Bitgo17d ago

Sr Counsel

Singaporesenior

LegalCounsel

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Key Responsibilities

Draft and negotiate a wide range of prime brokerage, trading, and commercial contracts, including master lending agreements, account control agreements, external client agreements, and more.

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LegalCounsel

BitGo is the leading infrastructure provider of digital asset solutions, delivering custody, wallets, staking, trading, financing, and settlement services from regulated cold storage. Since our founding in 2013, we have focused on enabling our clients to securely navigate the digital asset space. With a global presence and multiple Trust companies, BitGo serves thousands of institutions, including many of the industry's top brands, exchanges, and platforms, and millions of retail investors worldwide. As the operational backbone of the digital economy, BitGo handles a significant portion of Bitcoin network transactions and is the largest independent digital asset custodian, and staking provider, in the world. For more information, visit www.bitgo.com.

This role will require being full-time onsite at our Singapore office to support collaborative team dynamics and innovative problem-solving.

This global role will provide support to BitGo’s growing prime brokerage services outside the USA across APAC and EMEA.

Responsibilities

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→Draft and negotiate a wide range of prime brokerage, trading, and commercial contracts, including master lending agreements, account control agreements, external client agreements, and more.
→Working closely with cross-functional teams to facilitate building, delivery, and marketing of new products.
→Supporting international expansion of custody, trading, settlement and related businesses.
→Managing legal and regulatory risks in a thoughtful and commercially practicable manner.
→Escalating issues to senior team members as appropriate.
→Pitching in whenever and wherever needed, even when not directly related to responsibilities described above.

Qualified in UK, Singapore or a comparable jurisdiction.
4-6+ years of related law firm and/or in-house legal experience at a financial services or crypto company, ideally involving customer-facing sales, trading and/or custody. Must have at least 2 years of experience advising or negotiating against institutional clients at a large law firm or bulge bracket bank.
Strong understanding of the laws and regulation applicable to (i) transaction settlement, clearing, and securities lending, (ii) securities and derivatives regulation, and (iii) regulations relating to extensions of credit.
Ability to balance multiple tasks in accordance with changing deadlines and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to assess and balance legal risks against business interests.
Interest in blockchain and digital assets.
Flexible, “can-do” attitude and willingness to learn.

*salary and title commensurate with experience*