Corporate Counsel
Hyland
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇨🇴 Colombia
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Analyze and provide legal advice to Company, management and employees related to routine, moderately complex and complex legal matters, matters presenting moderate levels of legal, business or financial risk and commercial contracts
- Provide day-to-day legal support for HR on matters such as hiring, employee relations, performance management, terminations, and workplace investigations.
- Draft, review, and update employment agreements, policies, handbooks, and codes of conduct.
- Advise on wage and hour compliance, leave laws, accommodations, and other workplace regulatory requirements.
- Partner with HR on employee training initiatives and organizational change projects.
- Manage employment-related disputes and oversee outside counsel as needed.
- Support the company’s compliance program, including policy development, risk assessments, training, and monitoring.
- Provide guidance on global data privacy laws (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA where applicable), including data subject rights, cross-border data transfers, and vendor contracts.
Requirements
- Juris Doctor Degree (or equivalent) and active law license in applicable jurisdiction
- Fluent in English
- Preferred to have 5+ years of relevant legal experience, including at least 3 years with relevant legal experience as in-house counsel
- Preferred IAPP certification
- Attention to detail, strong administrative skills and ability to work as part of a team
- Strong proficiency in conducting legal research, gathering and compiling information, drafting commercial contracts and preparing memoranda and other legal communications
- Excellent communication skills in writing and speech
- Or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the principal duties of the job
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
legal analysisemployment lawcontract draftinglegal researchcompliance program managementrisk assessmentdata privacy lawswage and hour complianceworkplace regulatory requirementsemployee relations
Soft skills
attention to detailstrong administrative skillsteamworkexcellent communication skills
Certifications
Juris Doctor Degreeactive law licenseIAPP certification