Kraken
Assistant General Counsel - Labor & Employment
$146K–$293K
United States · Remote · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years; includes in-house and law-firm experience in high-growth scaling and mature, large-enterprise environments.
About the job
Serves as a senior member of Payward’s Labor & Employment legal team, advising on workforce matters, global employment practices, transactions, and employment disputes.
What you'll do
- Advise on employment matters including worker classification, separations, compensation, wage-and-hour issues, and restrictive covenants.
- Support employment due diligence and post-closing workforce integration, and advise on global employment models and workplace policies.
- Manage outside counsel and employment disputes, support workplace investigations, and develop AI-enabled legal workflows with practical guardrails.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of legal experience advising in the US and other jurisdictions on Employment, Labor, and Executive Compensation issues, including in-house and law-firm experience.
- Broad international Labor and Employment background, including law and drafting.
- Active license to practice law in at least one US State, or eligibility to practice as registered in-house counsel.
- Hands-on proficiency using generative AI tools in day-to-day legal work, with sound judgment on verification and confidentiality.
Nice to have
- Interest in the crypto industry.
- Experience in fintech, crypto, regulated financial services, Asian and/or Latin American employment markets.
Pay
$146.4K – $292.8K (base salary)
Tools
Claude, ChatGPT
AI focus
Use generative AI in legal work and help build AI-enabled workflows for contract review, policy drafting, and diligence, with practical guardrails.
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