Counsel, APAC

World

Overview

Department

Legal

Job type

Full time

Compensation

Salary not specified

Location

Singapore, Southeast Asia

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This role helps shape the APAC expansion strategy, analyzing local regulations and risks for new jurisdictions. The Counsel will partner with expansion and market operations teams, manage local counsel, and ensure compliance.

Requirements

5+ years of post-law school experience working as an attorney, with solid BigLaw experience or fast-paced startups.

Hands-on and creative problem-solver, who understands on-the-ground complexities and is passionate about building scalable ways to account for them.

Must have excellent academic credentials and be a qualified lawyer in good standing with eligibility to practice in your jurisdiction (preference for Singapore).

Previous experience supporting multi-jurisdictional legal challenges.

Experience in providing legal support for international growth plans, including assessing regulatory and legal requirements

Excellent written communicator, able to present complex legal issues clearly and concisely, whether extemporaneously on Slack, in emails, or in memoranda and other more formal documents.

Preferably a demonstrated interest in blockchain technology, Web3, cryptocurrency, and digital assets.

Fluency in English.

Positive collaborative attitude, comfort with change and a fast pace, high level of integrity, and intellectual curiosity.

Responsibilities

Secure and relay advice on threshold risks and requirements for entering new markets, in matters such as financial regulations, data protection, labor & employment, commercial, consumer protection, etc.

Manage local counsel in several jurisdictions to secure clear, actionable input in an efficient and cost-effective manner.

Build relationships with key stakeholders who may need to be involved in preparing to rollout in new geographies (product, economics, logistics, communications, government relations).

Collaborate with legal counterparts focused on product, compliance, corporate, finreg, to ensure necessary local licenses, permits and registrations are obtained prior to entering new jurisdictions and jurisdiction-specific product initiatives are vetted.

Partner with Trust & Safety colleagues to ensure growth in new markets is successful and sustainable.

Help ensure we deliver consistent, accurate messaging and materials to key stakeholders, authorities, and to the public