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About the Role
As Counsel, Employment - International, you will serve as a strategic legal advisor providing business-focused employment law guidance across EMEA and APAC. You will independently own all EMEA + APAC employment matters, acting as a trusted advisor to the People & Culture team and senior business leadership to support international expansion while proactively managing risk across the full employee lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Advise on recruiting, compensation, performance management, leaves, and terminations across EMEA + APAC.
- Lead and advise on sensitive workplace investigations and complex employee relations matters.
- Lead strategies and engagements for works councils, employee consultation processes, and employee representation bodies across European jurisdictions.
- Counsel on workforce change management, structural consultations, reorganizations, restructurings, global mobility, Employer of Record (EOR) models, contingent workforce compliance, and M&A due diligence/integration.
- Draft, maintain, and localize employment agreements, separation packages, handbooks, and compliance policies.
- Oversee workforce privacy and employee data compliance in close partnership with the Privacy team.
- Coordinate multi-jurisdictional legal advice across international regions and manage outside local counsel where needed, ensuring effective risk mitigation.
- Resolve employment disputes, direct litigation strategy, agency investigations, and employment tribunal claims.
- Leverage AI-powered tools to streamline multi-jurisdiction legal research, drafting, knowledge management, and self-service playbooks for cross-functional partners.
Requirements
- Licensed, qualified solicitor in England & Wales
- 5 to 8 years of post-qualification experience (PQE) specializing in employment law within a reputable firm or global in-house legal department.
- Substantial expertise in UK and EMEA employment law, with practical experience or a strong willingness to expand support across APAC.
- Demonstrated experience handling works councils, workforce change management/consultations, complex ER matters, sensitive workplace investigations, restructurings, and employment disputes.
- Exceptional ability to translate complex cross-border legal concepts into clear, risk-adjusted, commercially aligned advice.
- Prior in-house experience supporting a high-growth technology, SaaS, or marketplace business with distributed global workforces.
- Track record of building scalable legal processes, playbooks, and training resources for HR and business stakeholders, including specific examples where you used AI tools, agents, or workflow automation to move faster, raise quality, or scale your impact.
- Thrives in a very fast paced, high growth environment.
- Builds relationships and trust with senior stakeholders and colleagues - and is a great teammate.
- Takes ownership and drives initiatives independently.
- Has a continuous learning mindset, and is eager to grow.
Skills
- Employment law
- Works councils
- Workforce change management
- Employee relations
- Workplace investigations
- Restructuring
- Employment disputes
- Litigation strategy
- AI-powered tools
- Legal research
- Drafting
- Knowledge management
- Privacy compliance
Location
- London, UK
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 5 to 8 years PQE
Education Level
- Solicitor in England & Wales
Benefits
- 5 weeks paid vacation
- Private health & dental insurance
- Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year
- Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth
- Company-paid subscription to Headspace
- Annual company-wide week off a year
- Paid parental leave
- Time off for your birthday
- Paid volunteer time
- Development Dollars
- Leadership development
- Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings
- Travel Discounts
- Employee Resource Groups
- Income protection and life assurance
- Employee Assistance Program - including 24/7 GP & free legal advice
- Pension plan contributions
- Discounted gym membership
- Bike2Work
- Season ticket loan
- Social events & Thursday happy hours
- Free lunch 2 days per week
About the Company
- With millions of diners, 70,000+ restaurant partners and 25+ years of experience, OpenTable, part of Booking Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: BKNG), is an industry leader with a passion for helping restaurants thrive.
- Our world-class technology empowers restaurants to focus on what matters most – their team, their guests, and their bottom line – while enabling diners to discover and book the perfect restaurant for every occasion.
- Every employee at OpenTable has a tangible impact on what we do and how we do it.
- You’ll also be part of a global team and its portfolio of metasearch brands.
- Hospitality is all about taking care of others, and it defines our culture.
Equal Opportunity
- We’re committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels they belong and can thrive.
- We know the best ideas come when we bring different voices to the table, so we're building a team as dynamic as the diners and restaurants we serve—and fostering a culture where everyone feels welcome to be themselves.
- If you need any reasonable adjustments during the application/interview process, or on the job, we’re here to support you. Please reach out to your recruiter to request any accommodations.