Counsel, APAC

This opportunity would be with Tools for Humanity.

Location: Singapore

About the Team:

The Legal team is responsible for all of Worldcoin’s legal affairs globally.  We partner cross-company to help advance the blockchain project, improve our products (hardware device, wallet app, and Proof of Personhood), and ensure regulatory compliance in areas such as securities, AML/CFT, consumer protection, litigation, trade, IP, and labor, among others. 

About the Opportunity:

This is a unique role offering the opportunity to help shape the on-the-ground expansion strategy in the APAC Region. Reporting to the Head of Legal-APAC, the Counsel will help the project grow responsibly by analyzing local regulations, risks and requirements associated with entering new jurisdictions in the APAC region and monitoring changes in the law to ensure ongoing compliance in those places. The role pulls together input on a range of local legal considerations, including regulatory, commercial, product, data protection & privacy, litigation, labor & employment. The Counsel will partner most closely with our expansion and market operations teams. In this role, you will:

• Secure and relay advice on threshold risks and requirements for entering new markets, in matters such as financial regulations, data protection, labor & employment, commercial, consumer protection, etc.
• Manage local counsel in several jurisdictions to secure clear, actionable input in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
• Build relationships with key stakeholders who may need to be involved in preparing to rollout in new geographies (product, economics, logistics, communications, government relations).
• Collaborate with legal counterparts focused on product, compliance, corporate, finreg, to ensure necessary local licenses, permits and registrations are obtained prior to entering new jurisdictions and jurisdiction-specific product initiatives are vetted.
• Partner with Trust & Safety colleagues to ensure growth in new markets is successful and sustainable. 
• Help ensure we deliver consistent, accurate messaging and materials to key stakeholders, authorities, and to the public

About You:

• Hands-on and creative problem-solver, who understands on-the-ground complexities and is passionate about building scalable ways to account for them.
• Must have excellent academic credentials and be a qualified lawyer in good standing with eligibility to practice in your jurisdiction (preference for Singapore).
• 5 years of post-law school experience working as an attorney, with solid BigLaw experience or fast-paced startups.
• Previous experience supporting multi-jurisdictional legal challenges.
• Experience in providing legal support for international growth plans, including assessing regulatory and legal requirements
• Excellent written communicator, able to present complex legal issues clearly and concisely, whether extemporaneously on Slack, in emails, or in memoranda and other more formal documents.
• Preferably a demonstrated interest in blockchain technology, Web3, cryptocurrency, and digital assets.
• Fluency in English.
• Positive collaborative attitude, comfort with change and a fast pace, high level of integrity, and intellectual curiosity.