GDS Global Counsel - Assistant Director – Spain
The GDS firms are various service delivery centers from which EY Client Service and Enablement Services teams operate to deliver strategic support to EY member firms. GDS spans all geographies, practices, services lines, sectors and competencies within EY to deliver deeply integrated services that result in efficient and world-class solutions.
The opportunity
Our Global Delivery Services business (GDS) is seeking a qualified lawyer to support GDS operations across our GDS locations with focus on employment law matters and contracts of GDS Spain. The lawyer will be part of the GDS Legal Team and will advise, oversee and provide strategic direction on all matters pertaining to employment law matters and providing support on commercial contracts in GDS Spain while also extending support to other GDS locations.
The GDS Legal Team (GDS GCO) is part of the Global GCO team and is responsible for all legal support to the GDS business.
You will be part of the GDS Legal Team responsible for advising or overseeing advice in relation to all contract and employment law related matters across the GDS centres in India, Poland, China, Argentina, the Philippines, UK, Sri Lanka, Hungary, Spain, Mexico and other upcoming GDS locations with primary focus on matters in Spain. You will be working closely with the other members of the GDS Legal Team, GDS Talent team as well as business stakeholders in all GDS locations.
Your key responsibilities
* Possess sound understanding on contract and employment/labour laws in Spain and work with the other GDS jurisdictions to oversee advice and strategy on employment law matters.
* Create documents of support relating to employment law and employee relations, including memos and templates in compliance with legal requirements.
* Support the Employment Lead and HR teams in formulating and/or revising Policies.
* Support the organization with the applicable legal requirements on the POSH (or equivalent) matters and wherever required with the Internal Committees.
* You will be responsible for drafting, negotiating and advising on various contracts, in particular: sponsorship contracts; meeting and events contracts; services contracts; real estate; corporate responsibility contracts.
Skills and attributes for success
* Sound knowledge and understanding of contract and employment/labour laws of Spain, together with experience of working with other jurisdictions in a global corporate environment.
* Commercial awareness of the business issues facing the GDS organisation across locations.
* The ability to translate complex legal advice into practical advice for a range of stakeholders who may be unfamiliar with the legal environment.
* Build & maintain trusted and effective inter-personal relationships and adopt a sensitive approach to intercultural contacts, communication and ways of working.
* Highest standards of excellence and personal integrity.
* Being flexible, organised and adaptable; able to work effectively in a fast-paced environment and prioritise key areas of responsibility where deadlines may conflict.
* Strong personal communication skills, including an excellent command of the English language.
* Sound decision-making based on risk assessment and evaluation.
* Ability to operate with limited supervision, whilst keeping leadership abreast of key matters.
* Strong written skills, including drafting legal advice, contracts and policies.
* Working knowledge of Excel, Word & PowerPoint. Demonstrated comfort in use and adoption of technology and tools for streamlining legal support.
To qualify for the role, you must have
* A graduate/post graduate degree in Law.
* Professional qualification/certification in Spain.
* Strong cross border experience working in a global environment.
* At least 10 years of relevant experience.
* Ideally, prior experience of working in an In-house Legal Department supporting commercial contracts and employment law portfolios.
* Experience in providing advise on obligations of an organization towards its works council.
* Working proficiency in both Spanish and English.
What we offer
In EY GDS Spain, you will collaborate with our teams on exciting projects and work with well-known brands from across the globe. We’ll introduce you to an ever-expanding ecosystem of people, learning, skills, and insights that will stay with you throughout your career.
* Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
* Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
* Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching, and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
* Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.
About EY GDS
EY Global Delivery Services (EY GDS) is a dynamic and truly global delivery network of over 75,000 people working across the world, to provide innovative and strategic business solutions to our clients worldwide. We play a vital role in growth strategy, helping our clients become agile and efficient, and helping fulfill our purpose to build a better working world.
From accountants to coders, we offer a wide variety of fulfilling career opportunities that span all business disciplines. We look for skills that are evergreen and our roles evolve with industry trends. We also work across Finance, Business Development, Technology, Talent, Procurement and Risk Management functions to help our teams operate as efficiently and effectively as possible.
Across our 10 locations and 21 cities, we work with teams from all service lines, geographies, and sectors. We operate in Argentina, China, Hungary, India, the Philippines, Poland, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Spain and the United Kingdom.
Our EY GDS Spain office is located at Malaga Technology Park and currently employs over 750 people.
If you are interested in being part of our team, we kindly invite you to get in touch with us.
The exceptional EY GDS experience. It’s yours to build.
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