Legal Counsel, Employment & HR

Overview

In this role you will provide employment and HR legal counsel across AlphaSights’ global business, mitigating risk and ensuring compliant contracts and policies. You will partner with the global HR and Recruiting teams and with regional leadership to address employee issues, navigate complex employment law, and support scalable, compliant processes. You will update templates, deliver training, and advise on immigration, privacy, and investigations to protect the company while enabling growth. This is a fast-paced, high-impact role within a high-growth, client-driven organization. You will have autonomy to drive change and own key employment & HR legal matters as part of AlphaSights’ growth.

Responsibilities

• Mitigate employment-related risk through standardized employee contracting and informed decision-making
• Ensure consistent deployment of template employment contracts globally and approve exceptions
• Update and improve employment contracts, handbooks, and related documents; create efficient processes
• Collaborate with global leadership to resolve employee legal issues and grievances
• Advise on employment law topics across performance management, terminations, recruiting, compensation, and classifications
• Advise on supply-chain or client-facing contract issues with external counsel support
• Advise on global immigration requirements with support of external counsel and assist HR/Recruiting
• Coordinate with external employment/immigration counsel globally
• Provide training on employment-related topics to the company
• Advise on privacy-related employment matters and respond to subject access requests
• Advise on internal investigations regarding conflicts of interest or misconduct

Key requirements

• BA/BS/LLB from a top university in the UK or other relevant law degree
• Qualified solicitor in England & Wales with at least 4 years post-qualification experience in employment law
• Experience drafting employment contracts and handbooks and handling employee legal matters
• Fluency in English; additional languages (e.g., German) a plus
• Confident working in a fast-paced global environment
• Execution-focused with drive to deliver timely, high-quality results
• People-oriented with strong relationship-building across the organization
• Leadership by example and ability to influence teams
• Attention to detail and problem-solving ability
• Strong written, oral, and presentation skills

• Confidence and flexibility
• People-oriented
• Leadership by example
• Drafting employment contracts
• Handbooks and policy development
• Immigration compliance and coordination with external counsel

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