Assistant General Counsel – Labor & Employment

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $146.4k - $292.8k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

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⚖️ Legal Counsel / General Counsel

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Kraken Digital Asset Exchange

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2011

₿ Crypto

💸 Finance

💳 Fintech

Crypto • Finance • Fintech

Kraken Digital Asset Exchange is a cryptocurrency platform that facilitates the buying and selling of over 200 cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and many others. Founded in 2011, Kraken provides a comprehensive suite of features for both beginner and advanced traders, such as advanced trading interfaces and margin trading. The platform emphasizes industry-leading security, deep liquidity, and 24/7 customer support, making it a trusted choice for users worldwide. Kraken caters to individual investors as well as institutional clients, offering services like OTC trading and custody. The company is committed to transparency with its proof of reserves and mission-driven values. Kraken operates globally, supporting clients in over 190 countries, with a quarterly trading volume exceeding $207 billion. However, users are advised of the high risk of crypto investments and the lack of regulation in some jurisdictions.

📋 Description

• Serve as a senior member of the Labor and Employment legal team • Share day-to-day workload with the Global Head of Labor & Employment and broader team • Develop Labor and Employment practices for a rapidly growing global/worldwide workforce • Advise on worker classification, employee separations, executive compensation agreements, compensation plans, and wage-and-hour matters • Advise on trade secret matters and restrictive covenants • Support employment and labor due diligence for M&A transactions • Advise on post-closing workforce integration, including harmonizing employment terms, policies, compensation, and benefits programs • Provide strategic input on global expansion, EOR and direct employment decisions, workforce transitions, global mobility, contingent workforce, and worker classification risks • Craft policies and procedures and develop and deliver manager and employee training • Advise on employee and candidate data privacy issues • Support global workplace investigations and employee relations matters • Manage outside counsel on pre-litigation, arbitration, local-law matters, and employment disputes • Build and refine AI-enabled legal workflows and establish practical guardrails • Monitor and advise on global Labor and Employment trends, including cryptocurrency industry trends • 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 • In-house and law-firm experience with high-growth scaling and mature, large-enterprise environments • Broad international Labor and Employment background in law and drafting • Flexibility to work hours overlapping with PX team members and Asia-Pacific colleagues • Experience with due diligence for acquisitions and post-closing workforce integration • Experience with compensation plans and 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 • Sound judgment on verifying AI outputs and protecting confidentiality, privilege, and personal data • Proactive, entrepreneurial mindset and opportunity-making attitude • Interest in the crypto industry (nice to have) • Experience in fintech, crypto, or other regulated financial services industries (nice to have) • Experience in Asian and/or Latin American employment markets (nice to have)

🏖️ Benefits

• Bonus program • Equity program • Wellness allowance • Medical, dental, and vision benefits • 401(k) • Remote work arrangement • Global/worldwide workforce and flexible overlapping hours with Asia-Pacific colleagues • Job-related skills or work-style assessments applied consistently across candidates • Equal opportunity employment