Litigation Counsel
BinancePosted 3/3/2025
Litigation Counsel
Binance
Job Location
Brunei DarussalamCambodiaGeorgiaJapanArmeniaAzerbaijanBahrainBangladeshBhutanCyprusJordanKorea (South)KuwaitMalaysiaMaldivesNepalPakistanTaiwan, Republic of ChinaTajikistanLao PDRLebanonPhilippinesQatarSri LankaThailandTimor-LesteOmanMongoliaSyrian Arab Republic (Syria)TurkeyUnited Arab EmiratesViet NamAfghanistanChinaKyrgyzstanMyanmarSingaporeTurkmenistanYemenKazakhstanPalestinian TerritoryRussian FederationUzbekistanSaudi ArabiaIndiaIndonesiaIran, Islamic Republic ofIraqIsrael
Job Summary
Binance is seeking a qualified lawyer with 4-8 years of experience in dispute resolution to join their AsiaLegal & Compliance team. The ideal candidate will have knowledge of financial products, commercial transactions, and regulatory inquiries. They will assist in handling ongoing litigations and arbitrations, manage legal efforts, and provide proactive legal advice to stakeholders. Binance offers a competitive salary, company benefits, and the opportunity to work with world-class talent in a user-centric global organization. The role is available for onsite or remote/hybrid work arrangements. As part of the team, you will have autonomy to tackle unique projects, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and contribute to shaping the future of the blockchain ecosystem. With a flat structure and opportunities for career growth, Binance is committed to being an equal opportunity employer.
Job Description
Binance is a leading global blockchain ecosystem behind the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and registered users. We are trusted by over 250 million people in 100+ countries for our industry-leading security, user fund transparency, trading engine speed, deep liquidity, and an unmatched portfolio of digital-asset products. Binance offerings range from trading and finance to education, research, payments, institutional services, Web3 features, and more. We leverage the power of digital assets and blockchain to build an inclusive financial ecosystem to advance the freedom of money and improve financial access for people around the world.
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 4-8 years of experience at a reputable global law firm in a common law jurisdiction in APAC. In-house experience is 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) and commercial transactions 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.
- Excellent command of written and spoken English, fluency in Mandarin highly preferred to be able to work with regional markets.
Why Binance
• Shape the future with the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem
• Collaborate with world-class talent in a user-centric global organization with a flat structure
• Tackle unique, fast-paced projects with autonomy in an innovative environment
• Thrive in a results-driven workplace with opportunities for career growth and continuous learning
• Competitive salary and company benefits
• Work-from-home arrangement (the arrangement may vary depending on the work nature of the business team)
Binance is committed to being an equal opportunity employer. We believe that having a diverse workforce is fundamental to our success.
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