阿里巴巴全球速卖通事业部(AliExpress)-Senior Legal Counsel-HangZhou

The successful candidates will be part of a growing legal team supporting the international business of Ant Digital Technologies, which is undergoing a period of fast-paced development. Job Description: 1. Provide legal support in relation to innovative financing transactions based on blockchain and digital infrastructure as well as other cutting-edge technologies, including, among others, financing structuring, fund raising, structured and derivative products, regulated activities and other web3.0 related regulatory advice. 2. Conduct comprehensive risk assessments, offer solutions from legal perspective, draft and review legal documents, as well as participate in negotiations. 3. Collaborate with internal key-stakeholders and support blockchain based transactions. 4. Conduct theoretical and practical research on emerging legal issues related to the technologies as well as regulations where applicable. 5. Work with internal functions to facilitate effective project process advancement.

Alibaba Group Alibaba Group’s mission is to make it easy to do business anywhere. We operate leading online and mobile marketplaces in consumer and business-to-business commerce, as well as cloud computing and other services. We are committed to developing a technology-driven commerce ecosystem for the benefit of consumers, merchants and service providers. Alibaba Group Legal Department The Alibaba Group legal department has been recognized as a leading in-house team globally for its commercial, intellectual property and transactional work. The team comprises more than 300 staff spread throughout business groups as well as corporate level activities such as general commercial, IP, litigation, employment, M&A and investment. The largest team of lawyers works in Hangzhou, and we also have lawyers in other cities in Mainland China, as well as Hong Kong, Paris, Madrid, London, Sao Paulo, Mexico, South East Asia, and the U.S., etc. Many of our lawyers are at least bilingual and have worked in other leading companies and law firms. The legal work is dynamic, fast-paced and challenging. Position Sought We seek to hire a commercial legal counsel or senior legal counsel who will be a key member of the growing legal team supporting AliExpress’ global consumer facing e-commerce platform and services. The attorney will be based in our Hangzhou headquarters. The key areas and requirements that we are looking for are those listed below: Primary Responsibilities 1. Reporting to General Counsel, AliExpress, advise on legal aspects of the platform’s international expansion of current and proposed new e-commerce offerings. 2. Provide advice to business teams on legal aspects of the implementation of commercial agreements, business models and strategies, business operations, marketing activities, and product offerings. 3. Research local laws and regulations in relevant local jurisdictions and manage outside counsel. 4. Provide advice on platform compliance, product listing compliance, local and cross border logistics, import/export, and payment acceptance. 5. Negotiate, draft, and review contracts and commercial agreements. 6. Develop in-house legal tools and policies, and conduct trainings to business units.

Ant International Legal Department is seeking a legal counsel to support Antom business operations (in particular the growth initiatives). The role may be based in Shanghai or Hangzhou and will primarily support an innovative team that engages in projects with merchant, channels and other partners to increase traffic and engagement. This role supports projects and initiatives of the business unit globally, working side-by-side with a creative team in a dynamic and challenging environment, to support the development and roll-out of novel products or initiatives. The successful candidate should be a sensible advisor and partner to Business and senior management, allowing them to make informed decisions based on risk-based approach and other overarching corporate policies. Job scope 1) Drafting, negotiating and reviewing contracts relating to SaaS services, marketing services, advertising and distribution services, framework arrangements, procurement and other collaborations 2) Provide legal support and advice to the international business team on a wide variety of cross-border regulatory matters, including conducting legal analysis on new product initiatives and working closely with compliance, AML and privacy team to ensure regulatory risks are properly managed. 3) Working closely with legal experts from various jurisdictions and multiple disciplines, including financial regulatory, data privacy, intellectual property, tax, etc. 4) Supporting the internal review and approval processes for new initiatives. 5) Keeping abreast of changes in laws and regulations related to payment services, financial services and contracts, and providing updates to the legal team and internal stakeholders. 6) Support legaltech initiatives including creation of standard form documents for automation, adding to regulatory knowhow database etc. 7) Managing external legal counsel as needed in an effective and efficient manner. 8) Escalating issues, as appropriate, and partnering collaboratively with other team members to support the business.

This senior legal counsel is a member of the M&A legal team and will work and advise on the company’s international and domestic mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, investments and similar transactions. Responsibilities includes:. 1.Drafting, reviewing and negotiating transaction documents, such as equity share and asset subscription/purchase agreements, partnership/LLC/shareholders agreements, investment agreements, confidentiality agreements, side letters, engagement letters, letter of intent, bid letters, transaction term sheets, etc. 2.Working closely and coordinating with the company’s M&A investment team, financial and tax teams, divisional business teams with the review, analysis, implementation and execution of transactions. 3.Managing and coordinating due diligence reviews and reviewing relevant due diligence reports. 4.Retaining, managing and liaising with outside counsels and overseeing the working products provided by outside counsels. 5.Providing legal support for post-investment company management. 6.Contributing to the various internal knowledge management initiatives, including a precedent document database, template agreements, presentations and training initiatives.