According to Deep Tide TechFlow news, on November 17, during the 2025 Thomson Reuters Asia Legal Awards (ALB) in Hong Kong, Bitget's General Counsel Phil Leung was awarded “Young Lawyer of the Year.” At the same time, the Bitget legal team successfully made it to the shortlist for “FinTech Team of the Year,” and Chief Legal Officer Hon Ng also entered the final candidate list for “Lawyer of the Year.” This award was evaluated by over 400 professionals from international law firms, Financial Institutions, and legal departments of large enterprises.
Prior to this, the Bitget legal team was nominated and featured in the LexisNexis® ELITE Award 2025. This honor highlights Bitget's business growth, global compliance efforts, and expansion in trading volume from 2024 to 2025, and records the platform's service user base surpassing 120 million and an annual trading volume exceeding 1 trillion USD.
The Legal, Compliance, and Internal Control Department of Bitget was officially established in 2024 under the leadership of Chief Legal Officer Hon Ng. The team has rapidly expanded to about 70 professionals, with members distributed across multiple jurisdictions. As Bitget's global business develops, this team continues to play an important role in cross-border regulatory affairs, compliance construction, and risk management.
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The Bitget legal team has won multiple annual awards presented by ALB and LexisNexis.
According to Deep Tide TechFlow news, on November 17, during the 2025 Thomson Reuters Asia Legal Awards (ALB) in Hong Kong, Bitget's General Counsel Phil Leung was awarded “Young Lawyer of the Year.” At the same time, the Bitget legal team successfully made it to the shortlist for “FinTech Team of the Year,” and Chief Legal Officer Hon Ng also entered the final candidate list for “Lawyer of the Year.” This award was evaluated by over 400 professionals from international law firms, Financial Institutions, and legal departments of large enterprises.
Prior to this, the Bitget legal team was nominated and featured in the LexisNexis® ELITE Award 2025. This honor highlights Bitget's business growth, global compliance efforts, and expansion in trading volume from 2024 to 2025, and records the platform's service user base surpassing 120 million and an annual trading volume exceeding 1 trillion USD.
The Legal, Compliance, and Internal Control Department of Bitget was officially established in 2024 under the leadership of Chief Legal Officer Hon Ng. The team has rapidly expanded to about 70 professionals, with members distributed across multiple jurisdictions. As Bitget's global business develops, this team continues to play an important role in cross-border regulatory affairs, compliance construction, and risk management.