Deputy General Counsel, Head of Americas Legal

The role

The Deputy General Counsel will shape regulatory and legal strategy in the US and across the Americas. This person will provide counsel to senior business leadership and coordinate legal efforts for the Americas region.

What you will do

• Develop and advance a regulatory strategy in the US and across the Americas.
• Maintain strong relationships with regulators.
• Engage directly with regulators and business counterparties.
• Interact daily with senior executives at OKX.
• Identify growth opportunities based on analysis of US regulatory developments.
• Lead and manage attorneys covering various Americas regions.
• Manage legal requests and advise on legal risk.
• Make strategic recommendations to senior management and senior legal team members.

Required qualifications

• Strong communication and leadership skills
• Excellent judgment
• Self-starter who can contribute as both an individual and a team member
• Membership with a US state bar or equivalent
• 12+ years of regulatory experience dealing with financial services laws and regulations in a highly-regulated environment
• Experience driving projects to completion on expedited timelines
• Highly-driven, proactive, responsive and precise
• Experience making strategic recommendations to senior management and senior legal team members
• Comfortable navigating legal ambiguity
• Experience advising on cross-jurisdictional legal and regulatory matters
• Supervisory experience, and in particular, experience managing other attorneys
• Enthusiastic about blockchain technology with experience advising on laws and regulations applicable in the crypto context

Nice to have

• Prior experience can be in-house at a regulated financial firm or in the crypto industry, at a top-tier law firm, and/or at a regulator
• Expertise in the US securities laws and regulations
• Prior in-house experience in a financial services or crypto firm

Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• Bonus structure
• Medical benefits
• Financial benefits
• Other benefits

About the company

OKX is a global cryptocurrency exchange. Its Legal team provides legal advice and guidance to the company across all coverage areas and geographic locations.