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 our Singapore Senior Counsel or Legal Director - Commercial, Disputes and Employment, you will principally focus on Commercial work (e.g. Contracts, Product, IP, etc.).
- You and the team will handle on-going commercial issues and contracts globally, such as sponsorships, advertising, procurement, MOUs, NDAs, token listings, terms and conditions, brokerage, licensing and custody agreements.
- You may support our Legal Director on Disputes (litigation/arbitration) and Employment work depending on interest although you are not required to have prior specialism in these areas.
- You will be responsible for addressing commercial contracts risks within the company, and proposing measures to mitigate and reduce such risks.
- Where appropriate, you will be representing Bitget before commercial parties in negotiations.
- You will lead the efforts to manage external law firms including their engagement, review of their work and approval of fees with on-going matter-management to ensure the best results for Bitget.
- You will 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.
What you'll need
- Qualified lawyer ideally with 2-8 years of PQE legal experience in a reputable law firm and/or in-house organisation.
- Graduated with a law degree from a major common law jurisdiction (e.g. Singapore, UK or Hong Kong).
- Ability to handle commercial contract matters from beginning-to-end.
- Start-up experience is preferred, especially demonstrable experience in handling complex legal matters in fast-paced and exacting situations.
- Experience and knowledge of crypto products, regulations and transactions are advantageous.
- Ability to work independently, exercise common sense judgement and make tough decisions.
- Excellent legal drafting and interpretation skills.
- Excellent command of English, and business proficient Mandarin Chinese language skills mandatory.
- Ability to quickly adapt to using MacBook, Google Drive and internal IT platforms for work purposes.
- 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!
