organisation
• Great career development opportunities in a growing company
• Possibility for relocation and international transfers mid-career
• Competitive salary
• Flexible working hours, Casual work attire

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