Employment Lawyer

We are seeking an experienced Employment Lawyer to join the in-house legal team of a global technology company on a four-month assignment. You'll play a key role in supporting employment law matters across EMEA, while also advising on cross-border issues in AMER and APAC when required.

Key Responsibilities

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• Advise HR and legal stakeholders on a broad range of day-to-day employment law matters.
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• Support employee relations issues, workplace investigations, disciplinary and performance matters, grievances, and employment disputes.
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• Provide guidance on recruitment, onboarding, employment contracts, leave and accommodation matters, restructures, redundancies, and employee exits.
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• Assist with collective consultation processes and engagement with works councils and employee representatives.
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• Review and update employment policies, templates, and internal guidance.
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• Work with external counsel on jurisdiction-specific employment law issues where required.
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• Monitor legal developments and contribute to wider employment law projects.
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About You

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• Qualified lawyer with 3+ years' employment law experience.
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• Strong knowledge of EMEA employment law, ideally gained in-house or supporting multinational organisations.
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• Experience handling employee relations, investigations, restructures, redundancies, and other business-as-usual employment matters.
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• Comfortable working independently while partnering closely with legal and HR teams.
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• Commercial, pragmatic, and confident managing sensitive matters in a fast-paced environment.
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