Binance

Binance Turkey, Litigation & Regulatory Counsel


PayCompetitive
LocationIstanbul/Istanbul
Employment typeFull-Time

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  • Job Description

      Req#: dfa081ce-7caa-4957-953a-8e627424c885
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      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 at least 7 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.


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  • About the company

      Binance cryptocurrency exchange - We operate the worlds biggest bitcoin exchange and altcoin crypto exchange in the world by volume