Senior Commercial Counsel

As a Senior Commercial Counsel at Bitget, you will report to the Legal Director and focus principally on commercial legal work across a global digital assets ecosystem serving over 120 million registered users. You'll handle ongoing commercial issues and contracts globally, including sponsorships, advertising, procurement, MOUs, NDAs, token listings, terms and conditions, brokerage, licensing and custody agreements.

What you'll do

• Handle ongoing commercial issues and contracts globally, including sponsorships, advertising, procurement, MOUs, NDAs, token listings, terms and conditions, brokerage, licensing and custody agreements
• Identify and address commercial contract risks within the company, proposing measures to mitigate and reduce such risks
• Represent Bitget before commercial parties in negotiations where appropriate
• Lead efforts to manage external law firms, including their engagement, review of their work, and approval of fees with ongoing matter management
• Provide robust, commercially sensible, accurate and practical legal advice to internal stakeholders and manage their expectations throughout matters
• Work on disputes and employment practice areas if interested

What you bring

• Qualified lawyer with 6-12 years of post-qualification experience in a reputable law firm and/or in-house organisation, focusing on Corporate, Commercial or TMT practice areas
• Law degree from a major common law jurisdiction such as Singapore, UK or Hong Kong
• Ability to handle commercial contract matters from beginning to end
• Excellent legal drafting and interpretation skills
• Ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment and make tough decisions
• Excellent command of English and business proficient Mandarin Chinese language skills (including writing)
• Right to work and based in Hong Kong

Nice to have

• Start-up experience, especially demonstrable experience handling complex legal matters in fast-paced and exacting situations
• Experience and knowledge of crypto products, regulations and transactions
• Ability to quickly adapt to using MacBook, Google Drive and internal IT platforms

What we offer

• Competitive salaries and benefits

About Bitget

Bitget is one of the world's leading digital assets ecosystems and web3 platforms for copy trading, with over 120 million registered users. The company operates a comprehensive suite of blockchain products and services via bitget.com and employs staff members from over 50 different countries and regions.