Assistant General Counsel - Labor & Employment

Overview

This is a fully remote role for a US-licensed attorney, preferably based on the West Coast, to join the organization’s in-house Labor & Employment legal team. The role reports to the Global Head of Labor & Employment.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior member of the Labor and Employment (L&E) legal team, sharing day-to-day workload with the Global Head of L&E and the broader team
• Partner with executive leadership, existing employment counsel, and internal teams to develop L&E practices for a rapidly growing global/worldwide workforce
• Advise on worker classification issues, employee separations, executive compensation agreements, compensation plans, and wage-and-hour matters
• Advise on risk mitigation for trade secret matters and restrictive covenants
• Support employment and labor due diligence for M&A transactions and advise on post-closing workforce integration, including harmonizing employment terms, policies, and compensation and benefits programs across acquired employee populations
• Provide expert strategic input to business and recruiting teams on expanding the global footprint, including EOR and direct employment decisions, transitions between EOR, direct employment, and contractor models for new markets and acquired workforces, global mobility, contingent workforce, and related worker classification risks
• Collaborate with internal teams and business leaders to craft policies and procedures, and develop and deliver manager and employee training for a successful global/worldwide workplace
• Advise on data privacy issues affecting employees and candidates
• Support workplace investigations and employee relations matters involving whistleblower allegations, discrimination, and personnel performance issues
• Manage outside counsel on pre-litigation, arbitration, and local-law matters; coordinate with litigation counsel on employment disputes
• Help build and refine AI-enabled workflows for the L&E team (e.g., contract review, policy drafting, and diligence) and set practical guardrails for use
• Monitor and advise on global L&E trends, including those within the cryptocurrency industry, to support adaptability, talent acquisition and retention, and workplace processes
• Perform additional duties and responsibilities as assigned

Requirements

• 10+ years of legal experience advising in the US and other jurisdictions on Employment, Labor, and Executive Compensation issues, including in-house and law-firm experience working with companies in both high-growth scaling and mature, large-enterprise environments
• Broad international Labor and Employment background, including law and drafting
• Flexibility to work hours that overlap with internal team members and Asia-Pacific colleagues
• Experience with due diligence and related ramifications when making acquisitions, including post-closing workforce integration
• Experience with compensation plans and with data privacy issues affecting employees and candidates
• Active license to practice law in at least one US State, or eligibility to practice as registered in-house counsel
• Hands-on proficiency using generative AI tools (such as Claude or ChatGPT) in day-to-day legal work, with sound judgment verifying outputs and protecting confidentiality, privilege, and personal data
• Proactive, entrepreneurial mindset with an opportunity-making attitude—using the law to increase organizational optionality

Preferred Qualifications

• Interest in the crypto industry
• Experience in fintech, crypto, or other regulated financial services industries
• Experience in Asian and/or Latin American employment markets

Compensation & Benefits

• Compensation Range: $146.4K - $292.8K

Location

Fully remote role for a US-licensed attorney, preferably based on the West Coast.

Additional Information

• Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis unless a specific application deadline is stated in the job posting.
• Applicants are permitted to redact or remove information on their resume that identifies age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution.
• Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered, assessed in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.