Senior Counsel, Regulatory and Licensing

About Bitget

Bitget is one of the world's leading digital assets ecosystems, serving over 120 million registered users with a comprehensive suite of blockchain products and services available via bitget.com.

Our mission is to support the growth of the digital assets industry, as we believe it represents the future of finance. We empower the future of finance by ensuring secure, efficient, and smart digital transactions.

As one of the fastest-growing companies in the digital asset sector, Bitget offers cutting-edge work and opportunities to develop your career among experts in the field. If you believe in the future of digital currency, Bitget is the place for you!

What You'll Do

As a Senior Counsel, Regulatory and Licensing, you will:

• Plan and execute our licensing footprint across key markets.
• Handle regulatory inquiries, investigations, and enforcement matters.
• Build and maintain relationships with regulators.
• Advise product, sales, marketing, and operations teams.
• Operationalize new licenses from zero to one, ensuring practical, not just paper, readiness.

This is a senior, hands-on role for someone comfortable owning complex matters end-to-end.

Key Responsibilities

Licensing Strategy & Applications

• Map where licenses/registrations are needed and propose a global plan.
• Lead license and registration applications with internal teams and external counsel.
• Track regulatory changes and explain their impact on our business.

Regulatory Inquiries & Investigations

• Manage responses to requests, inspections, warning letters, and enforcement risks.
• Coordinate fact-finding, drafts, and negotiations with regulators.
• Drive remediation actions and ensure commitments are delivered.

Regulator Relationships

• Act as a point of contact for regulators in key jurisdictions.
• Help build a reputation as a transparent and responsible firm.

Business Advisory (Product / Sales / Marketing)

• Advise on whether and how products and features can be offered in each market.
• Review campaigns, promotions, and partnerships for regulatory risk.
• Create clear “do / don’t” guidelines for Growth and Branding teams.

Operationalizing New Licences

• Turn licence conditions into concrete policies, processes, and controls.
• Work with compliance, risk, ops, and product to ensure we meet ongoing obligations.
• Support training and governance.

Requirements

• Qualified lawyer with 8+ years experience in financial services, fintech, or similar.
• Solid experience with licensing/authorisations and regulatory interactions.
• Strong written and verbal communication, especially for regulators and senior management.
• Able to work independently, prioritise and drive outcomes in a fast-paced environment.

Why Bitget?

• Bitget is the world's leading web3 platform for copy trading and one of the world's largest and most respected exchanges.
• We are a global company with staff members from over 50 different countries and regions.
• We are growing and looking for world-class ambitious talents to help us continue this journey.
• We have a streamlined structure that empowers employees to work efficiently, delivering the best results in a short timeframe.
• We offer competitive salaries and benefits.
• Blockchain technology and digital assets have the potential to change finance in a way no other technology can – be part of it!

If you are ambitious and believe that digital assets could be the next financial and technological revolution, please apply!

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Key skills/competency

• Licensing
• Regulatory Compliance
• Financial Services Law
• Fintech
• Digital Assets
• Global Regulations
• Legal Advisory
• Policy Development
• Stakeholder Management
• Enforcement Matters