UK remote
Senior Corporate Legal Counsel
About this role
Binance is a leading global blockchain ecosystem behind the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and registered users. We are trusted by 300+ million people in 100+ countries for our industry-leading security, user fund transparency, trading engine speed, deep liquidity, and an unmatched portfolio of digital-asset products. Binance offerings range from trading and finance to education, research, payments, institutional services, Web3 features, and more.
We leverage the power of digital assets and blockchain to build an inclusive financial ecosystem to advance the freedom of money and improve financial access for people around the world. Serve as a senior legal counsel for Binance’s global Corporate Legal Affairs team, delivering complex strategic projects together with corporate transactions, governance, reorganisations, intra-group arrangements, board secretarial and entity management.
Responsibilities: Drive the development and implementation of group legal strategy and contribute to the delivery of the organization’s general business strategy. Provide proactive, in-depth, business focused advice and execution. Manage and assist with legal response to corporate and wider matters encountered by the company and internal stakeholders and provide sound and robust legal advice and support; and leading external communication on legal matters including negotiation with external parties.
Lead, advise and support a wide variety of transactional, reorganisation and corporate governance initiatives. Assist in transactional activities including M&A, majority and minority investments and joint ventures as well as restructurings globally. Be responsible for drafting and reviewing legal documents and providing holistic risk assessment and suggestions to enhance business value while mitigating downside risk across multiple areas of the company.
Partner with cross-functional and regional teams and provide support on legal matters of varying complexity, sensitivity, and tangibility. Provide training and counsel non-legal colleagues to promote greater awareness and risk management across the company. Anticipate and maintain up-to-date knowledge of current laws. Identify legal framework developments, align and promote consistency of approach in legal matters between the internal stakeholders.