Deputy General Counsel, Strategic Partnerships & Institutions

As Deputy General Counsel, Strategic Partnerships and Institutions at OKX, you serve as the primary legal advisor for one of the company's most strategically important business lines: the strategic partnership ecosystem. You will join the Global Legal team and support OKX's institutional and trading businesses, as well as the Peer-to-Peer platform. This is a commercially-minded role where you shape strategy, take ownership, and thrive in a fast-moving environment where legal frameworks are still taking shape alongside the industry itself.

What you'll do

• Serve as legal advisor on strategic partnerships and trading arrangements, including strategic alliances, partnership agreements, cooperation agreements, incentive agreements, exchange integrations, staking, co-investments, and alliances
• Draft, negotiate, and manage high-stakes commercial agreements, joint ventures, and technology alliances to help scale business growth safely
• Advise on complex cross-border transactions, crypto product structuring, and multi-jurisdictional regulatory compliance
• Act as a key legal advisor within the global strategic partnership legal team, focusing on strategic partnerships, trading, and P2P platforms, and ensuring compliance and robust legal support across these key business areas
• Translate complex legal and regulatory issues into clear, commercially actionable guidance for product, engineering, and executive teams
• Collaborate closely with product development and business development teams to ensure that new products, services, and business initiatives align with regulatory requirements and advance the company's strategic goals
• Address additional matters as advised by legal team leaders, providing flexibility to respond to new challenges and opportunities within the legal landscape

What you bring

• A law degree and eligibility to practice as an advocate
• At least 10+ years of experience working at a law firm, digital assets firm, or top-tier financial institution
• A proven track record at a top-tier law firm or in-house role at a top financial institution, with experience in the digital assets sector
• Meaningful, deal-level exposure to strategic partnerships, including cooperation agreements and incentive agreements, with flexibility to work on various commercial and transactional deals
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, multicultural, and growth-oriented environment
• Strong organizational and detail-oriented approach, able to work well under pressure and cope with tight deadlines
• Excellent drafting and communication skills
• Strong skills in building trust and providing effective legal advice to business teams, with the capability to navigate rapidly evolving legal landscapes
• A highly collaborative team member comfortable within a high-functioning multicultural legal department

Nice to have

• Experience drafting playbooks and fallbacks guides

What we offer

• Salary range of $200,355 to $300,533
• Performance bonus and long-term incentives as part of the compensation package
• Comprehensive healthcare schemes for employees and dependants
• Learning and development programs and education subsidy for employees' growth and development
• Various team building programs and company events

About OKX

OKX is a leading crypto exchange and developer of OKX Wallet, giving millions access to crypto trading and decentralized crypto applications. The company serves hundreds of large institutions seeking access to crypto markets. OKX is part of OKG, a group that brings the value of blockchain to users around the world through products including OKX, OKX Wallet, and OKLink.