Employment Counsel
Location
London, City of London, United Kingdom
Work type
Remote
Employment
Full Time
Experience
5-10 years
Compensation
£59K - £88.7K per year
Posted
1d ago
Summary and responsibilities
Role overview
Summary
The Employment Counsel will join Mews' Legal team to provide expert employment law advice across multiple international jurisdictions, partnering closely with the People Team and senior business leaders. This high-impact role involves advising on complex employee relations, developing scalable policies, supporting global workforce planning, and managing employment-related disputes.
About the role
We’re looking for an experienced Employment Counsel to join our Legal team and partner closely with our People Team and senior business leaders. This is a high-impact role for someone who combines strong employment law depth with sound judgment, practical communication and the ability to bring clarity in a fast-moving, international environment.
You’ll act as a trusted in-house employment law partner across a broad range of issues, helping Mews scale with the right legal frameworks, policies and ways of working. You’ll advise across the employee lifecycle, support complex and sensitive matters, and help turn legal complexity into practical guidance that our teams can use. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working cross-functionally, is comfortable operating with pace and ambiguity, and wants to help shape how Employment Legal supports a growing global business.
✅ Your mission, should you choose to accept it:
Partner with the People Team on day-to-day and strategic employment law matters across multiple jurisdictions.
Advise on complex employee relations matters across the employee lifecycle, including contracts, terms and conditions, investigations, disciplinary issues, disputes and complex terminations.
Develop, review and improve employment policies, playbooks, knowledge bases and scalable frameworks that help the business operate consistently and compliantly.
Provide clear, commercially grounded guidance to senior stakeholders, helping them understand risk, make decisions and move forward with confidence.
Support workforce planning, talent acquisition, cross-border employment matters and global mobility questions as Mews continues to grow internationally.
Work closely with People and business stakeholders on employment issues involving works councils, local country nuance and organisational change.
Manage employment-related disputes and litigation with external counsel, and help identify practical approaches to risk mitigation.
Deliver training and education that improves legal awareness and equips managers and People partners to handle issues well.
Support employment aspects of mergers, acquisitions and integration work where needed.
What we’re looking for
Qualified lawyer, licensed/barred in good standing in the UK or an EU jurisdiction, with strong experience supporting large U.S. companies and advising on U.S.-related employment law matters
5+ years of employment law experience gained in a law firm, in-house, or a combination of both, ideally in an international or cross-border setting.
Strong employment law judgment, with the ability to balance legal risk, business reality and stakeholder needs.
Experience partnering closely with People/HR teams and advising senior stakeholders in a practical, solutions-oriented way.
Confidence handling policies, process design, playbook creation and scalable legal enablement work, not just reactive case support.
Strong written and verbal communication, with the ability to translate complex legal issues into clear business guidance.
Comfort operating in a fast-paced, evolving and sometimes ambiguous environment.
A collaborative style and the ability to build trust quickly across functions and levels.
Bonus points if you have:
In-house experience supporting a high-growth or multinational business.
Exposure to works councils and labour relations topics across Europe.
Experience building employment policies or operational playbooks from scratch or improving them at scale.
A background that combines strong technical employment law knowledge with a calm, practical approach in less structured environments.
What’s in it for you?
Our success is powered by our incredible people, supported by benefits that help them thrive.
Global benefits
No matter where you’re based, you’ll enjoy:
Unlimited paid holiday (yes, really)
Participation in our company share program
Paid parental leave (6 months fully paid for primary caregivers, 2 months for secondary, available after one year of service)
An annual Learning budget of €300 (and more for high performers) to support your development
Monthly
Updated 20h ago
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Skills and qualifications
Additional skills
Experience
5-10 years
Certifications
How this role is positioned
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Employment
Full Time
Contract duration
Permanent
Hiring type
Direct
Global hiring
Location specific
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Compensation and benefits
Compensation
£59K - £88.7K per year
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Company snapshot
Company
Mews
Team size
Growing team
Location
London, City of London, United Kingdom
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Employment Counsel
London, City of London, United Kingdom • Full Time