The Role:

MicroStrategy is seeking an experienced Legal Counsel to join a high-caliber team and focus on diverse employment/labor-related issues (including data privacy) while also supporting general litigation, ethics and compliance, and other matters. In this role, you will manage matters in the European region, with a potential for future increased geographic scope. You possess the skills and experience to execute a wide range of projects at the same time with minimal supervision and are also someone who can think around corners and develop creative, practical approaches to novel issues. While you thoroughly enjoy counseling, you also have a knack for litigation and investigations and the strategizing that comes with it. You will collaborate with business executives, human resources, and other Company personnel, providing excellent legal support.  You will implement policies and provide training to an international workforce.  While your focus will be employment and labor-related matters, you are excited to explore and contribute to other important areas as needed, including global mobility and corporate governance matters across multiple jurisdictions.

This job can be performed remotely with periodic visits to an office if this is preferred to office-based work.  Location is preferably in or near London, Paris, Madrid, or Warsaw.

Your Focus:

• Develop, implement, and update sound workplace policies and procedures, including employment agreements and standard documentation for the lifecycle of employment (including related to hiring, benefits, compensation, equity programs, leaves of absence, discipline, and termination); provide counsel on these matters
• Manage all aspects of employment-related pre-litigation and litigation, including investigations, applicable conciliation and/or grievance procedures, handling administrative charges, supervising outside counsel (including preparing and managing budgets), and negotiating settlement agreements
• Partner with Human Resources, Finance, and other internal clients to develop strategies for global mobility
• Proactively support corporate ethics and compliance, including related to data privacy, by responding to inquiries and rights requests, recommending updates to policies, procedures, and agreements in response to legal or business changes, and planning and executing internal investigations (including preparing and delivering to internal business partners findings and recommendations)
• Develop and deliver training to Human Resources and other business partners
• Produce excellent written and oral work as needed in connection with the above and other assigned responsibilities

Required Experience and Skills

• Law degree from a leading law school with 8+ years of post-qualification experience with a reputable law firm and/or in-house legal department (prior in-house experience is a plus)
• Based in Europe and licensed to practice law in at least one European jurisdiction
• Significant experience advising a multinational company on compliance with multi-jurisdictional projects within Europe and the impact of European employment laws on global initiatives (experience advising with respect to the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and/or the Asian-Pacific region is a plus)
• Experience with E.U. data privacy law (experience with data privacy laws outside of the E.U. is a plus)
• Experience working with U.S.-headquartered publicly traded companies (experience participating in quarter and annual close process is a plus, but not required)
• Self-starter who shows project ownership and enjoys working across departments
• Ability to manage workload in a fast-paced environment and add value to multiple complex projects simultaneously, including managing and advancing projects independently
• Superior professionalism, interpersonal skills, written and oral communication skills, judgment, and attention to detail are paramount
• Positive contributor to team and company values - Motivation, Innovation, Passion, Integrity, Teamwork, Customer-Focus
• Strong English language skills