Principal Legal Counsel, Employment EMEAa

Cloud Software Group
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Principal Legal Counsel, Employment EMEA

U.K. Remote

About Our Global Employment Law Team

The Cloud Software Group (“CSG”) Global Employment Law Team provides mission-critical legal support to HR, the CSG enterprise, and the Company’s business units on employment related matters in the U.S., the U.K., and abroad. The team works collaboratively to help the Company achieve its business objectives while mitigating legal risk, exercising sound judgment, and solving problems expeditiously. In addition to addressing CSG’s employment law matters, the Global Employment Law Team also manages HR Compliance, acts as the primary point of contact for law enforcement inquiries, and plays a critical role in advising on internal investigations of cyber and facility security issues, as well as the entire range of employee relations and workplace matters.

Job Description

The person who will fill this role will report directly to the Legal Director of Global Employment and provide legal guidance—often with the advice of local foreign counsel-- primarily for CSG’s operations and business activities in EMEA in areas including employee relations, compliance, company policy, security, litigation management, benefit and equity incentive plans, and the people-related aspects of M&A transactions. The ideal candidate for this role will have the confidence, experience, and skills to work independently, but also enjoy working collaboratively with a top-notch legal team and the CSG internal clients and stakeholders that the Global Employment Law Team supports.

Duties and Responsibilities

  1. Provide legal guidance on a broad range of employee relations issues, including employee misconduct, job performance issues, medical leave and disability accommodation compliance, anti-discrimination, anti-harassment and related workplace matters;
  2. For reductions in force, help provide guidance on the impact of job elimination on high-risk employees, advise on adverse impact analyses, and work with international counsel on employee selection, proper notice, and severance requirements;
  3. Handle the legal side of facility security and cybersecurity investigations;
  4. Draft and update restrictive covenant, employment, severance, retention, benefits, equity, and compensation agreements and plan documents;
  5. Assist with providing counsel to our Compliance team, drafting and updating corporate policies, and resolving potential compliance issues as they arise;
  6. Work with external counsel, both in the U.K. and internationally, to manage employment cases, set litigation strategy, assist with document collection and witness preparation, and actively participate in settlement negotiations;
  7. Assist with preparing company position statements in administrative agency actions and to support outside counsel in court litigation;
  8. For all CSG mergers, acquisitions, asset purchases and sales, and divestitures: contribute to due diligence and the drafting and negotiation of transaction documents and advise on the human resource impacts of the intended action.

Required Qualifications

  1. Requisite degree from an accredited U.K. law school and an active member in good standing of the bar;
  2. At least 6-8 years of full-time employment law experience, ideally with a combination of in-house and law firm roles;
  3. Preferably some experience in the enterprise cloud software technology industry.

In addition to base compensation, certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including an annual bonus or sales incentives depending on the terms of the applicable plan and role as well as individual performance. Benefits may vary depending on the nature of your employment with CSG and the country where you work.

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