Senior Legal Counsel

Summary

Join Pleo's Legal team as a Senior Legal Counsel specializing in Employment Law and contributing to the Insights & Acceleration Domain. You will provide legal advice, manage projects, and act as a subject matter expert. This new role offers the opportunity to shape legal strategies and processes. You will collaborate with various teams across multiple countries, ensuring legal compliance and driving innovation. The position requires a fully qualified lawyer with 6-10 years of experience in employment law and data privacy. Pleo offers a collaborative and supportive work environment.

Requirements

• Are a fully qualified lawyer in the EU or UK
• Located in Denmark, Germany, the UK or other EU locations where we are active
• You have between 6 and 10 years of experience working in-house or in private practice
• Can draft legal documents and work in English (Danish language experience would be an advantage)
• Thrive in working in a start-up environment
• You have the ability to distill complex legal and privacy advice into understandable and actionable guidance for non-lawyers
• Are comfortable and adept at balancing risk and opportunity and thinking creatively to enable your colleagues to make smart decisions
• Enjoy collaborating and engaging with multiple different teams across Pleo

Responsibilities

• Conduct pragmatic risk assessments and provide clear and concise legal advice to business stakeholders
• Partner directly with business teams, act as primary legal advisor to your business partners, drive and manage projects
• Act as an subject matter expert for employment law topics (it would be a plus if you have experience with data protection as well) within the Pleo legal department
• Be comfortable with moving between operational and strategic topics on an ongoing basis
• Advise the organisation ensuring that Pleo remains legally compliant in any market where it is active
• Advance excellence by maturing legal processes to drive innovation in the organisation whilst remaining legally compliant
• Work as part of a team, guide, develop and mentor junior legal team members
• Lead a governance project to optimise the legal function within employment law to support compliance across multiple jurisdictions
• Collaborate with P&C and the legal team to improve processes across the organisation
• Grow your skills in employment law, commercial understanding and data privacy, taking on new challenges as the company continues to scale
• Support cross-border employment and mobility initiatives to navigate the complexities of remote and international work
• Stay ahead of new regulations, particularly in employment law and GDPR, and translate it into actionable advice for the business
• Contribute to training and knowledge-sharing in the organisation

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in EU Employment law and Data Privacy is preferred in this role

Benefits

• Your own Pleo card (no more out-of-pocket spending!)
• Lunch is on us for your work days - enjoy catered meals or receive a lunch allowance based on your local office 🍜
• Comprehensive private healthcare - depending on your location, coverage options include Vitality, Alan or Médis
• We offer 25 days of holiday + your public holidays
• For our Team, we offer both hybrid and fully remote working options
• Option to purchase 5 additional days of holiday through a salary sacrifice
• We use MyndUp to give our employees access to free mental health and well-being support with great success so far  ❤️‍🩹
• Access to LinkedIn Learning - acquire new skills, stay abreast of industry trends and fuel your personal and professional development continuously
• Paid parental leave - we want to make sure that we're supportive of families and help you feel that you don't have to compromise your family due to work 👶