Associate General Counsel - San Jose, CA, United States - OKXhas

Description

Okcoin is one of the largest and fastest-growing cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, and is part of the OK Group family of companies.

We help millions of people buy and sell Bitcoin, Ethereum, and over 100 other crypto assets every day.

We're building an inclusive future of finance, one that opens new opportunities to learn financial literacy, store value, and build wealth for everyone.

Ready to help the next billion people experience the future of finance? Legal team provides legal advice and guidance to Okcoin and its affiliated entities across all coverage areas and geographic locations, and supports business growth by working with all teams within the company to help them achieve their goals.

Okcoin is based in San Jose, California, and has customers worldwide with offices in the United States (San Jose, San Francisco and New York City), Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Our team has attorneys around the world, and handles legal matters in literally hundreds of countries across the globe.

Legal team and business leaders throughout the company, but especially with our global HR, finance, compliance, and recruiting departments.

You will be working from either our San Francisco, San Jose or New York office three days a week. You may work remotely two days a week.

The right candidate will have a basic understanding of and enthusiastic belief in the cryptocurrency/digital asset space, 6+ years of experience working on employment matters for a top law firm or in-house at a fast-paced, brand-name business, and possess strong academic credentials and excellent writing and analytical skills.

The ideal candidate will have strong expertise and experience in employment law, including recruiting, hiring, immigration, internal investigations, HR advice and support, and employment litigation and arbitration.

S. employment law and international employment laws and regulations around the world.

We offer a competitive base salary and bonus structure as well as excellent benefits and an opportunity to work in a cutting-edge industry that will be the future of financial services.

Supporting the business by managing and handling all legal HR, employment, and recruiting matters for the company and its global affiliated entities;
Supporting our HR, finance, compliance and recruiting departments on a daily basis by providing legal advice and guidance on all employment matters affecting the company;
To the extent needed, managing employment litigation and arbitration matters and retaining and supervising outside counsel;
Working with other members of the Legal team and business partners on legal issues and matters touching on employee retention, payroll, executive compensation, benefits, 401K guidance, and immigration and visa issues;
Collaborating with product and business development teams to achieve company-wide projects and goals;

Draft and implement effective legal and compliance policies, trainings and standardized processes to support the business and support a positive employee experience; Manage legal requests from all areas of the business and effectively advise on legal concepts and legal risk with an eye towards the strategic goals of business leaders.

6+ years of experience at a top-tier law firm and/or in-house legal team working on US and international employment matters;
Ability to work in a high-functioning legal team and feel comfortable in a collaborative working environment;
Experience working on cross-jurisdictional matters and a global legal team;
Ability to translate complex legal concepts into practical and actionable business advice for non-legal audiences; Comprehensive insurance package including medical, dental, vision, disability & life insurance
Flexible PTO policy, company paid holidays

OKCoin is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, genetic information, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, lawful alien status, national origin, age, marital status, and non-job related physical or mental disability, or protected veteran status.