Overview
A partner organization is seeking a Senior Employment Counsel based in India. This key legal role involves providing strategic and practical employment law guidance within a global, fast-paced, and highly distributed environment. The position focuses on advising internal stakeholders on a wide range of employment matters across multiple jurisdictions, ensuring compliance while supporting business growth in an Employer-of-Record (EOR) setting.
Responsibilities
- Provide legal counsel on employment law matters including contracts, benefits, terminations, restructurings, and workplace policies within an EOR framework.
- Draft, review, and negotiate employment agreements, separation agreements, and related legal documentation across multiple jurisdictions.
- Monitor and interpret employment law developments across APAC and other regions to ensure proactive compliance and risk mitigation.
- Support client onboarding and offboarding by assessing country-specific legal risks and providing practical employment guidance.
- Manage and coordinate with external counsel on employment-related disputes and litigation in a cost-effective manner.
- Collaborate with HR, compliance, sales, and operations teams to provide strategic legal input on day-to-day and complex employment matters.
- Deliver training and legal guidance to internal stakeholders on employment law topics and regulatory updates.
Requirements
- Qualified lawyer licensed to practice in an APAC jurisdiction and in good standing.
- Minimum 4 years of experience in employment law, ideally with both law firm and in-house exposure.
- Strong knowledge of employment laws and regulations across APAC jurisdictions, with the ability to track and interpret legal changes.
- Experience drafting and negotiating employment contracts and HR-related legal documentation in domestic and international contexts.
- Ability to work independently across multiple jurisdictions in a remote, global environment.
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams including HR, legal, compliance, and business stakeholders.
- Exposure to Employer-of-Record (EOR) environments is a strong advantage.
- Excellent communication skills, strong business acumen, and client-facing capability.
- Strong analytical thinking with the ability to provide clear, practical, and risk-aware legal advice.
- Fluency in English required; additional languages are a plus.
- Adaptable, proactive, and comfortable working in a fast-changing global regulatory environment.
Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive compensation aligned with experience and market standards.
- Flexible remote working environment with global collaboration across multiple time zones.
- Country-specific benefits depending on location.
- Flexible paid time off, including additional personal and volunteer days.
- Generous parental leave program.
- Learning and development opportunities through global training platforms.
- Exposure to complex cross-border employment law and strategic global HR operations.
Location
- This position is based in India and requires the candidate to be licensed to practice law in an APAC jurisdiction.