Senior Corporate Legal Counsel

Binance

Amsterdam, NLonsite$11k/yrPosted Jun 9, 2026

At a glance

Highlights

  • Remote-first
  • Competitive salary
  • Career growth
  • Innovative environment
  • Flat structure

Heads up

  • onsite 4 days/week
  • fast-paced in-house environment
  • 8+ years experience

Why this role might suit you

Binance offers senior corporate counsel the chance to shape the future of blockchain within a leading global ecosystem, work with world-class talent in a flat structure, and tackle unique, fast-paced projects while enjoying competitive compensation and career growth.

Skills

corporate-lawcontract-draftingrisk-assessmentmagovernancelegal-draftingproject-managementcross-borderlegal-researchstakeholder-management

About the role

Binance is a leading global blockchain ecosystem behind the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and registered users. We are trusted by 300+ million people in 100+ countries for our industry-leading security, user fund transparency, trading engine speed, deep liquidity, and an unmatched portfolio of digital-asset products. Binance offerings range from trading and finance to education, research, payments, institutional services, Web3 features, and more. We leverage the power of digital assets and blockchain to build an inclusive financial ecosystem to advance the freedom of money and improve financial access for people around the world.

Serve as a senior legal counsel for Binance’s global Corporate Legal Affairs team, delivering complex strategic projects together with corporate transactions, governance, reorganisations, intra-group arrangements, board secretarial and entity management.

Responsibilities:

Drive the development and implementation of group legal strategy and contribute to the delivery of the organization’s general business strategy.

Provide proactive, in-depth, business focused advice and execution.

Manage and assist with legal response to corporate and wider matters encountered by the company and internal stakeholders and provide sound and robust legal advice and support; and leading external communication on legal matters including negotiation with external parties.

Lead, advise and support a wide variety of transactional, reorganisation and corporate governance initiatives.

Assist in transactional activities including M&A, majority and minority investments and joint ventures as well as restructurings globally.

Be responsible for drafting and reviewing legal documents and providing holistic risk assessment and suggestions to enhance business value while mitigating downside risk across multiple areas of the company.

Partner with cross-functional and regional teams and provide support on legal matters of varying complexity, sensitivity, and tangibility.

Provide training and counsel non-legal colleagues to promote greater awareness and risk management across the company.

Anticipate and maintain up-to-date knowledge of current laws.

Identify legal framework developments, align and promote consistency of approach in legal matters between the internal stakeholders.

Take prudent risks within the context of the overall business, and advise and implement solutions to address issues identified.

Requirements:

Qualified to practice law in a leading jurisdiction with significant corporate legal experience.

Typically 8+ years of post qualification experience (as a guide) working at a top law firm and/or in-house at a well-established corporate or high-growth company.

Ideally trained in a reputable law firm within the corporate practice with a focus on corporate transactional work and general corporate governance.

Proven expertise in managing complex projects across multiple jurisdictions globally.

Possesses strong legal technical expertise as well as exceptional business acumen and people skills.

Comfortable working in a fast-paced in-house environment is essential.

Strong team player and good business sense.

Hands on at work and can be independent in managing complex projects whilst still working as part of a team.

Ability to come up with and execute creative solutions to meet current and evolving business needs.

Excellent legal drafting and interpretation skills.

Excellent problem solving, analytical and organisational skills.

Why Binance

Shape the future with the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem

Collaborate with world-class talent in a user-centric global organization with a flat structure

Tackle unique, fast-paced projects with autonomy in an innovative environment

Thrive in a results-driven workplace with opportunities for career growth and continuous learning

Competitive salary and company benefits

Work-from-home arrangement (the arrangement may vary depending on the work nature of the business team)

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Compensation

This Legal role pays $11k/yr. Within typical range for legal roles in Netherlands.

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