Overview
Corporate Counsel (M&A-Focused) – Reap
About Reap
Reap is a global financial technology company headquartered in Hong Kong with employees across multiple countries. We enable financial connectivity and access for businesses worldwide by combining traditional finance with stablecoins for efficient money movement.
Through our stablecoin-powered corporate cards, payments, and expense management tools, we streamline financial operations and help businesses scale. Our APIs enable businesses to integrate stablecoin-enabled finance into their own products and services—from issuing Visa cards to facilitating cross-border payments.
Backed by leading investors including Index Ventures and HashKey Capital, Reap is building the future of borderless, stablecoin-enabled finance.
What You’ll Do
As a Corporate Counsel reporting to the General Counsel, you’ll advise on the company’s international and domestic mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, investments and other strategic partnerships, and drive internal corporate legal operations. You’ll be a key contributor to Reap’s in-house legal team, with the opportunity to shape the way legal supports the business and drive strategic impact in a fast-paced, purpose-driven start-up environment.
Specifically, you’ll be responsible for the following:
– Leading M&A and strategic investment transactions: Draft, review and negotiate transaction documents, such as SAFE/SAFTs, share and asset subscription/purchase agreements, shareholder agreements and other investment term sheets and letters of intent; while collaborating closely with internal stakeholders to handle structure analyses, deal execution, and ensure alignment with Reap’s strategic and commercial objectives.
– Overseeing due diligence processes and liaising with external counsel: Supervise and coordinate due diligence reviews, analyse due diligence findings, and liaise with external counsel where necessary.
– Providing post-investment legal support: Manage signing and closing processes, assist with post-closing integration tasks, ongoing portfolio company management, and ensure compliance with investment terms and corporate governance protocols.
– Driving internal corporate legal operations: Manage Reap’s global corporate governance matters such as capitalization table administration, ESOP program documentation, intercompany agreements, and cross-border subsidiary maintenance and filings; ensure Reap’s internal legal infrastructure evolves to support Reap’s expansion strategies amidst evolving regulatory landscapes.
– Handling general corporate legal matters: Draft, review and negotiate commercial contracts, support vendor and counterparty due diligence processes, and oversee ongoing legal relationships with key partners, suppliers and service providers to ensure compliance with Reap’s internal policies and regulatory requirements.
What We’re Looking For
– Qualified to practise law in Hong Kong or other common law jurisdictions.
– 3-6 years PQE with a focus on corporate transactions. Solid experience in M&A is mandatory.
– In-house experience in a start-up environment and/or fintech or web3 industry is a plus.
– Excellent command of spoken and written skills in English.
– Familiarity with both onshore and offshore deal structures and regulatory frameworks.
– Strong project management, organization, negotiation and communication skills, with good business sense and strong legal analytical skills.
– Comfortable working independently in a fast-paced, growth-stage environment and ability to navigate legal ambiguity.
Show me the benefits!
– Your own Reap Card for expense management.
– Fully flexible remote work options.
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