Secondement / temporary position - Crypto platform - Legal - Europe Litigation team Start date: asap End date : ideally end of September 2023, but maybe before that depending on when we can hire for a permanent position Location: possibility to work in our London office, but may be 100% remote Common law qualified litigation counsel - min 3 PQE - Reporting to the Litigation Lead - Europe, be the main point of contact and counsel for ongoing litigations and arbitrations and enforcement procedures in the UK, Ireland and common law jurisdictions. - When needed, provide additional support to other European jurisdictions, through external counsels if necessary. - Manage legal efforts in response to contentious inquiries, including managing pre-litigious and regulatory matters, encountered by the company and internal stakeholders. - Answer pre litigation claims from clients, including on smaller issues as they arise. - Take charge of external communication with external counsels and negotiating with the opposition. - Provide proactive, in-depth, commercially sensible legal advice to all stakeholders. - Support in the development and implementation of legal strategy to reduce the risk of disputes while balancing against the organisation's overall business strategy. - Be responsible for drafting and reviewing court, arbitration documents, liaison and settlement agreements. - Partner with cross-functional and regional teams and provide support on legal matters of varying complexity, sensitivity, and tangibility. - Provide legal business partner training and counsel non-legal associates to enable stronger legal acumen across the company. - Take prudent risks within the context of the overall business, and advise and implement solutions to address issues identified. - Provide administrative support to manage billing, legal contracts, corporate documents and other documentation. - General overall support to the legal team. - Position may be 100% remote. Profile: - Common law Qualified lawyer (UK or Ireland) with strong dispute resolution background - Exposure to the financial, banking or crypto sector is a must. - Experience with handling regulatory inquiries, requests for information and investigations a plus. - Interest in the cryptocurrency industry and its development. - Proactive and self starter. Able to handle stress, have higher tolerance to dynamism and can move fast. - Ability to work independently and report matters efficiently. - Possesses solid legal technical expertise as well as sound business and people judgment sense. - Hands on at work and can be independent in managing complex projects, equally can handle smaller claims. - Attention focused and rigorous. Excellent legal drafting and interpretation skills. - Although the main scope of the role would be common law jurisdictions, a dual qualification, or a native speaker of French, Italian, Spanish, or Russian would be useful to support the rest of the European litigation team.

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