(Senior) Counsel, Regulatory / Licensing - Singapore

About the job

Bitget is one of the world’s leading digital assets ecosystems. With over 20 million registered-users, Bitget has one of the most comprehensive suites of block-chain products and services available via bitget.com.

Our mission is to support the growth of the digital assets industry and we believe it represents the future of finance. What we do empowers the future of finance by ensuring secure, efficient and smart digital transactions.

We are one of the fastest growing companies in the digital assets sector. If you are looking for cutting-edge work, where you will have opportunities to develop your career among peers who are experts in their field, and you believe in the future of crypto currency, then look no further than Bitget!

What you’ll do

• Reporting to a Legal Director of Regulatory and Licensing , or Senior Counsel, you will be an important member of our team of regulatory and licensing lawyers.
• You and your team will handle on-going licensing and financial regulatory matters globally.
• You will also be responsible for addressing regulatory risk within the company and introducing and implementing measures to mitigate and reduce such risk.
• You will help with the efforts to manage external law firms including their engagement, review of their work, review and approval of fees and on-going case-management to ensure the best results for Bitget.
• You will assist with the legal team’s efforts in regulatory and licensing matters including advising on crypto/financial licensing, product launches (including terms and conditions), regulatory compliance and on-going risk assessment work encountered by the company and internal stakeholders.
• You may represent the legal team before internal stakeholders to provide robust, commercially sensible, accurate and practical advice and to manage their expectations throughout the life of the matter.
• Support the Compliance team in their efforts to ensure regulatory compliance, including legal analysis on sanctions, AML and other risks.
• Assisting the legal work of the wider team including regulatory advice on commercial matters and drafting and reviewing licensing documents, responses to investigations and marketing materials.
• Engage in training for the company to increase legal awareness throughout the organisation on how to manage regulatory risk sensibly.

What you’ll need

• Qualified lawyer with 3-8 years financial regulatory experience.
• Experience from a reputable global law firm (common law jurisdiction) and reputable in-house organisation is a must. Prior experience within a regulatory body is highly valued.
• Experience and knowledge of financial products (including spot trading, copy trading, margins, derivatives and options) and commercial transactions essential.
• Track-record of working on licensing and regulatory matters for traditional financial institutions and cryptocurrency organisations is highly preferred including interactions with the likes of the FCA, VARA, AMF, MAS, HK SFC and others.
• 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 is highly valued.
• Has the ability to work independently and make tough decision
• Hands on at work and can be independent in managing complex projects.
• 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.
• Right to work and based in Singapore.

Why Bitget?

• Bitget is the world’s leading crypto-exchange for copy trading and is one of the world’s largest and most-respected exchanges.
• We are growing and we are looking for world-class ambitious talent to help us continue this journey.
• Blockchain technology and digital assets has the potential to change finance in a way no other technology can - be part of it!
• We offer cutting-edge work with lots of responsibility within a supportive and highly regarded team.
• We believe that crypto is here to stay and we are just getting started.
• We are a global company and we have over 20 million users around the world who trust us.
• We offer competitive salary and benefits

If you are ambitious and believe that digital assets could be the next financial and technological revolution, please apply!

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Professional development

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental Pay:

• Performance bonus
• Yearly bonus

Experience:

• PQE: 2 years (Required)
• Financial Regulatory and/or Licensing: 2 years (Required)

Work Location: In person