Binance Turkey, Litigation & Regulatory Counsel

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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.