Job Description
We seek to hire a Legal Counsel who will be responsible for providing various regulatory compliance initiatives of our payment and financial products related business. The Legal Counsel will be based in our office in Singapore.
The key areas and requirements that we are looking for are those listed below:
Primary Responsibilities
As a core member of the Alibaba.com legal team, you will:
1. Advise on regulatory compliance of the payment and financial products.
2. Providing advice to business teams on compliance aspects of the implementation of commercial agreements, business models, and strategies, business operations, marketing activities, and product offerings.
3. Research local laws and regulations in foreign jurisdictions and manage outside counsel.
4. Develop in-house compliance tools and policies, and conduct trainings to business units.
5. Negotiate, draft and review contracts and commercial agreements and product terms and conditions.
Requirements:
1. At least 8 years of experience in financial service regulatory or fin-tech legal sector (a mix of law firm and in-house experience is strongly preferred).
2. Strong experience in payments related licensing and regulatory matters.
3. Strong project management capability.
4. Proficient in both English and Chinese(Mandarin) languages required.
5. Highly-motivated and able to work independently under pressure in a start-up environment.
6. Sincere interest in technology, innovation and business. Strong commercial sense with solid foundation in compliance training.
7. High integrity and desire to collaborate with others.
8. Open to international travel.