Sr Legal Counsel, Employment Law, SC Ventures

Role Responsibilities
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Purpose

• To advise on and manage all employment law matters and to help mitigate reputational, financial and regulatory related risks arising from people issues across SC Ventures.

Responsibilities
Advisory

• Advising on the employment aspects of the set-up of new ventures and entities, including intra-group transfers of employees
• Advising on and managing employment issues across the SC Ventures footprint, including investigations, accountability reviews, material disciplinary and grievance matters, performance management, redundancies, restructures and contentious/senior exits
• Managing relevant stakeholders and providing accurate and timely updates regarding the status of disputes or issues
• Develop the skills to support and advise the Performance, Reward and Benefits team with the drafting of employee incentives documents and the implementation of such share schemes
• Advising on employment law aspects of global HR policy or strategy projects, and co-ordinating advice from other members of the Employment Law team, the SC Ventures legal team or external counsel
• Advising on diversity and inclusion initiatives and/or communications
• Keeping relevant stakeholders updated on employment law best practice and changes to relevant laws/regulations
• Employment law support for M&A integration, including advice on staff consultation obligations and restructuring and/or employee transfer provisions

Processes

• Advise on employment contracts and employee policies, particularly on set up of a new business or entity
• Ensure good maintenance and governance of global and consistent contractual templates and employee policies
• Engage and manage external counsel for jurisdictions where internal employment law expertise is not in place
• Review and negotiate external counsel/supplier quotes and costs to ensure best value for the business
• Ensure external counsel invoices and costs are logged through the internal case management system (Team Connect) for cost and productivity tracking purposes

Litigation/disputes

• Advising on and managing employment litigation/disputes globally for SC Ventures
• Liaising with external legal counsel regarding the strategic approach to employment law disputes, critically assessing advice received and tailoring this to the business/organisation
• Collaborate with the corporate communications team to manage reputational risk
• Identify and analyse opportunities for settlement and advise Human Resources (HR), Employee Relations (ER) and/or business stakeholders on settlement strategy
• Prepare and negotiate settlement terms

Our Ideal Candidate
Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Understanding of key features of relevant laws and regulations relevant to this role (UK required, France and Germany helpful)
• Stakeholder management skills with experience of engaging with stakeholders/clients
• Ability to coordinate a number of activities and work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment
• Being able to apply a commercial lens to advice and adapt advice to the individual needs of stakeholders

Requirements

• Excellent organizational skills required in order to assimilate and analyse information regarding relevant background facts
• Excellent analytical skills to review background facts and identify the key legal issues raised by the employment dispute or issue
• Excellent communication skills in order to discuss the key legal issues with external legal advisers and to discuss and agree the approach with the internal stakeholders
• Disciplined approach towards timelines and tracking all steps required in order to manage matters and implement a strategic approach
• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group's Valued Behaviours and Code of Conduct

Qualifications

• Must be qualified to practice as a solicitor or barrister in a common law jurisdiction
• Must have dedicated employment experience in private practice or in-house in Singapore, including handling complex employment disputes and issues.
• At least 2+ years PQE experience
• Experience in:
  • employment litigation
  • drafting and advising on employment contracts and policies
  • advising on employee relations issues such as disciplinaries, grievances, redundancy/restructure and termination of employment
  • incentives/employee benefits experience (preferred)

Sr Legal Counsel, Employment Law, SC Ventures