Senior Corporate Legal Counsel

Binance; Hong Kong; Remote; HKD 1,200,000 - 2,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first work-from-home

Competitive salary and benefits

Flat organizational structure

Career growth and continuous learning

Job summary

Binance is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel for its global Corporate Legal Affairs team in a remote-friendly, high-growth environment in Hong Kong. You will lead complex corporate transactions, governance, intra-group arrangements, and board secretarial activities to support the company’s strategic objectives.

The role requires 8+ years of PQE, top-tier corporate law experience, and a strong track record in M&A, restructurings, and global projects.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of post-qualification experience in corporate law.
• Experience at a top law firm and/or in-house at a corporate or high-growth company.
• Focus on corporate transactional work and governance.
• Proven ability to manage complex projects across multiple jurisdictions globally.
• Strong legal technical expertise with business acumen and people skills.
• In-house experience in a fast-paced environment preferred.
• Excellent drafting and interpretation skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement group legal strategy aligned with the business goals.
• Provide proactive, business-focused legal advice and execution.
• Manage legal responses and external communications, negotiating with external parties.
• Lead transactional, reorganisations, and corporate governance initiatives.
• Assist in M&A, majority/minority investments, joint ventures, and restructurings globally.
• Draft and review legal documents with holistic risk assessment.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and train non-legal colleagues on risk management.
• Stay current with laws and align internal approaches.
• Advise on issues and implement practical solutions to evolving business needs.

Skills

Team player

Business acumen

Legal drafting

Analytical skills

Organisational skills

Education

Qualified to practice law in a leading jurisdiction

Job description

• Competitive salary and company benefits
• Shape the future of finance
• Strong team player and good business sense

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, and more. Our mission is to increase the freedom of money and 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.
• Take prudent risks within the context of the overall business, and advise and implement solutions to address issues identified.

Requirements

• Qualified to practice law in a leading jurisdiction with significant corporate legal experience.
• Typically 8+ years of post qualification experience (as a guide) working at a top law firm and/or in-house at a well-established corporate or high-growth company.
• Ideally trained in a reputable law firm within the corporate practice with a focus on corporate transactional work and general corporate governance.
• Proven expertise in managing complex projects across multiple jurisdictions globally.
• Possesses strong legal technical expertise as well as exceptional business acumen and people skills.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced in-house environment is essential.
• Strong team player and good business sense.
• Hands on at work and can be independent in managing complex projects whilst still working as part of a team.
• Ability to come up with and execute creative solutions to meet current and evolving business needs.
• Excellent legal drafting and interpretation skills.
• Excellent problem solving, analytical and organisational skills.

Why Binance

• Shape the future of finance
• Collaborate with world-class talent in a user-centric global organization with a flat structure
• Tackle challenging projects in a fast-paced and innovative enviornment with autonomy
• Thrive in a results-driven workplace with opportunities for career growth and continuous learning
• Competitive salary and company benefits
• Remote-first, work-from-home arrangement (may vary depending on the nature of the role and team)

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