Senior Employment Counsel - UK

📋 Description

• Serve as go-to employment counsel for UK/EMEA on hiring, performance, terminations, and investigations.
• Partner with the People team to support compliant, scalable employee lifecycle practices.
• Conduct and oversee internal workplace investigations.
• Collaborate on and lead employment-related litigation and pre-litigation matters.
• Develop and scale UK/EMEA employment policies, training, templates, and tooling.

🎯 Requirements

• 5–11 years’ PQE focused on UK employment law; in-house and law firm experience preferred.
• Qualified solicitor in England and Wales; other EMEA qualifications are a plus.
• Deep UK employment law expertise with exposure to EMEA.
• Proven ability to lead or advise on sensitive employee relations matters and investigations.
• Clear, concise communicator; comfortable across time zones.
• Independent, able to navigate ambiguity in a high-growth global business.
• Strong judgment, discretion, and a collaborative approach.
• Fluent in English; additional European languages are a plus.

🎁 Benefits

• Applicant safety policy: no bank details or sensitive IDs during application.
• Official communications come from airwallex.com; apply via careers.airwallex.com or LinkedIn.
• Airwallex is an equal opportunity employer; values diversity.
• No unsolicited resumes from recruiters; fees only with a signed agreement.