Senior Counsel, Employment, Europe
What You’ll Do:
The Employment Legal team sits within CoreWeave's Legal & Government Affairs (LGA) organisation and advises the business on the full employment lifecycle across all jurisdictions in which we operate globally. The team partners with leaders across the business to provide practical, business-minded legal guidance on hiring, workplace policies, compliance, employee relations, and dispute resolution as CoreWeave scales internationally. The team is pragmatic, solutions-oriented, and deeply engaged in strategic decision-making, with a strong emphasis on building trusted relationships across the organisation.
As Senior Counsel, Employment, Europe, you will serve as a key employment law adviser for CoreWeave's operations across Europe. You will help build out scalable employment law coverage for a rapidly growing, multi-jurisdictional workforce, navigating a complex and varied regulatory landscape while serving as a trusted adviser to the business.
About the role:
Reporting to the Senior Managing Associate General Counsel, Employment, you will partner closely with the People team and other key stakeholders, including Privacy & Compliance, Tax, Payroll, Data Center Operations, and Corporate Development, to advise on employment matters across Europe.
In this role, you will:
- Provide day-to-day and strategic advice on employment law matters across Europe, including recruiting, hiring, terminations, redundancies, and employment and separation documentation.
- Advise on collective employment matters, including works councils, employee consultation requirements, and TUPE-related issues (and equivalent EU transfer-of-undertaking regimes) arising from restructurings or business transfers.
- Support internal workplace investigations and employee relations matters, escalating and coordinating with outside counsel as needed.
- Partner with the Privacy, Regulatory & Compliance Legal team to advise on data privacy and employment law intersections, including Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs) and employee monitoring.
- Partner with the People team to manage EORs, PEOs, and other workforce arrangements across multiple jurisdictions.
- Advise on cross-border mobility and immigration-related considerations as CoreWeave expands its footprint across the region.
- Draft, review, and interpret employment policies, agreements, and procedures tailored to local legal requirements.
- Oversee employment-related disputes and litigation across the region, including employment tribunal claims, agency and regulatory complaints, and pre-litigation demands, from early assessment through resolution.
- Monitor legislative and regulatory developments across Europe and proactively flag risks and trends to Legal, People, and business stakeholders.
- Support the management of outside counsel, including local and regional counsel, by coordinating requests, reviewing work product, and escalating recommendations as appropriate.
Who You Are:
- 6+ years of relevant employment law experience, including advising on European workforce matters, gained through a combination of top-tier law firm practice and in-house experience at high-growth technology companies.
- Qualified solicitor in England & Wales.
- Demonstrated experience advising on multi-jurisdictional employment matters, including collective employment issues such as works councils, employee consultation requirements, and TUPE (and EU equivalents).
- Experience with employment law issues arising from M&A, international expansion, or restructurings.
- Experience working with EORs and/or PEOs, local counsel, or regional People teams across Europe.
- Working knowledge of GDPR and its intersection with employment matters, including data subject access requests (DSARs) and employee monitoring.
- Ability to independently handle complex employment law matters, while exercising sound judgment regarding escalation.
- Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with a wide variety of people, collaborate with diverse business groups, and build strong working relationships across time zones.
- Excellent drafting, written, verbal communication, legal interpretation, and research skills.
- A commitment to professional conduct, excellence, and meticulous attention to detail, sometimes under time pressure.
- Ability to balance legal risk mitigation against business objectives with guidance from senior leaders.
- Experience working with or coordinating outside counsel, including local/regional counsel across multiple jurisdictions.
Preferred:
- Experience advising on employment matters in the Middle East and/or Africa.
- Experience supporting immigration and cross-border mobility matters.
Wondering if you’re a good fit? We believe in investing in our people, and value candidates who can bring their own diversified experiences to our teams – even if you aren't a 100% skill or experience match. Here are a few qualities we’ve found compatible with our team. If some of this describes you, we’d love to talk.
- You love to roll up your sleeves and get stuck in, no matter the task
- You’re curious about building the essential cloud for AI and helping to enable the growth of the company internationally
- You’re an expert in providing employment legal support in a fast-paced, high-growth, scaling technology business
Why CoreWeave?
At CoreWeave, we work hard, have fun, and move fast! We’re in an exciting stage of hyper-growth that you will not want to miss out on. We’re not afraid of a little chaos, and we’re constantly learning. Our team cares deeply about how we build our product and how we work together, which is represented through our core values:
- Be Curious at Your Core
- Act Like an Owner
- Empower Employees
- Deliver Best-in-Class Client Experiences
- Achieve More Together
We support and encourage an entrepreneurial outlook and independent thinking. We foster an environment that encourages collaboration and enables the development of innovative solutions to complex problems. As we get set for takeoff, the organisation's growth opportunities are constantly expanding. You will be surrounded by some of the best talent in the industry, who will want to learn from you, too. Come join us!
To fulfill our obligation to protect client data, successful applicants offered employment with CoreWeave will be required to complete a basic criminal record check, conducted in compliance with GDPR. Employment offers are conditional upon receiving satisfactory check results.
What We Offer
In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a variety of benefits to support your needs, including:
- Family-level Medical Insurance
- Family-level Dental Insurance
- Generous Pension Contribution
- Life Assurance at 4x Salary
- Critical Illness Cover
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Work culture focused on innovative disruption
Benefits may vary by location.
Equal Opportunity
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