Legal Counsel - Labour & Employment

Join Aristocrat as a Legal Counsel - Labour & Employment, a vital role within our global L&E Legal team. This opportunity offers a junior attorney valuable multi-jurisdictional in-house legal experience, learning from experienced professionals. You will provide practical, commercially-minded advice on diverse L&E legal matters across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India, Asia, and other regions, primarily supporting the Senior Counsel for EMEA, India, and Asia, while collaborating with the global L&E Legal team.

Must Have

• Provide ongoing aid on the entire scope of L&E legal issues, including guidance and assistance, employee relations, performance management, terminations, leaves of absence, accommodations, and cross-border matters.
• Support L&E activities across numerous regions and varying time zones.
• Deliver timely, effective, practical, business-friendly advice consistent with Aristocrat’s values, business objectives, and risk tolerance.
• Manage high volumes of requests from multiple countries and time zones.
• Help identify, prioritize, develop, and improve L&E-related policies, processes, and mentorship documents.
• Prepare and conduct education and training on a wide variety of L&E topics.
• Monitor and communicate changes in L&E laws and regulations, and work with the business to build appropriate responses.
• Build strong working relationships with internal and external clients and partners.
• Maintain a friendly, respectful, and professional demeanor at all times.
• Operate independently while collaborating with senior members of the global L&E legal function.
• Demonstrate a dedication to self-development and the values of the Legal Team and Aristocrat globally.
• Act with honesty, integrity, and responsible corporate behavior.
• Be a UK or European qualified employment lawyer with a practising certificate.
• Have at least 3 years’ experience in employment law.
• Possess the ability to work independently and as part of a distributed team.
• Possess the ability to operate in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, handling competing priorities and delivering practical solutions.
• Have excellent interpersonal, communication, business judgment, and analytical skills.
• Demonstrate a strong desire to learn and provide practical mentorship in multiple countries.
• Exhibit professional judgment to know when to bring up matters and seek mentorship from senior team members.
• Be able to work a hybrid work schedule with a minimum of 3 days a week in the central London office.

Good to Have

• Ideally some in-house experience.
• Friendly, with a good sense of humor, low ego, and able to fit within a small, close-knit L&E Legal team.
• Positive, productive demeanor, eager to provide the best service.

Perks & Benefits

• Robust benefits package
• Global career opportunities
• Environment where individual differences are valued
• Opportunity for all employees to realize their potential
• Welcome and encourage applications from all people regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, cultural background, disability status or LGBTQ+ identity
• Investment in employees’ development and career pathways

Join Aristocrat as a Legal Counsel - Labour & Employment and take on a vital role within our global Labor & Employment (L&E) Legal team! This opportunity allows a junior attorney to acquire valuable multi-jurisdictional L&E in-house legal experience while learning from experienced attorneys and paralegals. You will join a passionate and ambitious team that fosters collaboration and quality, helping us bring happiness to life through the power of play.

At Aristocrat, as Legal Counsel, you will deliver practical and commercially-minded advice on diverse L&E legal matters across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India, Asia, and other areas. The position mainly supports the Senior Counsel for EMEA, India, and Asia, with additional opportunities to collaborate with the global L&E Legal team.

What You'll Do

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• Provide ongoing aid on the entire scope of L&E legal issues, including guidance and assistance, employee relations, performance management, terminations, leaves of absence, accommodations, and cross-border matters.
• Support L&E activities across numerous regions and varying time zones.
• Deliver timely, effective, practical, business-friendly advice consistent with Aristocrat’s values, business objectives, and risk tolerance.
• Manage high volumes of requests from multiple countries and time zones.
• Help identify, prioritize, develop, and improve L&E-related policies, processes, and mentorship documents.
• Prepare and conduct education and training on a wide variety of L&E topics.
• Monitor and communicate changes in L&E laws and regulations, and work with the business to build appropriate responses.
• Build strong working relationships with internal and external clients and partners.
• Maintain a friendly, respectful, and professional demeanor at all times.
• Operate independently while collaborating with senior members of the global L&E legal function.
• Demonstrate a dedication to self-development and the values of the Legal Team and Aristocrat globally.
• Act with honesty, integrity, and responsible corporate behavior.

What We're Looking For

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• A UK or European qualified employment lawyer with a practising certificate.
• At least 3 years’ experience in employment law, ideally with some in-house experience.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a distributed team, developing strong working relationships.
• Friendly, with a good sense of humor, low ego, and able to fit within a small, close-knit L&E Legal team.
• Ability to operate in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, handling competing priorities and delivering practical solutions.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, business judgment, and analytical skills.
• Strong desire to learn and provide practical mentorship in multiple countries.
• Positive, productive demeanor, eager to provide the best service.
• Professional judgment to know when to bring up matters and seek mentorship from senior team members.
• Ability to work a hybrid work schedule with a minimum of 3 days a week in our central London office

Why Aristocrat?

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Aristocrat is a world leader in gaming content and technology, and a top-tier publisher of free-to-play mobile games. We deliver great performance for our B2B customers and bring joy to the lives of the millions of people who love to play our casino and mobile games. And while we focus on fun, we never forget our responsibilities. We strive to lead the way in responsible gameplay, and to lift the bar in company governance, employee wellbeing and sustainability. We’re a diverse business united by shared values and an inspiring mission to bring joy to life through the power of play.

We aim to create an environment where individual differences are valued, and all employees have the opportunity to realize their potential. We welcome and encourage applications from all people regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, cultural background, disability status or LGBTQ+ identity. EEO M/F/D/V

• World Leader in Gaming Entertainment
• Robust benefits package
• Global career opportunities

Our Values

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• All about the Player
• Talent Unleashed
• Collective Brilliance
• Good Business Good Citizen

Travel Expectations

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None

Additional Information

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At this time, we are unable to sponsor work visas for this position. Candidates must be authorized to work in the job posting location for this position on a full-time basis without the need for current or future visa sponsorship.

About Aristocrat

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Aristocrat Leisure Limited (Aristocrat) is a global entertainment and content creation company powered by technology to deliver world-leading casino and mobile games. Listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), Aristocrat (ASX code: ALL) is headquartered in Sydney, Australia, with over 7300 employees working in more than 20 locations across the globe. Aristocrat offers a diverse range of products and services including electronic gaming machines, casino management systems, mobile games and online real money games, including iLottery.

Aristocrat has seven corporate functions and three reporting segments that span regulated land-based gaming (Aristocrat Gaming), social casino (Product Madness) and regulated online real money gaming (Aristocrat Interactive). Our game and product portfolios collectively entertain millions of players worldwide every day.

Across our global enterprise, Aristocrat aims to create long-term sustainable value for all stakeholders by upholding our core values and producing the world’s best gaming content. Our people-first mindset prioritises the safety and wellbeing of our people. We have ambitions to be an industry leader in responsible gameplay and we invest in employees’ development and offer career pathways, so they have what they need to do their best work at Aristocrat.

Our values of Talent Unleashed, All About the Player, Collective Brilliance and Good Business, Good Citizen guide and inspire us every day. We are excited about the future of Aristocrat and united by our mission and we invite everyone to join us as we bring joy to life through the power of play!

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