Company DescriptionTeamed is a modern global employment platform built for ambitious companies. We act as Employer of Record for employees across 180+ countries — handling payroll, compliance, benefits, and entity management so our clients can hire the best talent anywhere.Role DescriptionThis is a high-impact opportunity to join Teamed’s legal function at a pivotal moment. Reporting directly to the Chief Legal Officer, you will take end-to-end ownership of a broad portfolio of legal matters — from the employment law questions to commercial contracts, data privacy, entity management and cross-border regulatory questions. You will not just advise — you will build. Playbooks, templates, policies and scalable processes that allow Teamed to grow compliantly without slowing down.What You Will Do- Serve as a trusted first-responder on employment and labour law matters, including hiring, terminations, benefits, misclassification and local compliance across multiple jurisdictions.- Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, including MSAs, SLAs, DPAs, partnership and vendor agreements.- Navigate through relevant data privacy legislation and AI Act requirements;
collaborate with the product team to ensure privacy-by-design.- Advise on entity incorporation, management and ongoing compliance across jurisdictions.- Monitor legislative changes in key markets and translate them into actionable guidance.- Help develop and maintain a legal knowledge base: templates, country guides, policies, playbooks, training materials and other resources.- Manage relationships with external counsel to ensure quality output at controlled cost.- Support CLO on corporate transactions, investor-related activities, and strategic initiatives.- Build strong relationships with other teams so that legal is an enabler, not a bottleneck.What We Are Looking For- UK or EU-qualified lawyer with 5+ years PQE and proven in-house experience.- Deep grounding in employment and labour law across multiple jurisdictions (MUST HAVE).- Solid working knowledge of GDPR and international data protection frameworks is a plus.- Experience with advising EOR, HR technology or payroll businesses is a plus.- Comfortable operating in fast-moving environments with high autonomy: ready to build structure, rather than wait for it.- Strong commercial instincts: able to identify legal risks, weigh them against business reality and give a clear recommendation.- Exceptional communication skills and passion for legal design: able to make complex legal concepts easily understood.- Fluent in English;
additional European languages are a plus.