Requirements
- Qualified attorney with 10+ years of experience specialising in financial crime law, across sanctions, AML/CFT, and related disciplines
- Deep technical expertise in sanctions, AML/CFT frameworks, and financial crime regulations across major jurisdictions
- Proven experience engaging directly with regulatory bodies and law enforcement on financial crime matters (OFAC, FinCEN, FCA, DOJ, etc.)
- Experience managing voluntary self-disclosures, enforcement actions, and regulatory investigations
- Strong knowledge of financial crime risks in complex financial products, including digital assets, payments, and trading
- Exceptional communicator — able to translate complex legal risk into clear, actionable recommendations for senior management and non-legal stakeholders
- Demonstrated ability to work across jurisdictions and collaborate with legal, compliance, and business teams globally
- Self-starter with strong business judgement and a pragmatic, solutions-oriented approach
What the job involves
- We are looking for a senior Global Financial Crime Counsel to serve as the primary legal subject matter expert across all financial crime matters at Binance
- This role spans the full financial crime spectrum — sanctions, AML/CFT, anti-bribery and corruption, fraud, and market integrity — with a mandate to provide expert legal advice, manage regulatory relationships, and shape Binance's global financial crime legal strategy
- The ideal candidate brings deep technical expertise across multiple financial crime disciplines, strong regulatory engagement experience, and the ability to operate effectively in a fast-moving, complex global environment
- Serve as the lead legal counsel and subject matter expert across financial crime disciplines including sanctions (OFAC, UN, EU, UK, and other regimes), AML/CFT, anti-bribery and corruption (ABC), fraud, and market abuse
- Provide authoritative legal advice on financial crime risks arising from Binance's products, services, and business operations across multiple jurisdictions
- Act as the primary legal liaison with regulators, law enforcement, and financial intelligence units (FIUs) on financial crime matters, including OFAC, FinCEN, FCA, MAS, and others
- Lead and manage legal responses to regulatory inquiries, investigations, enforcement actions, and voluntary self-disclosures relating to financial crime
- Advise on and oversee sanctions‑specific matters including license applications, SDN screening, counterparty assessments, and responses to OFAC inquiries
- Collaborate with the global compliance, investigations, and transaction monitoring teams to identify, assess, and mitigate financial crime legal risks across business lines
- Review and advise on financial crime implications of new products, partnerships, and market entries; embed legal risk considerations into go‑to‑market processes
- Oversee engagement with and management of external legal counsel on financial crime matters globally
- Develop and maintain financial crime legal policies, frameworks, and guidance materials
- Monitor global regulatory developments across financial crime disciplines and provide timely, actionable advice to senior management
- Drive financial crime legal training and awareness initiatives for internal stakeholders
