We are looking for an in-house legal counsel to support KYC-Chain.com and Selfkey.org with drafting and reviewing contracts and agreements as well as advise on various business related legal matters.
Job description
- Providing accurate, relevant, and timely advice on a variety of legal topics that relate to the business sector and our products or services.
- Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating various commercial contracts and agreements.
- Managing and mitigating legal risks by designing and implementing company policies and procedures.
- Ensuring compliance with all laws and regulations that apply to the business.
- Promoting legal, compliance and risk management best practice throughout the company.
- Communicating with and managing any third-party bodies such as external counsel or auditors.
- Designing and delivering legal training to the business.
- Staying up-to-date with changes to legislation, particularly in relation to laws, rules and regulations that directly affect your business and specific industry.
- Liaising with senior members of staff.
Requirements
- Sound understanding and knowledge of commercial and corporate law
- 3-7 years of experience in Common Law practice as commercial lawyer
- Commercially minded
- Good understanding of crypto laws and regulations and their impact (experience working in crypto space is a big plus)
- The ability to communicate complex legal issues and risks in terms that non-legal colleagues can understand
- Excellent communication, negotiating and drafting skills
- The ability to work and make decisions with incomplete information available
- The ability to work in a highly autonomous role
Location &Schedule
- Ideally located in Asia or Eastern Europe in order to overlap with our teams
- Part time, flexible schedule
- Require overlap with our teams in Asia and Europe for coordination and weekly calls