Deputy General Counsel
Job Summary
Job Description
OKX Bahamas is a rapidly growing cryptocurrency exchange seeking a Deputy General Counsel. The Global Legal team supports OKX Bahamas and its affiliates across various legal areas and geographies. This role will primarily support the legal needs of the Bahamas office, working closely with the Head of Legal for the Americas and other global legal team members. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of the cryptocurrency/digital asset space, over 8 years of experience in a top law firm, government agency, or in-house legal department, and possess excellent academic credentials, writing, and analytical skills. Experience with financial services, cryptocurrency/digital assets, and related laws and regulations is preferred. The role involves supporting product development, corporate governance, licensing, contract review, litigation, regulatory matters, compliance, institutional sales, partnerships, and marketing. The company offers a competitive compensation package, learning and development opportunities, and a chance to work in a cutting-edge industry.
Must have:
- Law degree from an accredited, top-tier law school.
- Admitted to practice law in the Bahamas.
- Resident of the Bahamas.
- 8+ years of experience in a top-tier law firm or in-house legal team.
- Experience advising on cryptocurrency and blockchain legal issues.
- Experience managing teams and driving projects.
- Experience making strategic recommendations to senior management.
- Experience engaging with regulators and government officials.
- Comfortable working independently in a fast-paced environment.
- Direct experience or working knowledge of the DARE Act.
- Ability to navigate a rapidly changing legal landscape.
- Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating business contracts.
- Self-starter, quick learner, proactive, responsive, and precise.
Good to have:
- Experience working on cross-jurisdictional matters.
- Regulatory experience in financial services.
- Experience handling litigations and/or arbitrations.
Perks:
- Competitive total compensation package
- Learning and Development programs
- Education subsidy for employee growth
- Team building programs and company events
- Wellness and meal allowances
- Comprehensive healthcare schemes for employees and dependents
3 skills required
Job Details
Who We Are
OKX Bahamas FinTech Company Limited (OKX Bahamas) is one of the fastest-growing cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, and is part of the OK Group family of companies. We help millions of people buy and sell Bitcoin, Ethereum, and over 100 other crypto assets every day. But our work is a whole lot more than that. We’re building an inclusive future of finance, one that opens new opportunities to learn financial literacy, store value, and build wealth for everyone. Ready to help the next billion people experience the future of finance? Come on board!
About the Team
The Global Legal team provides legal advice and guidance to OKX Bahamas and its affiliated entities across all coverage areas and geographic locations, and supports business growth by working with all teams within the company to help them achieve their goals. OKX Bahamas is based in Nassau, Bahamas, and this position will primarily support the legal needs of this office. You will be part of a global legal team that has attorneys around the world, and handles legal matters in over a hundred jurisdictions globally.
About the Opportunity
You will report directly to the Head of Legal for the Americas. You will work closely with all members of the Global Legal team and business leaders throughout the company, but will concentrate on supporting OKX Bahamas in all aspects of business operations. You will be working from the Bahamas office three days a week, and may work remotely two days a week.
The right candidate will have a basic understanding of and enthusiastic belief in the cryptocurrency/digital asset space, 8+ years of experience working for a top law firm, government agency, or in-house at a brand-name business, and possess strong academic credentials and excellent writing and analytical skills. The ideal candidate should also possess experience working on matters pertaining to financial services, cryptocurrency/digital assets, and/or touching upon financial services and securities laws and regulations.
We offer a competitive base salary and bonus structure as well as excellent benefits and an opportunity to work in a cutting-edge industry that will be the future of financial services.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Support the business in virtually all legal coverage areas, including but not limited to product development, corporate governance, licensing requirements and coordination with the Securities Commission of the Bahamas, contract review and negotiation, litigation and regulatory matters, compliance legal support, institutional sales and partnerships, and marketing/advertising.
- Analyze and advise on the legal risk of new and existing digital assets and manage the legal component of the new asset review process.
- To the extent needed, manage civil or regulatory litigation matters involving OKX Bahamas and retain and supervise outside counsel.
- Work with the compliance team in obtaining licenses (including assisting with fact finding during the license selection process), communicating with regulators, drafting and maintaining internal policies, and working collaboratively to support the compliance function.
- Collaborate with product and business development teams to achieve company-wide projects and goals, including bringing innovative crypto-related products to market.
- Assist as needed with corporate governance matters, including maintaining subsidiaries, tracking filing obligations, drafting materials for board and shareholder meetings and other corporate matters.
- Assist with managing strategic partnerships related to maintaining company operations and advancing current and future business objectives.
- Manage legal requests from all areas of the business and effectively advise on legal concepts and legal risk with an eye towards the strategic goals of business leaders.
What We Look For In You
- Must possess a law degree from an accredited, top-tier law school and be admitted to practice law in the Bahamas.
- Resident of the Bahamas.
- 8+ years of experience at a top-tier law firm, in-house legal team (preferably in the financial services or crypto industry), and/or working for a regulatory or government agency.
- Experience advising on cryptocurrency and blockchain technology legal issues (or strong interest and knowledge in the field), and a basic understanding (or eager to learn) about the relevant legal/regulatory landscape.
- Experience managing teams (legal and cross-functional) and driving projects to completion on expedited timelines.
- Experience making strategic recommendations to senior management and senior legal team members.
- Experience engaging with regulators and government officials.
- Comfortable working independently in a fast-paced, growth-stage and multi-cultural environment.
- Direct experience or working knowledge of the Digital Assets and Registered Exchanges Act (DARE).
- Ability to navigate through a rapidly-changing legal landscape and deal with novel legal issues.
- Ability to work in a high-functioning legal team and feel comfortable in a collaborative working environment.
- Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide range of business contracts.
- Self-starter, quick learner who is highly driven, proactive, responsive, and precise.
Nice to Haves
- Experience working on cross-jurisdictional matters and with a global legal team.
- Regulatory experience related to the financial services industry.
- Experience handling litigations and/or arbitrations.
Perks & Benefits
- Competitive total compensation package
- L&D programs and Education subsidy for employees' growth and development
- Various team building programs and company events
- Wellness and meal allowances
- Comprehensive healthcare schemes for employees and dependents
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About The Company
OKX is a world-leading digital asset exchange, providing advanced financial services to traders worldwide leveraging blockchain technology. Our platform offers spot & derivatives trading helping traders optimize their strategy. It provides a safe, reliable and stable environment for digital assets trading via web interface and mobile app by adopting GSLB, and distributed server clusters. We believe blockchain technology will eliminate barriers to transactions, increase the efficiency of transactions across society, and eventually have a significant impact on the global economy. We strive to achieve something that changes the world and never stop to innovate and improve on our customer experience.
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