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About the role
Payward, the parent company of Kraken and other platforms, has spent the last 15 years building a modern and globally accessible financial infrastructure platform. Founded in 2011, Kraken is one of the world's longest-standing crypto platforms, offering spot trading, margin, futures, staking, and OTC services to over 10 million individuals and institutions.
This is a fully remote role for an EU- or UK-qualified attorney to join Payward’s world-class in-house legal department. You will report to the Global Head of Labor & Employment and act as a subject matter expert for the EU and UK regions.
What you'll do
- Provide local-law advice for the EU and UK and support L&E matters in MENA and APAC in coordination with local counsel.
- Take first-line ownership of recurring EU and UK employment matters, including worker classification, employee separations, and executive compensation agreements.
- Advise on and manage works council, collective consultation, pay transparency, and employee representative matters.
- Support M&A due diligence and post-closing workforce integration for European acquisitions.
- Work with the PX team and business leaders to craft and localize global policies and procedures for EU and UK requirements.
- Advise on employee and candidate data privacy issues, including GDPR and UK GDPR compliance.
- Support workplace investigations involving whistleblower allegations, discrimination, or performance issues.
- Provide strategic input on expanding global footprint, including EOR, direct employment, and global mobility issues.
- Advise on risk mitigation for trade secret matters and restrictive covenants in the EU and UK.
- Manage and direct local outside counsel on formal opinions and pre-litigation matters.
- Monitor and advise on global L&E trends within the crypto industry to help company competitiveness.
What they're looking for
- 8+ years of legal experience advising in the EU, UK, and other jurisdictions on employment, labor, and executive compensation issues.
- Experience in both in-house and law firm environments working with high-growth scaling and mature enterprises.
- Broad international labor and employment background.
- Experience advising on works councils, collective consultation, and employee representative bodies in the EU and/or UK.
- Experience advising on employee and candidate data privacy issues under the GDPR and UK GDPR.
- Hands-on proficiency using generative AI tools in day-to-day legal work.
- A proactive, entrepreneurial mindset and an opportunity-making attitude.
Nice to have
- Interest in the crypto industry and the company's mission.
- Experience in fintech, crypto, or other regulated financial services industries.
- Experience with MENA and/or APAC employment markets.
- Experience with due diligence and labor issues in acquisitions, including transfer-of-undertakings rules.
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Kraken benefits
◉ Remote policy · in their words
“Work from anywhere, build the future of finance.”
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The hot takeJeff's read on Kraken
Hire-from-anywhere alert! Kraken will hire prospective employees from almost any country.