Corporate Counsel/Company Secretary

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 & Benefits

• 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 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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