Associate General Counsel, OKX

• Active membership with a state bar (CA preferred) or eligible to practice in California as a registered in-house counsel
• 5+ years of experience at a top-tier law firm and/or in-house legal team, preferably in a financial services or crypto industry
• Experience advising on cryptocurrency and blockchain technology legal issues (or strong interest and knowledge in the field) and have a basic understanding (or eager to learn) about the relevant legal/regulatory landscape
• 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 navigate through a rapidly-changing legal landscape and deal with legal ambiguity
• Ability to work in a high-functioning legal team and feel comfortable in a collaborative working environment
• The ideal candidate possesses experience working on matters in financial services, cryptocurrency/digital assets, and/or touching upon financial services regulation and securities laws

Desirable

• Report to the Head of the practice group, and work closely with all members of the Global Legal team and business leaders throughout the company
• Managing civil litigation and U.S. and global regulatory matters and supervising outside counsel retained to represent the firm in those matters
• To the extent needed, supporting the business in virtually all legal coverage areas, including but not limited to product development, global regulatory matters, IP and trademark enforcement, corporate governance, contract negotiation, litigations and arbitrations, compliance legal support, institutional sales and partnerships and marketing/advertising
• Analyzing and advising on the legal risk of new and existing digital assets and managing the legal component of the new asset review process
• Working with the compliance team in obtaining licenses (including assisting with fact finding during the license selection process), communicating with regulators, drafting and maintaining internal policies, and working collaboratively to support the compliance function
• Collaborating with product and business development teams to achieve company-wide projects and goals
• Assisting as needed with corporate governance matters, including maintaining subsidiaries, tracking filing obligations, drafting board and shareholders meeting related materials and other corporate matters; and
• Managing legal requests from all areas of the business and effectively advising on legal concepts and legal risk with an eye towards the strategic goals of business leaders