Legal Jobs at OKEx

Job Objective

With rapid expansion globally, we are looking for a highly energetic mid to senior level corporate Legal Counsel with strong litigation/regulatory experience with solid corporate skills to help with work on a local, regional and global level.

What the day to day looks like:

• Provide counsel and support for dispute resolution and prevention, internal investigations, risk assessments, service liability, protection of proprietary information and data; liaise with external regulatory authorities and external counsel, project management over commercial litigation and mediation.
  
  
• Provide legal advice to management and the business units of the firm in relation to corporate activities, regulatory issues, risks and compliance; act as a liaison person to interact with regulators, e.g., mainly the HKMA and the SFC and their equivalents in other jurisdictions, and relevant industry associations.
  
  
• Handle a broad range of group level legal work, including joint ventures, partnerships, investments, debt & equity financings, new markets entries, internal investigations, commercial contract review, provision of legal advice
  
  
• Assist the General Counsel in conducting legal analyses of specific matters that arise relative to the company governance and operations.
  
  
• Partner with the risk & compliance team to provide ongoing support in monitoring the changes in compliance arising in Hong Kong and global industry landscape, such as Money Service Operator licenses
  
  
• Ensure that global and domestic legal template documents are fit for purposes and promote standardization across the Group
  
  
• To keep abreast of new regulations and disseminate regulatory circulars, press releases and other regulatory developments to management, other Compliance teams and relevant stakeholders.

Ideal candidate must have:

• Exemplary integrity, ethics, independence and resilience.
• Degree holder in Legal (LLB/J.D.) or equivalent
• Qualified solicitor with minimum 5-10 years PQE, ideally having exposure to both law firm and commercial environment
• Trained and qualified in U.S., UK, Hong Kong, Australia or Singapore with solid corporate / corporate finance experience
• Sound judgment of business practices, regulatory relationship management and reputational risk
• Proficiency in spoken and written English & Chinese, including Mandarin
• Well-organized, detail-oriented, diplomatic and with excellent communication skills (verbal and in writing
• Experience in Hong Kong and/or other common laws and a familiarity with PRC law
• Ability to approach situations and challenges with a sense of humor
• In-house experience at financial institutions an advantage
• Experience in general fintech or TMT regulatory areas (including data privacy, cyber security, intellectual property) an advantage
• Experience in handling PRC-related corporate matters is an advantage
• Experience in startup is a definite advantage
• Candidates with more experience will also be considered

What you will be getting in return:

• Competitive salary
• Exciting industry exposure (Learn to trade crypto!) and career progression path
• Work life balance environment

OK Group Statement:

OK Group is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, genetic information, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, lawful alien status, national origin, age, marital status, and non-job related physical or mental disability, or protected veteran status.