Senior Counsel, EMEA Employment

🔥 22 hours ago

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

⚖️ Legal Counsel / General Counsel

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Veeam Software

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2006

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

☁️ SaaS

💰 $500M Private Equity Round on 2019-01

Consulting • Logistics • SaaS

Veeam Software is a global leader in data resilience and protection, offering self-managed data protection software for hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Their Veeam Data Platform provides comprehensive solutions for data backup, recovery, and security, featuring zero-trust principles and AI-powered tools for data intelligence. Veeam's offerings include secure backup and storage services for platforms such as Microsoft 365, AWS, and Google Cloud, supporting diverse workloads including virtual, physical, and SaaS environments. With a reputation for innovation and customer trust, Veeam serves a broad range of industries, ensuring data resilience against disruptions such as ransomware attacks. Their solutions enable businesses to achieve data freedom, secure storage, and efficient management, reinforcing their position as a top vendor in enterprise backup and recovery software worldwide.

📋 Description

• Provide day-to-day legal counseling to the People & Culture team, management, and other stakeholders on global employment matters, including hiring, classification, accommodations, leaves, discipline, terminations, and works council, collective bargaining, and trade union interactions • Draft, review, and negotiate employment-related agreements and documents, including offer terms, separation and settlement agreements, and policies/templates; develop templates and guides • Manage employment-related claims, charges, and litigation, including pre-litigation demands; set strategy, partner with internal stakeholders, and supervise outside counsel through resolution • Partner with People & Culture and business leaders to support employee relations matters and workplace investigations, including advising on process, privilege, findings, and recommended corrective actions • Conduct employment law training for People & Culture professionals and review other training materials for compliance with applicable law • Advise People & Culture and business leaders on immigration and other employee mobility matters, and supervise outside immigration counsel

🎯 Requirements

• LLB, LLM, or equivalent law degree (QLD) and active bar membership in at least one EMEA jurisdiction (or ability to obtain as required for the role) • 8+ years of relevant employment law experience, either in-house and/or at a law firm, with exposure to multi-jurisdictional or global employment issues strongly preferred • Strong legal judgment and ability to own projects without supervision and communicate complex issues clearly and pragmatically to non-lawyers; proven ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders • Comfort operating in a fast-paced environment with strong organizational skills • Proficiency with Microsoft 365 tools and matter/document management systems a plus • Applicants must be based in the United Kingdom; applicants permanently located outside the UK may be declined

🏖️ Benefits

• 25 paid vacation days, plus 4 extra global VeeaMe Days for self-care and 24 paid volunteer hours annually through Veeam Cares • Private medical, dental, and vision insurance with dependent enrolment • Life insurance with enhanced coverage and global 24/7 protection • Income protection after 26 weeks, covering a portion of salary • Defined contribution pension plan with employer match • Worldwide travel insurance for business and leisure, with option to enroll dependents • Employee Assistance Program with therapy, legal, and financial support, plus online GP services and wellbeing programs • Opportunities to learn and grow through on-demand libraries (LinkedIn Learning, O’Reilly), mentoring, workshops and learning events like our annual Global Day of Learning