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People Legal Counsel, APAC

Sydney, Australia💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-25 → 2026-09-27

Core

Lead Employment Counsel building legal infrastructure for Anthropic's workforce across Asia-Pacific, partnering with People and business leaders on employment programs, policies, and risk management.

Role type

Senior in-house employment counsel (APAC)

Builds

Legal infrastructure for new and existing APAC jurisdictions (Japan, South Korea, Australia, Singapore, India)

Domain

Employment law, APAC region

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Employment law expertise across multiple APAC countries, market entry and workforce structuring, employer of record arrangements, contractor classification, employee relations, employment dispute strategy, regulatory tracking, scalable template development

Preferred skills

12+ years employment legal experience (firms and in-house), rapid growth support, employee data privacy knowledge, creative and pragmatic problem solving

Technologies

N/A

Responsibilities

Partner with People and business leaders on employment programs and policies; Build and maintain legal infrastructure for APAC jurisdictions; Advise on market entry, acquisitions, and workforce structuring; Guide employee relations and workplace investigations; Develop strategy on employment disputes; Track legislative and regulatory developments; Create scalable templates, playbooks, and training

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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