Employment Counsel

The role

You will own US employment litigation and disputes while managing external counsel relationships. You will advise the business and HR on high-risk employment questions and build legal frameworks, templates, and trainings.

What you will do

• Own US employment disputes and litigation
• Instruct and manage external counsel
• Advise on risk and business outcomes
• Partner with HR colleagues on escalated employee matters
• Partner with Employment Counsel in Amsterdam
• Build frameworks, playbooks, and legal review of policies
• Advise on wage and hour, discrimination, accommodation, classification, leave, and pay transparency
• Shape global employment legal strategy with colleagues in EMEA, APAC and LATAM
• Train and upskill HR colleagues, people leads and managers

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of employment law experience or more, in house or at a law firm
• Strong US employment litigation experience running matters through agencies and the courts and directing external counsel
• Admitted to practice in the United States and in good standing
• Available to work from our New York or San Francisco office
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken

Nice to have

• Any additional language

About the company

Adyen provides payments, data, and financial products in a single solution for customers like Meta, Uber, H&M, and Microsoft. They are a financial technology platform.