# People Legal Counsel, APAC

**Company**: Anthropic
**Location**: Sydney, New South Wales
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Technology
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116758847

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## Description

Anthropic's People Legal team is seeking a Lead Employment Counsel to build the legal foundation for its growing workforce across Asia-Pacific. You will partner with the People team and business leaders to design and run employment programs that help employees do their best work.

Key responsibilities:

- Serve as the primary employment lawyer for Anthropic's APAC region, partnering with People and business leaders across People programs, policies, and day-to-day issues.

- Build and maintain the legal infrastructure for new and existing APAC jurisdictions, including Japan, South Korea, Australia, Singapore, and India.

- Advise on market entry and workforce structuring, including acquisitions, employer of record arrangements, contractor classification, and headcount thresholds that trigger local obligations.

- Partner with Compensation, Benefits, and Equity teams to ensure global programs are compliant and scalable.

- Guide employee relations matters, including workplace investigations, in line with local law and practice.

- Develop and manage strategy on employment disputes across the region, from pre-litigation claims through tribunal and court proceedings, in partnership with outside counsel.

- Track legislative and regulatory developments across the region, including employee data privacy and emerging rules on AI in employment, and turn them into practical guidance.

- Develop scalable templates, playbooks, and training that enable stakeholders to operate compliantly.

Minimum qualifications:

- Hold a law degree (JD, LLB, or equivalent) and meet local licensing requirements to work as in-house counsel.

- Have deep subject-matter expertise on employment law across multiple APAC countries.

- Write clearly and concisely, providing actionable guidance to non-lawyers.

- Balance legal risk with business practicality, working collaboratively with legal and business cross-functional partners.

- Work effectively with colleagues and stakeholders across multiple time zones.

Preferred qualifications:

- At least 12+ years of relevant employment legal experience across law firms and in-house, with demonstrated experience supporting companies through rapid growth.

- Experience advising People and business teams on the practical application of employment laws in Japan, South Korea, India, Australia, and Singapore.

- Creative and pragmatic in developing legal solutions to business problems.

- Working knowledge of employee data privacy requirements across the region.

Benefits:

- Competitive compensation and benefits

- Optional equity donation matching

- Generous vacation and parental leave

- Flexible working hours

- Lovely office space

## Skills

### Required
- Employment Law
- APAC Jurisdictions
- Contractor Classification
- Employee Relations
- Compliance

### Nice to have
- Employee Data Privacy
- AI in Employment
- Employment Disputes Strategy

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