Senior Corporate Legal Counsel

As a Senior Corporate Legal Counsel at Binance, you serve as a senior legal advisor for the company's global Corporate Legal Affairs team. You deliver complex strategic projects spanning corporate transactions, governance, reorganisations, intra-group arrangements, board secretarial and entity management across 100+ countries where Binance operates.

What you'll do

• Drive the development and implementation of group legal strategy and contribute to the organisation's general business strategy
• Provide proactive, in-depth, business-focused advice and execution on corporate and wider matters
• Manage legal responses to issues encountered by the company and internal stakeholders, lead external communication on legal matters, and negotiate with external parties
• Lead, advise and support transactional, reorganisation and corporate governance initiatives
• Assist in transactional activities including M&A, majority and minority investments, joint ventures and restructurings globally
• Draft and review legal documents, providing holistic risk assessment and suggestions to enhance business value while mitigating risk
• Partner with cross-functional and regional teams on legal matters of varying complexity and sensitivity
• Provide training and counsel to non-legal colleagues to promote risk awareness and management across the company
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of current laws and identify legal framework developments
• Align and promote consistency of legal approach between internal stakeholders
• Take prudent risks within the business context and implement solutions to address identified issues

What you bring

• Qualification to practice law in a leading jurisdiction with significant corporate legal experience
• Typically 8+ years of post-qualification experience working at a top law firm and/or in-house at a well-established corporate or high-growth company
• Training in a reputable law firm within the corporate practice with a focus on corporate transactional work and general corporate governance
• Proven expertise managing complex projects across multiple jurisdictions globally
• Strong legal technical expertise, exceptional business acumen and people skills
• Comfort working in an in-house environment
• Ability to work independently on complex projects while collaborating as part of a team
• Excellent legal drafting and interpretation skills
• Strong problem-solving, analytical and organisational skills
• Ability to develop and execute creative solutions to meet current and evolving business needs

What we offer

• Competitive salary and company benefits
• Remote-first, work-from-home arrangement (may vary depending on the nature of the role and team)
• Opportunities for career growth and continuous learning

About Binance

Binance is a leading global blockchain ecosystem behind the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and registered users. Trusted by 300+ million people across 100+ countries, Binance is known for industry-leading security, user fund transparency, trading engine speed and deep liquidity. The company offers a broad portfolio of products spanning trading, finance, education, research, payments, and institutional services.