Senior Counsel, Transactions, APAC

3 weeks ago

Singapur, Singapore CIRCLE Full time

About Circle

Circle is a pioneering financial technology company at the forefront of the emerging internet of money, where value can flow freely and efficiently across borders, currencies, and industries. Our innovative infrastructure, including the USDC stablecoin, empowers businesses, institutions, and developers to harness the potential of this new internet layer and capitalize on the major turning point in the evolution of money and technology.

What You'll Be Part Of

Circle is committed to transparency, stability, and excellence in everything we do. As we expand into new markets, we're building a diverse and flexible work environment where new ideas are encouraged, and everyone is a stakeholder. Our company values are:

  • Multistakeholder - We prioritize the needs of our customers, shareholders, employees, and local communities.
  • Mindful - We strive to be respectful, active listeners, and detail-oriented in our work.
  • Driven by Excellence - We relentlessly pursue excellence, reject mediocrity, and work intensely to achieve our goals.
  • High Integrity - We value open and honest communication, and hold ourselves to high moral and ethical standards.

What You'll Be Responsible For

As a Senior Counsel, Transactions, APAC, you will play a critical role in complex commercial transactional work, supporting our Business and Business Development segments in the APAC region, and our compliance and vendor management teams as we expand into new markets. Your responsibilities will include:

  • Structuring, negotiating, and drafting complex fintech, payments, crypto, and tech transactions, addressing legal risk in business-centric ways.
  • Supporting the creation and expansion of contract templates and terms of use to reflect new and existing products and services.
  • Aiding in the development and implementation of processes, procedures, and metrics to increase the effectiveness of the legal services provided to the company.
  • Addressing legal risk in business-centric ways, developing processes to solve problems, strengthening partnerships, and advancing opportunities.
  • Assisting business leaders with contract interpretation and management.
  • Remaining up-to-date on relevant finance, payments, and digital currency space to ensure ongoing ability to provide sound marketing compliance advice.

You Will Aspire to Our Four Core Values

As a member of the Circle team, you will be expected to embody our core values:

  • Multistakeholder - You will prioritize the needs of our customers, shareholders, employees, and local communities.
  • Mindful - You will strive to be respectful, active listeners, and detail-oriented in your work.
  • Driven by Excellence - You will relentlessly pursue excellence, reject mediocrity, and work intensely to achieve your goals.
  • High Integrity - You will value open and honest communication, and hold yourself to high moral and ethical standards.

What You'll Bring to Circle

We're looking for a highly proactive, accountable, team-oriented, and capable individual with:

  • 12+ years of practical, hands-on legal experience working in the APAC region (in-house law department or top-tier law firm); connections to the APAC region also preferred.
  • Extensive experience drafting and negotiating complex fintech, financial services, and tech agreements.
  • Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams on strategic partnerships, with a focus on Product, Business, and Compliance teams.
  • Experience advising clients on risk mitigation across technology product platforms.
  • The ability to manage a variety of initiatives, matters, and transactions requiring analysis and distillation of relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards, ideally in a financial services environment.
  • APAC regional laws and issues relevant to Circle's business and in relation to evolving product and technology requirements and standards in the fintech, payments, and/or cryptocurrency and blockchain ecosystems.
  • Passion for financial technology and the potential of cryptocurrency and blockchains.
  • Ability to identify regulatory, tax, accounting, and other potential implications and quarterback deals to ensure all relevant stakeholders are bought into transactions.
  • Comfort working in an evolving and growing environment that is prone to changes, and managing multiple projects simultaneously.
  • Ability to exercise good judgment in time-sensitive, high-pressure situations, work autonomously and independently with minimal guidance, and collaborate as part of a team.
  • Obsessive organization, energy, and passion for supporting your team.
  • Active membership in at least one State Bar.
  • Three (3) years minimum prior experience at a top-tier law firm.
  • Willingness to be located in Singapore.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Fluency in oral and written English.
  • Experience/familiarity with Slack, Apple MacOS, and GSuite.

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