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Legal Counsel (Employment Products)
LegalRemote — EMEA, APAC, Portugal, Spain, India
Published on 2026-07-17
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About this role
Advise Oyster’s teams and stakeholders on employment law across multiple jurisdictions. The role focuses on maintaining compliant, scalable employment products and processes, including those shaped by Oyster’s Employer of Record model.
About the company
Oyster is a global employment platform that lets companies hire, pay, and manage workers in other countries through employer-of-record and related services.
The team
Legal and Compliance, Employment Products
What you'll do
- Maintain employment templates, policies, and processes across jurisdictions.
- Track legal and regulatory changes and lead implementation of required updates.
- Advise on employment matters throughout the employee lifecycle.
- Partner with Product, People, and other teams to develop compliant employment solutions.
- Support new products, expansion initiatives, and cross-border migrations.
- Create practical employment guidance and compliance resources.
- Support inspections, audits, and regulatory inquiries.
- Use data, automation, and AI to improve legal workflows and compliance operations.
What we're looking for
- Law degree and admission to practice in at least one jurisdiction.
- At least 4 years of employment law experience.
- Experience drafting and reviewing employment contracts, templates, and policies.
- Experience handling multi-jurisdictional or cross-border employment matters.
- Ability to provide clear, practical guidance to non-legal stakeholders.
- Strong research, communication, analytical, and organizational skills.
- Fluent written and spoken English.
- Reliable home internet and at least 3–4 hours of overlap with CET/CEST business hours.
Nice to have
- Experience working within or with an Employer of Record (EOR) or Professional Employer Organization (PEO).
- Experience combining law firm and in-house practice.
- Knowledge of immigration rules and employee benefits.
- Comfort using AI and automation tools.
Benefits
- 40 days of paid time off per year, including holidays and vacation, or more where locally required.
- At least three months of paid parental leave, with job protection for up to 12 months or as required locally.
- Monthly wellbeing allowance.
- Mental health support through Plumm.
- Work-from-home equipment stipend.
- Work from anywhere where authorized.