Counsel - Leading Entertainment

Role Overview

We’re working with a leading entertainment company who are seeking support from an Employment Legal Counsel for the next 10–12 months on a maternity cover.

• Collaborating with the Global Employment Legal Team to ensure alignment and consistency across all regions
• Acting as primary employment counsel for operations in Sweden, Finland, Czech Republic and Romania, and provide additional support in the UK, Ireland and Switzerland on an ad hoc basis
• Managing day-to-day employment law matters, including hiring, performance management and termination, wage and hour rules, disability accommodation, harassment, discrimination, bullying, contingent worker issues, investigations and related litigation
• Supporting policy reviews and ensure policies are as globally consistent as possible
• Supporting investigations and complex employment matters, liaising with external counsel where required
• Advising on union and works council matters
• Advise on employment and workforce considerations arising in transactions and corporate arrangements
• Employee privacy matters in coordination with the Privacy Team

• Employment lawyer with 5–7 years’ experience, ideally gained in an in-house environment
• Strong knowledge of employment law across relevant European jurisdictions
• Strong communicator, highly organised, comfortable managing a wide range of matters simultaneously and able to build effective relationships with stakeholders at all levels

Starting in April, the role is full-time with 3 days per week working from the Guildford office.

If this role is of interest, we’d love to hear from you.