Legal Manager, Dubai

About us Bitget is the world's largest Universal Exchange (UEX), serving over 125 million users and offering access to over 2M crypto tokens, 100+ tokenized stocks, ETFs, commodities, FX, and precious metals such as gold. The ecosystem is committed to helping users trade smarter with its AI agent, which co-pilots trade execution. Bitget is driving crypto adoption through strategic partnerships with LALIGA and MotoGP™. Aligned with its global impact strategy, Bitget has joined hands with UNICEF to support blockchain education for 1.1 million people by 2027. Bitget currently leads in the tokenized TradFi market, providing the industry's lowest fees and highest liquidity across 150 regions worldwide. What you'll do Help plan and execute our licensing footprint across key markets. Help handle regulatory inquiries, investigations and enforcement matters. Advise product, sales, marketing and operations, delivering under tight timelines and managing internal stakeholders. Help operationalise new licences from zero to one, ensuring we are licence-ready in practice, not just on paper. This is a mid-level, hands-on role for someone comfortable owning complex matters end-to-end and thinking on their feet. Key Responsibilities Assist with licensing strategy and applications Help map where licences/registrations are needed and propose a regional plan. Help lead licence and registration applications with internal teams and external counsel. Track regulatory changes and explain their impact on our business. Regulatory Inquiries & Investigations Help 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. 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. Operationalising New Licences Help 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. What you'll need Solid experience with licensing/authorisations and regulatory interactions, especially in the UAE and across the wider MENA region. Strong written and verbal communication, especially for internal stakeholders and senior management Able to work independently, prioritise and drive outcomes in a fast-paced environment. Why Bitget? Bitget is the world's leading web 3 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! For more information regarding candidates' personal data processing, please refer to Bitget Candidate Privacy Notice. Show more Show less