Circle is hiring a
Senior Counsel

Summary

The job is for an experienced legal professional with 12+ years of experience to join Circle as Assistant General Counsel - Transactions, supporting the APAC region. The role involves complex commercial transactional work, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and advising on risk mitigation across technology product platforms.

Requirements

• 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 an 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

Responsibilities

• Be a trusted partner to Circle’s Product, Business, Compliance, and Finance teams, working collaboratively and building a strong line of communication with the business, predominantly with respect to APAC deals (and deal teams)
• Structure, negotiate and draft complex fintech, payments, crypto and tech transactions, addressing legal risk in business-centric ways with the goal of strengthening commercial business partnerships and advancing opportunities

Preferred Qualifications

• Passion for financial technology and the potential of cryptocurrency and blockchains
• Team player with a sense of humor, and enjoys learning but also mentoring

Benefits

Willingness to be located in Singapore