Deputy General Counsel, Strategic Partnerships

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Serve as the lead legal authority on all strategic institutional partnerships and trading arrangements, including custody, exchange integrations, prime brokerage, staking, co-investments, and alliances.
• Advise on complex cross-border transactions, crypto product structuring, and multi-jurisdictional regulatory compliance, including token classification and securities law.
• Architect the contracting infrastructure, templates, playbooks, and fallback positions, that enables high-volume, high-consistency institutional deal execution.
• Own end-to-end legal due diligence on institutional counterparties, and build senior-level relationships with clients, counterparties, and external counsel across the deal lifecycle.
• Translate complex legal and regulatory issues into clear, commercially actionable guidance for product, engineering, and executive teams.
• Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing, multi-disciplinary legal team while fostering a rigorous, pragmatic, and collaborative culture.

What We Look For In You:

Must Haves

• Active membership with a U.S. state bar, or equivalent.
• 10+ years of post-qualification legal experience, with a demonstrable track record at a top-tier law firm and/or in an in-house role at a leading financial institution.
• Substantial hands-on expertise in cryptocurrency and digital assets law, including token classification, custody structures, exchange regulation, and DeFi.
• Meaningful, deal-level exposure to strategic institutional trading, prime brokerage, custody, or structured products.
• Demonstrated experience building, managing, and developing legal teams in a high-velocity, growth-oriented environment.
• Exceptional negotiation, written, and oral communication skills, with the judgment and gravitas to advise at the C-suite level.

Strongly Preferred

• Working knowledge of multiple regulatory regimes most relevant to our business (MiCA, SEC, CFTC, FinCEN, FCA, VARA, FSRA, or equivalent).
• Experience closing cross-border institutional agreements under time pressure.
• Prior experience designing scalable legal processes, playbooks, and fallback frameworks.

Perks & Benefits:

• Competitive total compensation package
• L&D programs and Education subsidy for employees' growth and development
• Various team building programs and company events
• Wellness and meal allowances
• Comprehensive healthcare schemes for employees and dependents

OKX Statement: The salary range for this position is $240,000 to $360,000. The salary offered depends on a variety of factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and market location. In addition to the salary, a performance bonus and long-term incentives may be provided as part of the compensation package, as well as a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered.