Legal Counsel, Regulatory and Licensing - Crypto Exchange

The Legal Counsel, Regulatory and Licensing role is responsible for handling on-going licensing and financial regulatory matters globally, addressing regulatory risk within the company, and introducing measures to mitigate and reduce such risk.

Requirements

• Qualified lawyer with 4-8 years financial regulatory experience
• Experience from a reputable global law firm (common law jurisdiction) and reputable in-house organisation
• Located in APAC time-zone with Hong Kong and Singapore being preferred jurisdictions
• Experience and knowledge of financial products (including spot trading, copy trading, margins, derivatives and options) and commercial transactions
• Track-record of working on licensing and regulatory matters for traditional financial institutions and cryptocurrency organisations
• Knowledge of the latest policy and rules from standard-setting bodies such as IOSCO, European Union, and central banks
• Start-up experience is preferred, especially demonstrable experience in handling complex legal matters in fast-paced and exacting situations
• Regulatory experience including regulatory investigations, requests for information, sanctions work, AML compliance and corporate governance work
• Ability to work independently and make tough decisions
• Excellent legal drafting and interpretation skills
• Excellent command of written and spoken English, fluency in Mandarin highly preferred