Corporate Counsel/Company Secretary

1 Month ago • 3-5 Years
Legal

Job Description

Binance is seeking a Corporate Counsel/Company Secretary for the Middle East & North Africa region. This role involves supporting the group's legal strategy, providing business-focused advice, assisting with corporate legal responses, and managing transactional activities like M&A. The successful candidate will draft and review legal documents, assess risks, and partner with cross-functional teams. They will also maintain up-to-date knowledge of laws and identify legal framework developments.
Good To Have:
  • Trained in a reputable law firm within the corporate practice with a transactional focus (M&A/PE/VC).
  • Restructuring experience.
Must Have:
  • Support the development and implementation of group legal strategy.
  • Provide proactive, in-depth, business focused advice and execution.
  • Assist with legal response to corporate and wider matters.
  • Lead external communication on legal matters including negotiation.
  • Assist in transactional activities including M&A, investments, and joint ventures.
  • Advise and support transactional, reorganisation and governance initiatives.
  • Drafting and reviewing legal documents.
  • Providing holistic risk assessment and suggestions.
  • Partner with cross-functional and regional teams.
  • Anticipate and maintain up-to-date knowledge of current laws.
  • Identify legal framework developments.
  • Qualified lawyer in an English, Commonwealth, US or European jurisdiction.
  • 3-5 years of post qualification experience in-house or at a reputable law firm.
  • Strong team player.
  • Good business sense.
  • Strong legal technical expertise.
  • Exceptional business acumen.
  • Exceptional people skills.
  • Independent in managing complex projects.
  • Ability to come up with and execute creative solutions.
  • Excellent legal drafting and interpretation skills.
  • Excellent problem solving, analytical and organisational skills.
Perks:
  • Shape the future with the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem.
  • Collaborate with world-class talent in a user-centric global organization with a flat structure.
  • Tackle unique, fast-paced projects with autonomy in an innovative environment.
  • Thrive in a results-driven workplace with opportunities for career growth and continuous learning.
  • Competitive salary and company benefits.
  • Work-from-home arrangement (may vary depending on the work nature of the business team).

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Job Responsibilities:

  • Support the development and implementation of group legal strategy and contribute to the development of the organization’s general business strategy.
  • Provide proactive, in-depth, business focused advice and execution.
  • 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.
  • Assist in transactional activities including M&A, majority and minority investments and joint ventures as well as restructurings globally.
  • Advise and support a wide variety of transactional, reorganisation and governance initiatives.
  • 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.
  • 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 lawyer in an English, Commonwealth, US or European jurisdiction.
  • 3-5 years of post qualification experience working in-house at a well-established corporate or investment fund or a reputable law firm.
  • Strong team player and good business sense.
  • Ideally trained in a reputable law firm within the corporate practice with a transactional focus, i.e. M&A/PE/VC.
  • Restructuring experience is also helpful.
  • Possesses strong legal technical expertise as well as exceptional business acumen and people skills.
  • 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 with the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem
  • Collaborate with world-class talent in a user-centric global organization with a flat structure
  • Tackle unique, fast-paced projects with autonomy in an innovative environment
  • Thrive in a results-driven workplace with opportunities for career growth and continuous learning
  • Competitive salary and company benefits
  • Work-from-home arrangement (the arrangement may vary depending on the work nature of the business team)

Binance is committed to being an equal opportunity employer. We believe that having a diverse workforce is fundamental to our success.

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