Deputy General Counsel/Head of UK Legal

Join OKX, a leading digital asset exchange, as the Deputy General Counsel and Head of UK Legal. In this role, you will lead the UK legal function, provide strategic legal advice to the UK business, and represent the legal function at relevant Board and committee meetings. You will have direct legal experience, a belief in the digital asset space, and deep experience in financial services and digital asset regulation. This position offers a competitive salary, bonus structure, and excellent benefits, with the opportunity to work in a cutting-edge industry.

Lead the UK legal function, providing strategic legal advice to the UK business and working closely with global legal colleagues on regulatory, commercial, and strategic matters.

Comfortable working independently in a fast-paced, growth-stage and multi-cultural environment

Responsibilities

• Support OKX's business expansion into the United Kingdom, acting as the primary legal point of contact for the OKX U.K. entity and supporting licensing and legal efforts.
• Collaborate with product and business development teams to achieve company-wide projects and goals, managing legal requests from all areas of the business.

Requirements

• Ability to effectively advise and build trust with business teams
• Experience working on cross-jurisdictional matters and a global legal team
• Experience working with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and obtaining U.K. financial services and/or crypto exchange licenses
• Ability to navigate through a rapidly-changing legal landscape and deal with legal ambiguity
• Law degree at a top-tier law school and qualified to practice law in the U.K
• Ability to work in a high-functioning legal team and feel comfortable in a collaborative working environment
• Self-starter, quick learner who is highly driven, proactive, responsive and precise

Preferred

• Experience advising on digital asset and blockchain technology legal issues and have a basic understanding of the relevant legal and regulatory landscape
• 14+ years of legal experience at a top-tier law firm and/or in-house legal team, preferably in the cryptocurrency/digital assets and/or financial services industry