Senior Employment Counsel

Job Description

Legal Entity covers all legal business matters pertaining to the organization and acts as an advisor on legal issues involving the organizations government and regulatory compliance. In this role, you will review legal data and advise organization on appropriate legal action to be taken, demonstrate experience in general corporate matters, including corporate organization, securities compliance, drafting transactional documents, license agreements, data privacy, risk management, and contract management. Our Global Labor & Employment Law team has an exciting new opportunity for a qualified employment lawyer with significant experience in the Asia-Pacific region. You have: Typically requires 14+ years extensive relevant experience and/or a graduate / postgraduate equivalent degree. A creative thinker, always striving to arrive at innovative solutions Strong analytic, process, reporting and project management skills Incredible collaboration skills and excels at building networks in a truly non-hierarchical environment Ability to think strategically and holistically to identify problems in the business context and develop impactful solutions Strong influencing skills to shape the decision-making process with appropriate clients and stakeholders It would be nice if you also had: Friendly and open approach, straight forward yet credible communication style Ability to manage many competing priorities and combine strategic thinking with excellent execution skills Clear and concise communication skills (written and oral) and ability to adapt ideas within a global environment You will provide pragmatic and commercially focused advice on a wide range of employment and labor law issues. Develop proactive and practical business driven solutions to manage HR legal risks. Support HR colleagues and business teams in executing business strategy. Collaborate with HR/Legal & Compliance and other teams to create and implement employment related policies, processes and procedures. Raise awareness (through multi-media and digital channels) to change behaviors and train managers/HR on employment law topics. Proactively identifying and strategically managing employee relations issues. See round corners, anticipating future employment trends and landscaping external market for issues impacting other multi-nationals in the technology sector as well as relevant regulatory developments, trends and best practices. Manage (with external counsel) employment and labor litigation (individual and collective) and developing strategy to mitigate risk for the business. Lead strategic global projects and covering other global areas of responsibility in key areas (e.g. HR Compliance, Diversity, Data Privacy, Human Rights). Providing labour and employment support on transactions, M&A, in/outsourcings and other commercial transactions