Law Enforcement Specialist – UAE

Responsibilities

• Act as a key point of contact for law enforcement agencies and relevant government authorities across the UAE, including Dubai Police and other local law enforcement bodies.

• Receive, assess and coordinate responses to requests for user, transaction and other information from authorised law enforcement agencies, ensuring requests are handled in accordance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

• Establish and maintain strong, professional relationships with UAE law enforcement agencies, regulators and government stakeholders.

• Work closely with internal Legal, Compliance, Investigations, Security, Risk and Operations teams to assess requests, obtain relevant information and coordinate timely responses.

• Review and validate law enforcement requests to ensure they contain the appropriate information and legal basis required for Binance to respond.

• Coordinate the collection, preservation and secure disclosure of relevant information and data in response to valid requests.

• Maintain accurate records of law enforcement requests, responses, correspondence and relevant case information.

• Support investigations involving fraud, financial crime, money laundering, sanctions, cybercrime and other illicit activity where Binance's assistance is requested by authorised authorities.

• Identify trends, recurring issues and emerging risks from law enforcement requests and share relevant insights with internal stakeholders.

• Support the development and improvement of processes, procedures and guidance for managing law enforcement requests in the UAE.

• Help educate and advise internal teams on UAE law enforcement engagement, information requests and appropriate response processes.

• Ensure all interactions and disclosures are handled with a high degree of confidentiality, professionalism and discretion.

• Stay up to date with relevant UAE laws, regulations, law enforcement practices and developments affecting digital assets and cryptocurrency.

Requirements

• Experience working with UAE law enforcement agencies, regulators or government authorities, ideally in a role involving information requests, investigations or financial crime.

• Strong understanding of the UAE law enforcement and regulatory environment, with existing relationships or experience engaging with Dubai Police and/or other UAE authorities highly desirable.

• Experience handling requests for information, subpoenas, production orders, court orders or similar legal/government requests.

• Background in law enforcement, government, financial crime, compliance, investigations, legal or a related field.

• Strong understanding of AML, financial crime, fraud, cybercrime or cryptocurrency-related investigations is highly desirable.

• Experience working with sensitive, confidential and potentially high-risk information.

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with both government authorities and internal cross-functional teams.

• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple requests and cases simultaneously while working to tight deadlines.

• Strong attention to detail and sound judgement when assessing sensitive requests and information.

• Fluency in English and Arabic is required.

• Experience in the cryptocurrency, digital asset, fintech or financial services industry is preferred.

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