Assistant General Counsel, Employment and Litigation

KoBold Metals

In-house employment and litigation attorney at AI-driven clean-tech company, advising on global workforce and compliance matters. Drafting and negotiating employment agreements and managing litigation.

Posted 6/23/2026full-timeRemote • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $210,000 - $265,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Be an integral part of an in-house legal team in a technology and mineral exploration company growing rapidly around the world
Provide leverage and support to the CLO and DGC so that they are more effective at advancing the company’s priorities
Develop major parts of the company’s legal function with a particular focus on employment law, immigration, investigations, global workforce matters, employment-related compliance, and general litigation
Advise on employment matters across multiple jurisdictions, including the U.S., Australia, Canada, the UK, Europe, Africa, and other regions where the company operates
Draft, review, and negotiate employment agreements, consulting agreements, separation agreements, CIIAAs, offer letters, secondment arrangements, and other workforce-related documents
Develop, maintain, and improve employee handbooks, policies, procedures, trainings, and internal guidance for a rapidly growing global company
Advise on employment laws and practices affecting a mobile, international workforce, including hiring, terminations, discipline, accommodations, leaves of absence, wage and hour, workplace safety, anti-discrimination, anti-harassment, retaliation, remote work, and cross-border employment issues
Partner with HR, talent acquisition, finance, tax, equity administration, and outside immigration counsel or mobility specialists on workforce mobility, immigration, visas, relocation, and international travel matters
Support employee equity matters, including in the context of grants, option exercises, terminations, mobility, tax coordination, and public-company or IPO-readiness processes
Support public-company readiness and public-company employment matters, including compensation governance, executive employment arrangements, employment-related disclosure, and CD&A support where applicable
Act as primary point of contact in legal department for and manage disputes, threatened claims, litigation, arbitration, mediation, agency charges, and settlement negotiations (employee-related and otherwise)
Represent the company in dealings with government agencies on employee matters, including labor, employment, immigration, workplace safety, benefits, and other workforce-related agencies
Lead and advise on internal employee-related investigations, including investigations involving senior employees, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, conflicts of interest, misconduct, policy violations, and other sensitive workplace issues
Advise on employee benefits matters in the U.S. and abroad, including 401(k), pension, leave, health, retirement, and similar benefit programs
Advise on labor relations and union-related issues where they arise, including works councils, collective consultation, union engagement, and labor-law issues in non-U.S. jurisdictions
Have many opportunities to be involved in other areas as the company and its legal functions grow, including intellectual property, data, AI, privacy, broader compliance, and corporate matters
Create processes and policies to help build a high-functioning legal department and scalable global employment function
Provide immediate legal and business advice to internal clients who include senior executives, finance, HR, talent acquisition and tax
Work across the company to set and meet high standards of ethics, with a focus on safety, anti-corruption, community support, environmental protection, anti-discrimination, and integrity
Hire and supervise outside counsel across many subject areas and jurisdictions
Work on whatever needs to be done

Requirements

What you’ll need

13-16 years of experience, with a minimum of 4 years at a top law firm as an employment and/or executive compensation and benefits associate
Strong desire and ability to provide leverage, support, and partnership to the CLO and DGC
Global employment experience, preferably including Australia, Canada, the UK, Europe, and/or Africa, working with highly mobile workforce
Substantial experience drafting, negotiating, and advising on employment agreements, separation agreements, employee handbooks and policies, CIIAAs, restrictive covenants, offer letters, and other employment-related documents
Strong working knowledge of employment laws and practical HR counseling, including hiring, terminations, discipline, wage and hour, leaves, accommodations, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, workplace safety, remote work, and cross-border employment issues
Experience with workforce mobility, immigration, visas, relocation, international travel, and cross-border assignments, including working with immigration counsel, mobility specialists, or similar advisors
Public-company or IPO-readiness experience on employment matters, including employee equity; experience with executive compensation disclosure or CD&A support is a strong plus
Litigation and investigations experience, including employee-related disputes, agency proceedings, arbitrations, mediations, threatened claims, settlement negotiations, and internal employee-related investigations
Experience dealing with government agencies on employee matters
Experience with employee benefits matters, including 401(k), pension, retirement, health, leave, or similar benefit programs; non-U.S. pension or benefits experience is a strong plus
Understanding of labor unions, works councils, collective consultation, or other labor-relations issues is a strong plus
Experience with intellectual property, data, AI, privacy, or broader compliance matters is a strong plus
Excellent drafting and contracts skills
Experience with working in a global company and learning many different foreign legal systems and business environments
Interest in working in a company that requires high levels of collaboration and communication among teammates working remotely across many time zones and continents
Strong desire and ability to develop relationships throughout the company and beyond
Strong organizational and communication skills
Interest in working in a science-based company where most colleagues are scientists and science is the focus of many company meetings and documents
Strong ability to learn new tools and solve new problems continuously
An optimistic attitude toward work, people, and solving bespoke problems of first instance
Strong ability to be a leader in setting a high standard of ethics
Ability and desire to travel periodically (roughly 1x per quarter)
J.D. from a top law school and active admission to a state bar
French language skills a plus

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

employment lawimmigration lawlitigationdrafting agreementsnegotiating contractsemployee benefitsworkforce mobilitypublic-company readinessinvestigationslabor relations

Soft Skills

collaborationcommunicationorganizational skillsrelationship buildingleadershipproblem-solvingadaptabilityoptimismethicscross-cultural communication

Certifications

J.D. from a top law schoolactive admission to a state bar