United Kingdom•Ireland•Cyprus•Poland
Remote
Senior
Full Time
remotelegallabor_and_employmentsenior_rolecryptofintech
Requirements
- •8+ years of legal experience advising on employment, labor, and executive compensation issues in the EU, UK and other jurisdictions
- •Experience with works councils, collective consultation, and employee representative bodies in the EU and/or UK
- •Experience advising on employee and candidate data privacy issues under GDPR and UK GDPR
- •Proficiency using generative AI tools in legal work with sound judgment
- •Proactive, entrepreneurial mindset with opportunity-making attitude
What You'll Do
- •Provide local-law advice on labor and employment matters in the EU and UK, supporting MENA and APAC as needed
- •Take ownership of recurring EU and UK employment matters including worker classification, employee separations, employee relations, executive compensation, and wage-and-hour issues
- •Develop the labor and employment practice for a growing global workforce
- •Advise on works council, collective consultation, pay transparency, and employee representative matters
- •Support M&A due diligence and post-closing workforce integration for European acquisitions
- •Craft and localize policies and procedures for EU and UK requirements and deliver related training
- •Advise on employee and candidate data privacy issues including GDPR and UK GDPR compliance
- •Support workplace investigations in the EU and UK including whistleblower and discrimination allegations
- •Provide strategic input on global footprint expansion including EOR, direct employment, and entity decisions
- •Advise on risk mitigation for trade secret matters and restrictive covenants in the EU and UK
- •Manage and direct local outside counsel on local-law opinions and pre-litigation matters
- •Monitor and advise on global labor and employment trends including in the crypto industry
Nice to Have
- •Interest in the crypto industry
- •Experience in fintech, crypto, or regulated financial services industries
- •Experience with MENA and/or APAC employment markets
- •Experience with due diligence and advising on labor and employment issues in acquisitions including transfer-of-undertakings rules and post-closing workforce integration
About Kraken
Kraken is a cryptocurrency exchange platform that provides parachain auctions, staking, and index services.
San Francisco, CA
1000 - 5000
Finance