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KoBold Metals discovers the materials critical for the renewable energy revolution using AI and HI.

Assistant General Counsel, Employment and Litigation

General CounselGeneral CounselFull TimeRemoteLeadTeam 51-200Since 2018Company SiteLinkedIn

Location

New York

Posted

2 days ago

Salary

$210K - $265K / year

Seniority

Lead

Postgraduate Degree14 yrs expEnglish

Job Description

Assistant General Counsel, Employment and Litigation

KoBold Metals

• Be an integral part of an in-house legal team in a technology and mineral exploration company growing rapidly around the world • Provide leverage and support to the CLO and DGC so that they are more effective at advancing the company’s priorities • Develop major parts of the company’s legal function with a particular focus on employment law, immigration, investigations, global workforce matters, employment-related compliance, and general litigation • Advise on employment matters across multiple jurisdictions, including the U.S., Australia, Canada, the UK, Europe, Africa, and other regions where the company operates • Draft, review, and negotiate employment agreements, consulting agreements, separation agreements, CIIAAs, offer letters, secondment arrangements, and other workforce-related documents • Develop, maintain, and improve employee handbooks, policies, procedures, trainings, and internal guidance for a rapidly growing global company • Advise on employment laws and practices affecting a mobile, international workforce, including hiring, terminations, discipline, accommodations, leaves of absence, wage and hour, workplace safety, anti-discrimination, anti-harassment, retaliation, remote work, and cross-border employment issues • Partner with HR, talent acquisition, finance, tax, equity administration, and outside immigration counsel or mobility specialists on workforce mobility, immigration, visas, relocation, and international travel matters • Support employee equity matters, including in the context of grants, option exercises, terminations, mobility, tax coordination, and public-company or IPO-readiness processes • Support public-company readiness and public-company employment matters, including compensation governance, executive employment arrangements, employment-related disclosure, and CD&A support where applicable • Act as primary point of contact in legal department for and manage disputes, threatened claims, litigation, arbitration, mediation, agency charges, and settlement negotiations (employee-related and otherwise) • Represent the company in dealings with government agencies on employee matters, including labor, employment, immigration, workplace safety, benefits, and other workforce-related agencies • Lead and advise on internal employee-related investigations, including investigations involving senior employees, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, conflicts of interest, misconduct, policy violations, and other sensitive workplace issues • Advise on employee benefits matters in the U.S. and abroad, including 401(k), pension, leave, health, retirement, and similar benefit programs • Advise on labor relations and union-related issues where they arise, including works councils, collective consultation, union engagement, and labor-law issues in non-U.S. jurisdictions • Have many opportunities to be involved in other areas as the company and its legal functions grow, including intellectual property, data, AI, privacy, broader compliance, and corporate matters • Create processes and policies to help build a high-functioning legal department and scalable global employment function • Provide immediate legal and business advice to internal clients who include senior executives, finance, HR, talent acquisition and tax • Work across the company to set and meet high standards of ethics, with a focus on safety, anti-corruption, community support, environmental protection, anti-discrimination, and integrity • Hire and supervise outside counsel across many subject areas and jurisdictions • Work on whatever needs to be done

Job Requirements

  • 13-16 years of experience, with a minimum of 4 years at a top law firm as an employment and/or executive compensation and benefits associate
  • Strong desire and ability to provide leverage, support, and partnership to the CLO and DGC
  • Global employment experience, preferably including Australia, Canada, the UK, Europe, and/or Africa, working with highly mobile workforce
  • Substantial experience drafting, negotiating, and advising on employment agreements, separation agreements, employee handbooks and policies, CIIAAs, restrictive covenants, offer letters, and other employment-related documents
  • Strong working knowledge of employment laws and practical HR counseling, including hiring, terminations, discipline, wage and hour, leaves, accommodations, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, workplace safety, remote work, and cross-border employment issues
  • Experience with workforce mobility, immigration, visas, relocation, international travel, and cross-border assignments, including working with immigration counsel, mobility specialists, or similar advisors
  • Public-company or IPO-readiness experience on employment matters, including employee equity; experience with executive compensation disclosure or CD&A support is a strong plus
  • Litigation and investigations experience, including employee-related disputes, agency proceedings, arbitrations, mediations, threatened claims, settlement negotiations, and internal employee-related investigations
  • Experience dealing with government agencies on employee matters
  • Experience with employee benefits matters, including 401(k), pension, retirement, health, leave, or similar benefit programs; non-U.S. pension or benefits experience is a strong plus
  • Understanding of labor unions, works councils, collective consultation, or other labor-relations issues is a strong plus
  • Experience with intellectual property, data, AI, privacy, or broader compliance matters is a strong plus
  • Excellent drafting and contracts skills
  • Experience with working in a global company and learning many different foreign legal systems and business environments
  • Interest in working in a company that requires high levels of collaboration and communication among teammates working remotely across many time zones and continents
  • Strong desire and ability to develop relationships throughout the company and beyond
  • Strong organizational and communication skills
  • Interest in working in a science-based company where most colleagues are scientists and science is the focus of many company meetings and documents
  • Strong ability to learn new tools and solve new problems continuously
  • An optimistic attitude toward work, people, and solving bespoke problems of first instance
  • Strong ability to be a leader in setting a high standard of ethics
  • Ability and desire to travel periodically (roughly 1x per quarter)
  • J.D. from a top law school and active admission to a state bar
  • French language skills a plus

Benefits

  • 401(k) matching

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