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About the Role

This role supports the General Counsel by leading and overseeing all international employment law matters, including pensions, incentives, and immigration. It involves advising C-suite colleagues, partnering with the global People Team, and providing strategic, cross-border employment law advice to achieve business goals.

Responsibilities

Partner with Condé Nast People Team colleagues to ensure internal legal best practices for managing employee relations.
Lead all non-US employment law work, advising and supporting People Team colleagues, and partnering with US legal colleagues on global matters.
Advise upon individual and collective consultation processes.
Oversee employment contracts and exit paperwork up to MD level.
Provide legal advice and support on diversity and inclusion issues.
Manage the relationship with outside employment counsel in all international markets and manage the associated budget.
Lead advice on day-to-day employment matters including contract templates, disciplinary and grievance processes, redundancy, and restructuring.
Support the People Team in addressing workforce representation issues, including workers’ councils and other representative bodies.
Advise on changes in local law or regulation that may impact policies and procedures.
Manage employment litigation.
Handle people compliance queries, issues, and employee investigations, as well as queries from auditors and regulators.
Provide guidance and training to colleagues on employment law and compliance matters.
Support the management of the company whistleblowing hotline in partnership with the People Team and the General Counsel.
Lead on international pension law advice.
Lead on global mobility legal advice, including immigration and visa management.
Support Quarterly Business Standards and Audit, and Quarterly People Risk meetings with ELT members.
Contribute ideas for the development and enhancement of the culture, strategy, and operations of the global Business & Legal Affairs department.
Support Advance Legal and the US People Team on cross-border or US-related employment matters if requested, ensuring a joined-up approach between US and international matters.
Support the reporting of People compliance matters to ELT, shareholders, and the Board.

Requirements

Qualified legal professional in the UK and/or EU
Significant experience of International Employment Law & Litigation and operating international people compliance programs
Relevant in-house experience of providing employment advice to a global business
Demonstrated experience in working with and leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) tools
Experience advising People Team and business stakeholders on the legal, compliance, and regulatory implications of deploying AI technologies in the workplace, including data privacy, risk mitigation, and policy development.
Experience handling international employment law issues, including consultations and labour relations matters
Experience working on internal investigations and disciplinary matters
Experience working with company compliance policies
UK Pensions experience preferable

Skills

International Employment Law
Litigation
International People Compliance
AI Tools
Legal Advice on AI Deployment
Data Privacy
Risk Mitigation
Policy Development
Consultations
Labour Relations
Internal Investigations
Disciplinary Matters
Company Compliance Policies
UK Pensions

Location

London, GB

Work Type

Hybrid (office four days a week)

Experience Level

Significant Experience

Education Level

Qualified legal professional

Benefits

25 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
Extra days of annual leave for moving house or volunteering
Competitive pension scheme
Bupa Private Healthcare
Season ticket loans
Eye tests
Core hours
10 remote days (from home or a country with a Condé Nast office location)
Employee Assistance Programme
Corporate gym membership
Cycle to work scheme
Dog-friendly office
Discounts and magazine subscriptions
Access to Condé Nast Learning Hub for personal and professional growth
Employee Resource Groups

About the Company

Condé Nast is a global media company, home to iconic brands including Vogue, The New Yorker, GQ, Glamour, AD, Vanity Fair and Wired, among many others.
The company's award-winning content reaches 84 million consumers in print, 367 million in digital and 379 million across social platforms, and generates more than 1 billion video views each month.
The company is headquartered in New York and London, and operates in 32 markets worldwide, including China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico & Latin America, Spain, Taiwan, the U.K. and the U.S., with local license partners across the globe.
Condé Nast thrives on collaboration.

Equal Opportunity

Condé Nast is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, familial status and other legally protected characteristics.