Summary

What you’ll do

1. Reporting to our Legal Director, you will principally focus on Commercial work (e.g. Contracts, Product, IP, etc.).  
2. 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.
3. You will be responsible for addressing commercial contracts risks within the company, and proposing measures to mitigate and reduce such risks.
4. Where appropriate, you will be representing Bitget before commercial parties in negotiations.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. If interested, you will have the opportunity to work on disputes and/or employment practice areas.

What you’ll need

1. Qualified lawyer ideally with 3-9 years of PQE legal experience in a reputable law firm and/or in-house organisation.
2. Graduated with a law degree from a major common law jurisdiction (e.g. Singapore, UK or Hong Kong).
3. Ability to handle commercial contract matters from beginning-to-end.
4. Start-up experience is preferred, especially demonstrable experience in handling complex legal matters in fast-paced and exacting situations.
5. Experience and knowledge of crypto products, regulations and transactions are advantageous.
6. Ability to work independently, exercise common sense judgement and make tough decisions.
7. Excellent legal drafting and interpretation skills.
8. Excellent command of English, and business proficient Mandarin Chinese language skills mandatory.
9. Ability to quickly adapt to using MacBook, Google Drive and internal IT platforms for work purposes.
10. Right to work and based in Hong Kong.

Skills

• Communications Skills
• Legal Consulting
• Team Collaboration