Assistant General Counsel, HR Legal (Financial Services)

Location: London, United Kingdom. Applicants must have the right to work in the United Kingdom at the time of application and throughout employment.

Company

hirify.global is a global financial services organization providing wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking services to sophisticated institutional and private clients.

What you will do

• Provide practical, commercially focused employment, employee relations and employee benefits advice to HR, senior management and business stakeholders across EMEA.
• Advise on grievances, disciplinary matters, performance management, right-to-work issues and workforce-related matters.
• Oversee EMEA employment litigation, regulatory and agency matters with Employee Relations teams and external counsel.
• Advise on remuneration codes, regulatory frameworks, accountability regimes, pensions and employee benefits.
• Support M&A, due diligence, restructurings, TUPE matters and other strategic initiatives, including drafting and negotiating employment documentation.
• Advise on GDPR, employee privacy, employment policies and emerging employment-law developments while managing external counsel across jurisdictions.

Requirements

• Significant employment-law experience across multiple EMEA jurisdictions, including relevant exposure to the UK, Ireland, Guernsey, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, UAE and Saudi Arabia.
• Strong technical employment-law expertise and hands-on experience advising HR, Employee Relations and senior stakeholders in a complex international organization.
• Experience handling sensitive employee-relations matters and providing pragmatic, commercially balanced advice.
• Knowledge of employment-related regulatory requirements in financial services or another highly regulated environment, including compensation, remuneration and accountability regimes.
• Demonstrable experience with TUPE, M&A due diligence and other employment aspects of corporate transactions.
• Experience with employee privacy, GDPR, gender-pay reporting and evolving employment-related disclosure requirements.
• Excellent legal analysis, judgment, problem-solving, drafting and communication skills, including employment contracts, settlement and severance agreements and policies.
• Ability to collaborate across Legal, HR, Employee Relations and the wider business and manage external counsel across multiple jurisdictions.
• Law degree or equivalent legal qualification; qualified solicitor admitted to practise in England and Wales with a current practising certificate.
• Significant relevant experience in a nationally recognized law firm and/or the legal department of a large international organization.

Nice to have

• Additional qualifications or admission to practise in other EMEA jurisdictions, particularly Luxembourg, Guernsey, the Netherlands or Ireland.
• Interest in emerging employment, regulatory and workforce-related legal developments.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible and collaborative work culture within a financially stable international organization.
• Opportunities for internal movement and access to senior leaders.
• Inclusive workplace with support for the communities served through employee philanthropy.
• Reasonable adjustments are available for health conditions and disabilities during the employment process.
• Visa sponsorship is not available, including Skilled Worker, Global Business Mobility, Graduate, Youth Mobility Scheme, High Potential Individual, Scale-up Worker, Temporary Worker and other employer-sponsored visa categories.