Legal Counsel, Global Expansion, Employment

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🌐 Spain, Portugal, +3 more countries – Remote

🇪🇸 Spain – Remote 🇵🇹 Portugal – Remote 🇧🇬 Bulgaria – Remote 🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote 🇮🇪 Ireland – Remote

💵 €40k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

⚖️ Legal Counsel / General Counsel

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WorkMotion

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201 - 500 employees

👥 HR Tech

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☁️ SaaS

HR Tech • Recruitment • SaaS

WorkMotion is a German-based company specializing in global employment solutions. They provide a platform for hiring, onboarding, and managing international talent in compliance with local laws. WorkMotion offers an Employer of Record (EOR) service, allowing companies to hire employees in over 160 countries quickly and efficiently. Their services include payroll management, contract creation, expense tracking, and compliance guidance. WorkMotion aims to simplify global hiring processes, ensuring data protection and legal compliance across different jurisdictions. Their platform also integrates with various HR tools to enhance productivity and ease management tasks.

📋 Description

• Help the organization grow and build new entities around the globe • Resolve employment law matters across numerous countries • Support internal units and departments where their knowledge ends • Ensure activities remain compliant with local laws • Partner with the business as a hands-on legal project manager • Work with Global Infrastructure and Operations and other internal departments • Collaborate with local payroll providers and law firms in multiple countries • Ensure consistency, impact, momentum, quality, customer-centricity, and alignment with wider goals

🎯 Requirements

• Lawyer admitted to the bar in your jurisdiction • Relevant experience in employment law, ideally in more than one jurisdiction • Relevant experience in corporate law, e.g. setting up entities abroad • Open to junior (0–2 years), mid-level (3–6 years), and senior (7+ years) experience levels • Experience in a law firm or company/startup legal department • Fluent in business and legal English, written and spoken • Analytical, business-focused, solution-oriented legal approach • Legal education or professional experience in a major Asian jurisdiction (e.g. China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore) — bonus • Cross-border experience or education — bonus • Knowledge of data protection law/GDPR — bonus • Experience drafting and negotiating contracts in English — bonus • Additional languages, especially an Asian language, Portuguese, French, Italian, or German — bonus

🏖️ Benefits

• WorkFlex program lets you work from anywhere, anytime • Well-Being Day (a full day off) • Subsidised gym memberships • Training & Development Allowance • Annual team meetups • Equal opportunity and inclusive workplace • Recruitment accommodations available • Benefits vary depending on location due to local laws and regulations

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