Legal Director (EMEA Employment Law)

Join Lime, a high-growth global company, as the EMEA Legal Director for Employment Law. In this strategic and hands-on role, you will provide day-to-day legal advice on complex employment law matters across multiple jurisdictions, lead employment-related disputes, and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders. You will also monitor legal and regulatory developments and develop scalable policies and processes to support efficient growth.

• Serve as a senior legal partner to the People team, business leaders, and cross-functional stakeholders on complex employment law matters across multiple jurisdictions.
• Advise on complex employment issues, including employee relations, performance management, terminations, investigations, accommodations, leaves, works council matters, workforce classification, TUPE-related issues, reorganizations, and other sensitive workplace matters.
• Lead employment-related disputes, litigation, agency charges, audits, inspections, and regulatory matters, including management of outside counsel.
• The ideal candidate brings deep employment law expertise, sound judgment, and substantial experience advising on workforce classification and contingent workforce structures
• This person should be comfortable operating independently, managing sophisticated matters from strategy through execution, and partnering closely with stakeholders across Legal, People, Operations, Finance, and Product
• J.D. or equivalent law degree and active bar membership in good standing
• Experience supporting a high-growth, global technology company is strongly preferred
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to translate legal risk into practical business guidance
• Deep practical knowledge of employment law across multiple jurisdictions, including experience managing cross-border issues
• Experience building scalable employment law processes and partnering with cross-functional stakeholders at senior levels is preferred
• Demonstrated ability to operate autonomously, prioritize effectively, and manage a high-volume, high-complexity workload
• Strong business judgment and a solutions-oriented approach
• 10+ years of relevant employment law experience, ideally combining top-tier law firm and in-house experience
• Significant experience advising on workforce classification, contingent workforce models, independent contractor issues, and related litigation, investigations, or regulatory enforcement
• Strong experience handling employment litigation, agency matters, internal investigations, and escalated workplace issues
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