# Counsel, Employment

**Company**: Brex
**Location**: Seattle, Washington
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $220,000 - $270,000 USD
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

We are seeking a Counsel, Employment to join our Legal team at Brex. As a trusted legal partner to Brex's People team, you will provide practical, business-minded advice on employment matters affecting Brex's global workforce.

Responsibilities:

- Provide business-minded legal guidance and support to Brex's People team on day-to-day employment issues

- Support the development and implementation of policies and practices governing Brex employees and contingent workers

- Assist in managing employment-related complaints, disputes, litigation, investigations, and responses to regulatory inquiries and charges

- Help manage outside legal counsel retained to assist Brex on employment matters

- Identify employment- and contingent worker-related risks and recommend practical solutions for managing and mitigating them

- Research and analyze employment-related laws that apply in the locations where Brex employees and contingent workers work

- Support the development and delivery of employment-related training to managers and employees

Requirements:

- 5+ years of experience counseling on employment law matters at a reputable law firm, an in-house or corporate legal department, or both

- Experience partnering directly with People / HR functions as their day-to-day legal advisor

- Strong organizational skills with the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously and manage competing priorities

- Practical, problem-solving mindset with the ability to navigate a dynamic, fast-paced environment

- Team player who collaborates effectively with colleagues and business partners to drive meaningful results

- Exceptional oral and written communication skills, with the ability to translate legal complexity into clear guidance for non-lawyers

- Juris Doctor (JD) and active bar membership in good standing of the bar of at least one U.S. state

The expected salary range for this role is $220,000 - $270,000 USD.

## Skills

### Required
- employment law
- litigation
- regulatory compliance
- HR
- communication

### Nice to have
- high-growth tech company experience
- California employment law
- international employment law
- manager training
- financial services experience

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