# People Legal Counsel, APAC **Company**: Anthropic **Location**: Sydney, Australia **Work arrangement**: hybrid **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Category**: Legal **Industry**: Technology **Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116758847 **Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jobs/5433869008?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_adde923b-c0a ## Description Anthropic's People Legal team is looking for a Lead Employment Counsel to build the legal foundation for our growing workforce across Asia-Pacific. You'll partner closely with our People team and business leaders to design and run employment programs in the region that help our people 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 so that 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 the local licensing requirements to work as in-house counsel where you'll be based - Have deep subject-matter expertise on employment law across multiple APAC countries - Write clearly and concisely, and can provide actionable guidance to non-lawyers - Balance legal risk with business practicality, and work 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 your approach to developing legal solutions to business problems - Working knowledge of employee data privacy requirements across the region **Logistics:** - Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience - Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience - Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position - Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. - Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! ## Skills ### Required - employment law - APAC countries - in-house counsel - legal risk management ### Nice to have - employee data privacy - AI in employment - employment disputes - scalable templates --- Source: [Apply at job-boards.greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jobs/5433869008?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)