Senior Legal Counsel - Employment

Location: Bristol, Edinburgh or London

In this position, you’ll be based in our Bristol, London or Edinburgh office for a minimum of three days a week, with the flexibility to work from home for some of your working week. Find out more about our flexible work culture at computershare.com/flex.

We give you a world of potential

As Senior Legal Counsel – Employment, you will serve as a trusted advisor to the People team, executive leadership, business unit leaders, and functional management, providing expert guidance across the full spectrum of employment law matters.

The role is primarily focused on supporting business units in the UK, while also delivering employment law support and coordinating employment-related matters across Continental Europe.

A role you will love

As our Senior Legal Counsel – Employment you will provide strategic, expert legal guidance on employment matters, helping Computershare navigate an evolving employment law landscape with confidence.

You will ensure compliance with employment law while delivering practical, people-centred solutions that enable informed decision-making and help protect and strengthen Computershare’s reputation, culture, and values.

Some key responsibilities include

• Provide strategic, risk-based employment law advice and guidance across a broad range of matters.
• Draft, review and maintain employment-related contracts, policies and legal documentation.
• Ensure compliance with legal, regulatory and governance requirements.
• Deliver employment law training and education to stakeholders.
• Represent the company in employment-related proceedings and manage external counsel where required.
• Review commercial agreements and employee benefits arrangements for employment law compliance.
• Monitor legislative developments, identify emerging risks and implement mitigation strategies.
• Oversee legal aspects of DSARs, whistleblowing matters, employee investigations and workplace disputes.
• Collaborate with legal, People and business teams to deliver effective, commercially focused outcomes.
• Manage the company’s whistleblower function for the UK and Continental Europe.

What will you bring to the role?

You will bring strong commercial acumen and the ability to balance legal risk with business objectives, providing clear, pragmatic advice to senior stakeholders, including executives, People teams, and business leaders.

Experience supporting cross-border employment matters, particularly within Europe, would be advantageous.

Above all, you will be a collaborative and trusted partner who combines sound judgement, integrity, and a people-focused approach to deliver practical solutions that support business success while protecting Computershare’s reputation, culture, and values.

Other key skills required for the role

• Strong expertise in UK employment law, with knowledge of investigations, disputes, outsourcing and employment-related commercial contracts.
• Commercially minded, with excellent legal analysis, drafting and negotiation skills.
• Proven ability to influence and advise senior stakeholders, translating complex legal issues into practical business solutions.
• Strong organisational skills, sound judgement and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Collaborative, proactive and adaptable, with high levels of integrity, professionalism and discretion.
• Knowledge of Continental European employment law and additional language skills would be advantageous.

Essential criteria

• Degree educated in Law, and a current practicing certificate (UK)

Rewards designed for you

Flexible work to help you find the best balance between work and lifestyle.

Health and wellbeing rewards that can be tailored to support you and your family.

Invest in our business by setting aside salary to purchase shares in our company, and you’ll receive a company contribution as well.

About Us

A company to be proud of

We're a global leader in financial administration with over 11,000 employees across more than 22 different countries. At Computershare, it’s more than just a job, our open and inclusive culture means that we will help you to grow, to move forward and make the most of our world of opportunities.

Fairness and culture

We want to provide you with the opportunity to succeed on your own merits, starting from the application process and continuing throughout your career with us. Our goal is to create an environment where everyone feels valued, to remove barriers and obstacles and ensure equal opportunities for all.

For support with accommodations or adjustments during our recruitment process please visit computershare.com/access for further information.

About the Team

Our Shared Services teams support all of our business lines behind the scenes. Across the world, we have a range of specialisms that ensure the delivery of our business priorities. These include Technology, Information Security, Finance, Risk, Audit, Governance, Marketing and Communications as well as our People team.

Join our strategic team and help us look after everything from creating an amazing end to end employee journey to keeping our systems safe. You'll be looking after our people, our clients and their customers, whilst maintaining our exceptional standards around the globe.