Employment Corporate Counsel

Overview

Client seeks a senior employment law attorney with experience litigating and advising on domestic employment law issues. The successful candidate will be a primary legal advisor as part of a small Employment Law team, report to the Deputy General Counsel – Head of Legal, Americas, and Associate General Counsel - Deputy Head of Legal – USA, and provide legal support to the HR department. Locations are New York, NY or Edison, NJ (mandatory 5 days a week onsite at one of these locations).

Work from office – five days per week.

Responsibilities

• Providing guidance to the other employment counsel and developing strategy for the employment law team.
• Providing day-to-day proactive, strategic, and practical employment law advice, assistance and counseling to HR Partners, as well as guidance on US employment policies.
• Working with HR to help manage and respond to employee relations issues, investigations and grievances.
• Reviewing disciplinary actions and terminations with HR.
• Supporting employment aspects of transactions with other companies, including due diligence.
• Recommending, implementing and continuously improving employment law related training.
• Monitoring legal and regulatory changes in US jurisdictions and advise on compliance.
• Supervising and managing significant employment law litigation matters in coordination with outside counsel, as required.
• Responding to EEOC and local agency discrimination complaints.
• Responding to wage and hour administrative complaints and Department of Labor investigations.
• Assisting in managing responses to subpoenas and document requests.
• Maintaining employment law files and databases.
• Liaising with employment law peers in India, Europe, and other countries, as needed.
• Other matters as directed by Head of Legal, Americas, Deputy Head of Legal – USA, and/or Senior Corporate Counsel - Employment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of eight years of experience focused on employment law and litigation, preferably with some experience in-house and in the IT industry.
• A law degree from a law school and be in good standing to practice in any state in the United States.
• Strong analytical capabilities and judgment.
• Ability to work proactively, independently and reliably under tight timeframes in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively as part of a team as well as cross-functionally across teams.
• Ability to handle multiple projects in a timely manner.
• Willingness to tackle matters outside area of expertise.
• Ability to interact with HR teams and other legal team members; office role and not a work-from-home role.

Seniority and Employment Details

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Consulting
• Industry: Legal Services