Corporate Counsel/Company Secretary

32 Minutes ago • 3-5 Years

Job Summary

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.
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.
Good to have:
  • Trained in a reputable law firm within the corporate practice with a transactional focus (M&A/PE/VC).
  • Restructuring experience.
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).

Job Details

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)

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About The Company

Binance is the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider with a product suite that includes the world's largest digital asset exchange and much more.


Trusted by over 200 millions of users worldwide, the Binance platform is dedicated to increasing the freedom of money for users, and features an unmatched portfolio of crypto products and offerings, including: trading and finance, education, data and research, social good, investment and incubation, decentralization and infrastructure solutions, and more.


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