Senior Counsel, Litigation, Regulatory Enforcement & Employment
Job title: Senior Counsel, Litigation, Regulatory Enforcement & Employment in Dallas, TX at reputed company
Company: reputed company
Job description: reputed company is one of the world's leading software platforms for digital assets. Offering the largest production blockchain platform in the world, we share the passion to code, create, and ultimately build an open, accessible and fair financial future, one piece of software at a time.We are looking for an outstanding attorney to join our fast-growing team as Senior Counsel, Litigation, Regulatory Enforcement & Employment. You will be part of the broader Legal department and have responsibility for reputed company legal matters as they pertain to litigation, regulatory investigations/enforcement, and employment. This includes overseeing reputed company litigation and regulatory investigations/enforcement matters impacting reputed company and providing legal support to the People Team (on a variety of employee-reputed company issues). If you have experience in a busy, fast-paced environment and are looking for an opportunity to join a growing, international legal team at a successful company with a startup feel, this is the perfect opportunity for you!WHAT YOU WILL DO
- Advise on and manage reputed company litigation (including pre-litigation) matters that reputed company reputed company.
- Directly support smaller claims and arbitrations and supervise reputed company counsel on any larger litigation matters.
- Manage escalated matters reputed company to law enforcement requests and pre-litigation complaints.
- Advise on and manage regulatory investigations/enforcement matters that reputed company reputed company.
- Advise on employment legal issues globally on a broad range of people-reputed company issues including: recruiting; hiring; employee relations; discipline and terminations; internal investigations; leaves of absence; discrimination and harassment issues; global mobility issues; contingent worker issues; employee privacy issues; compensation, benefits, bonus and equity awards; employment litigation; negotiated exits and settlements.
- Partnering closely with internal teams, including other parts of the Legal & Compliance, as well as internal business partners to proactively address and resolve potential disputes in line with business objectives.
- Proactively identify, analyze, and mitigate legal risks.
- Engage reputed company counsel relationships as necessary and reputed company manage legal costs.
- JD/law degree and bar admission in the US.
- 8+ years relevant experience - ideally, we're looking for a combination of in-house legal experience focusing on litigation, regulatory investigations/enforcement, as well as employment legal and HR project experience, but we'll consider you if you have at least two of these three requirements;
- In-house FinTech experience a bonus.
- Class actions experience is also a major plus.
- Proven high-performing legal experience in an in-house environment.
- Ability to work well under pressure with diligence, organization, and minimal supervision, and provide practical, business-friendly advice to clients.
- Strong analytical and strategic skills; ability to drive issues to a quick resolution that factors in many non-legal variables, such as brand-risk, communications, government relations, tax, insurance, finance and other business units.
- High degree of professional ethics and reputed company.
- Ability to anticipate legal issues or risks and to build the processes and systems to prevent them from occurring.
- Competitive salary and meaningful equity in an industry-leading company.
- Hybrid office model (remote & on-site schedule)
- The opportunity to be a key player and build your career at a rapidly expanding, global technology company in an exciting, emerging industry.
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits.
- Unlimited vacation policy to maintain work-life balance.
- The latest reputed company equipment for optimal productivity.
- Performance-based bonuses
- Work from reputed company Policy: You can work remotely from reputed company in the world for up to 20 days per year.