Employment Counsel, EMEA

Stripe is recruiting: Employment Counsel, EMEA, based in London (also Dublin).

About the role: As Employment Counsel, you’ll advise our People team and other business partners on employment law across EMEA and proactively manage employment-related risks.

What you would be doing:

• Partner with our People team to provide subject-matter expertise on employment issues, including recruiting, hiring, performance management, compensation and benefits…
• Proactively review employment policies to support legal compliance and consistency with best practices
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support and maintain employment compliance
• Draft and negotiate employment-related agreements, including offer letters, contractor agreements, and vendor agreements
• Handle pre-litigation and litigation matters
• Monitor developments in employment, AI, and data protection law and advise on developments that may affect Stripe

What they are looking for:

• 4+ years of specialist, post-qualification employment law experience at a law firm or in-house legal department
• Qualification to practice law in Ireland or England and Wales
• Ability to analyse employment law matters of varying complexity, exercise sound judgment, and make well-reasoned decisions amid ambiguity and incomplete information
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with multiple stakeholders while maintaining discretion, confidentiality, and…
• Strong organisational and project-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple long- and short-term workstreams, collaborate across teams, and support…
• In-house experience or experience advising technology clients as external counsel

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