Associate General Counsel, OKX
Employment Law
$171.7-257.6k
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Cryptocurrency trading app
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Cryptocurrency trading app
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$171.7-257.6k
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To take care of our team, promote and advance crypto globally, and empower every individual in the world.
Role
Who you are
- The right candidate will have an understanding of and enthusiastic belief in the cryptocurrency/digital asset space, 7+ years of experience working on employment matters for a top law firm as well as in-house at a fast-paced, brand-name business
- We are looking for a teammate with strong academic credentials and excellent analytical skills
- The ideal candidate will have strong expertise and experience in advising business leaders to produce quick analyses of issues related to employment law and HR, including recruiting, hiring, immigration, internal investigations, employee relations and employment litigation and arbitration
- Attorney licensed to practice law in the US
- 7+ years of experience at a top-tier law firm and/or in-house legal team working on international employment matters
- Comfortable working independently in a fast-paced, growth-stage and multi-cultural environment
- Ability to effectively advise and build trust with business teams
- Ability to work in a high-functioning legal team and feel comfortable in a collaborative working environment
- Experience working on cross-jurisdictional matters and a global legal team
- Ability to translate complex legal concepts into practical and actionable business advice for non-legal audiences
- Drafting, reviewing and negotiating offer letters, employment agreements, incentive plans and severance agreements
What the job involves
- As an Associate General Counsel for Employment, you will be responsible for global employment matters reporting directly to the Global Head of Employment Legal, who is located in the US
- You will work closely with other members of the Legal team and business leaders throughout the company, but especially with our global HR, finance, and compliance departments
- Supporting the business by managing and handling legal HR, employment, and recruiting matters for the company and its global affiliated entities, with a primary focus on supporting OKX group operations in the US and across the globe
- Supporting our HR, finance, compliance and recruiting departments on a daily basis by providing legal advice and guidance on all employment matters affecting the company
- Driving the strategy and managing employment litigation and arbitration matters and retaining and supervising outside counsel
- Supporting HR and compliance by advising on internal investigations and interviewing employees
- Working with other members of the Legal team and business partners on legal issues and matters touching on employee retention, payroll, executive compensation, benefits, performance management, and immigration and visa issues
- Build and uplevel employment legal processes and infrastructure, moving the function from ad hoc support toward a structured, best-in-class practice
- Partner directly with senior regional leadership to operationalize their strategic direction
Our take
While cryptocurrency holds the promise of freedom in personal finances and the possibility of large financial rewards through trading, it can be intimidating to get started. OKX, a long-standing crypto currency exchange, exists to solve that problem, removing the knowledge barriers to cryptocurrency trading with an easy-to-use, all in one platform.
OKX is one of the larger cryptocurrency exchanges, though it is a bit smaller than the market leaders Binance and Coinbase Exchange. Where it shines is in the sheer range of its services, which are designed to be versatile enough for any user, ranging from a crypto exchange to NFT and decentralised finance investment products. With a reputation for security and reliability, it has a user base of over 50+ million active accounts in over 180 countries.
OKX is using its structural position in cryptomarkets to help support the entire sector, announcing a market recovery fund to protect crypto firms facing collapse following the FTX crisis. Additionally, it is expanding into Web3 gaming with a 2023 partnership with Thirdverse, further increasing the scope of its offering to its client base. As long as it can continue to weather the tough market conditions for cryptocurrency, it should maintain its excellent position to continue its growth.
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Leadership
Star Xu
(Founder & CEO)Previously an Engineer at Yahoo before becoming the Chief Technology Officer at DocIn. They later founded OKX and has recently reclaimed the title of CEO
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