Kraken Digital Asset Exchange
Kraken Digital Asset Exchange
1,001 – 5,000 Employees
CryptoFinanceFintech
Kraken Digital Asset Exchange is a global cryptocurrency and financial technology company founded in 2011. Its platform supports the buying and selling of more than 200 digital assets, including Bitcoin and Ethereum, with tools designed for both newer users and experienced traders. Services include advanced trading interfaces, margin trading, over-the-counter trading, and custody solutions for individual and institutional clients. Kraken emphasizes security, liquidity, transparency through proof of reserves, and round-the-clock customer support while operating across international markets. Work at Kraken is connected to the development and operation of infrastructure for digital-asset trading and financial services, within a company guided by mission-driven values and an awareness of the risks and regulatory differences associated with cryptocurrency.

Senior Labor and Employment Counsel (UK Remote)

Senior counsel role advising Kraken’s global crypto-finance business on EU and UK employment, labor, privacy, workforce, and executive compensation matters. The position supports investigations, acquisitions, and international expansion.

Description

  • Serve as the EU and UK subject matter expert within Payward’s Labor & Employment legal team
  • Provide local-law employment guidance across European time zones and coordinate MENA and APAC matters with local counsel
  • Lead recurring EU and UK employment matters, including worker classification, separations, employee relations, executive compensation, and wage-and-hour issues
  • Advise executive leaders, employment counsel, and the Payward Experience team
  • Build processes for works councils, collective consultation, pay transparency, and employee representatives
  • Support restructurings, acquisitions, M&A due diligence, and post-closing integration of European workforces
  • Draft and localize employment policies and procedures, then deliver related training
  • Advise on GDPR, UK GDPR, and cross-border HR and recruiting data transfers
  • Support workplace investigations involving whistleblowing, discrimination, and performance concerns
  • Provide guidance on European expansion, EOR arrangements, direct employment, entity strategy, global mobility, and contingent workforces
  • Advise on EU and UK trade secret protections and restrictive covenants
  • Manage local external counsel handling legal opinions and pre-litigation matters
  • Track global labor and employment developments, including changes affecting the crypto industry

Requirements

  • Hold an EU or UK legal qualification and be based in the EU or UK
  • Bring at least eight years of legal experience advising across the EU, UK, and other jurisdictions on employment, labor, and executive compensation matters
  • Have experience in both in-house and law-firm settings, including high-growth and mature enterprise environments
  • Demonstrate broad international labor and employment experience
  • Have advised works councils, collective consultation processes, and employee representative bodies in the EU and/or UK
  • Have experience handling employee and candidate data privacy issues under GDPR and UK GDPR
  • Use generative AI tools such as Claude or ChatGPT effectively in daily legal work
  • Apply sound judgment when validating AI-generated work against local law and safeguarding confidentiality, privilege, and personal data
  • Bring a proactive, entrepreneurial approach focused on creating opportunities
  • Interest in the crypto industry is preferred
  • Experience in fintech, crypto, or regulated financial services is preferred
  • Experience with MENA and/or APAC employment markets is preferred
  • Experience with acquisition due diligence, transfer-of-undertakings rules, and post-closing workforce integration is preferred

Benefits

  • Work fully remotely
  • Collaborate with a global workforce
  • Join a diverse and inclusive workplace
  • Access equal-opportunity employment practices
  • Complete job-related skills or work-style assessments administered consistently
  • Use Kraken products internally and access company products after joining

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