Description:
Position Summary:A Leading Labor & Employment Law Firm has a unique opportunity in our Cross-Border practice group for an entrepreneurial, creative and experienced employment law attorney who wants to take their practice in a new direction. We are seeking an attorney who will join us at an associate or counsel attorney. The ideal candidate will have a passion for assisting multinational companies of all sizes with their labor and employment needs worldwide and advising clients on a full range of international employment issues that are unique to global workforces.
We offer our attorneys multiple writing, publishing and speaking opportunities, including the opportunity to participate in our Global Solutions task force and podcast series. While this position is fully remote, the successful candidate must sit in a location where we have a physical office.
Requirements:
- Juris Doctor. Qualified candidates must be and remain licensed to practice law in the United States location in which they are located, and in good standing. During employment, attorneys must meet requirements for continuing licensure for law practice.
- Candidates must possess 5+ years of U.S. labor and employment law experience.
- Cross-border experience is required. Asia-Pacific and Middle East experience is strongly preferred.
- In-house experience a plus.
- Excellent analytical, “outside-the-box” critical thinking, creative problem solving, writing, and communication skills are required.
- Must be comfortable analyzing novel and complex legal issues and helping design risk-based and client-practical solutions in situations where multiple laws may apply and may be in conflict with one another.
- Must be independent and capable of managing a high volume of different projects at once, task-switching and multitasking frequently, and seeking supervision when needed.
- Proficiency in word processing, spreadsheet, workflow management, and virtual communications technology platforms (e.g., Zoom, Teams, Slack, Smartsheet, Excel, Word, imanage) required.
