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Assistant General Counsel - Labor & Employment

Kraken · United States · Remote

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About Kraken

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About the role

Serve as a senior member of the Labor and Employment (L&E) legal team, sharing the day-to-day workload with the Global Head of L&E and the broader team Work with executive leadership, existing employment counsel, Payward Experience (PX), and other teams to develop L&E practices for rapidly growing global/worldwide workforce Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Broad international Labor and Employment background - law and drafting
  • Flexibility to work hours that overlap with PX team members and Asia-Pacific colleagues
  • Experience with due diligence and related ramifications when making acquisitions, including post-closing workforce integration
  • Experience with compensation plans and with data privacy issues affecting employees and candidates
  • Active license to practice law in at least one US State, or eligibility to practice as registered in-house counsel
  • Hands-on proficiency using generative AI tools (such as Claude or ChatGPT) in day-to-day legal work, with sound judgment on verifying outputs and protecting confidentiality, privilege, and personal data
More about this role

Payward - the parent company behind Kraken, NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, Payward Services and CF Benchmarks - has spent the last 15 years building one of the most modern and globally accessible financial infrastructure platforms in the industry, built to advance an open, global financial system.

Before you apply, we encourage you to explore our culture page to understand what drives us and how we work.

Founded in 2011, Kraken is one of the world's longest-standing crypto platforms, trusted by over 10 million individuals and institutions across the globe. It offers spot trading, margin, futures, staking, and OTC services, with products built for both individual investors and institutional clients.

This is a fully remote role, for a US-licensed attorney, preferably based on the West Coast, to join Payward’s world class in-house legal department, reporting to the Global Head of Labor & Employment.

Serve as a senior member of the Labor and Employment (L&E) legal team, sharing the day-to-day workload with the Global Head of L&E and the broader team

Work with executive leadership, existing employment counsel, Payward Experience (PX), and other teams to develop L&E practices for...

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