Deputy General Counsel/Head of UK Legal, OKX
3 days a week in office
Cryptocurrency trading app
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Cryptocurrency trading app
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
3 days a week in office
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
- Law degree at a top-tier law school and qualified to practice law in the U.K
- 14+ years of legal experience at a top-tier law firm and/or in-house legal team, preferably in the cryptocurrency/digital assets and/or financial services industry
- Experience advising on digital asset and blockchain technology legal issues and have a basic understanding of the relevant legal and regulatory landscape
- Experience working with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and obtaining U.K. financial services and/or crypto exchange licenses
- 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
- Self-starter, quick learner who is highly driven, proactive, responsive and precise
- Experience working on cross-jurisdictional matters and a global legal team
What the job involves
- As Deputy General Counsel and Head of Legal, UK, you will lead the UK legal function, working closely with the UK CEO and other key UK stakeholders and reporting into the Global Legal team
- You will provide strategic legal advice to the UK business and work closely with global legal colleagues and senior business leaders on regulatory, commercial and strategic matters
- You will be a member of the UK management team and represent the legal function at relevant Board and committee meetings
- The right candidate will have direct legal experience and an enthusiastic belief in the digital asset space, 14+ years of experience working for a top-tier law firm, in-house at a financial services or digital assets company or with a financial services regulator and possess excellent writing and analytical skills
- The ideal candidate has deep experience in financial services and digital asset regulation, US Licensing, marketing and advertising, and contract law
- We offer a competitive base salary and bonus structure as well as excellent benefits and an opportunity to work in a cutting-edge industry that will be the future of financial services
- Supporting OKX's business expansion into the United Kingdom. This role will be the primary legal point of contact for the OKX U.K. entity, and will be called upon to support the business in its licensing and legal efforts to expand into the U.K. Market. The right candidate will also have experience in government and regulatory relations and will be responsible for ensuring OKX is a valued contributor to the developing legal frameworks in the sector. This will include representing OKX in relevant industry associations and promoting OKX's view point in consultation efforts
- Supporting the business in virtually all legal coverage areas, including but not limited to product development, regulatory matters, IP and trademark enforcement, corporate governance, licensing efforts, token listings for OKX U.K., contract negotiation, compliance legal support, institutional sales and partnerships, and marketing and 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
- Collaborating with product and business development teams to achieve company-wide projects and goals; 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
- You will be working from OKX's London office three days a week. You may work remotely two days a week
- OKX's Global Legal team provides legal advice and guidance to OKX and its affiliated entities across all coverage areas and geographic locations, and supports business growth by working with all teams within the company to help them achieve their goals. We are a high-functioning, collaborative and fast-paced team who enjoys the cutting-edge nature of our work and our industry. Our team of 60+ lawyers are located around the world, and the OKX Chief Legal Officer is based in the United States
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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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