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People Legal Counsel, APAC

Anthropic· Legal
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Hybrid (Sydney, Australia)full-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Lead Employment Counsel to build the legal foundation for Anthropic's APAC workforce, advising on employment law across multiple APAC countries and partnering with People, business leaders, and global teams to design scalable, compliant programs.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary employment lawyer for Anthropic's APAC region, partnering with People and business leaders across People programs, policies and day-to-day issues
  • Build and maintain the legal infrastructure for new and existing APAC jurisdictions, including Japan, South Korea, Australia, Singapore and India
  • Advise on market entry and workforce structuring, including acquisitions, employer of record arrangements, contractor classification, and headcount thresholds that trigger local obligations
  • Partner with Compensation, Benefits, and Equity teams so that global programs are compliant and scalable
  • Guide employee relations matters, including workplace investigations, in line with local law and practice
  • Develop and manage strategy on employment disputes across the region, from pre-litigation claims through tribunal and court proceedings, in partnership with outside counsel
  • Track legislative and regulatory developments across the region, including employee data privacy and emerging rules on AI in employment, and turn them into practical guidance
  • Develop scalable templates, playbooks, and training that enable stakeholders to operate compliantly

Qualifications

  • Hold a law degree (JD, LLB, or equivalent) and meet the local licensing requirements to work as in-house counsel where you'll be based
  • Have deep subject-matter expertise on employment law across multiple APAC countries
  • Write clearly and concisely, and can provide actionable guidance to non-lawyers
  • Balance legal risk with business practicality, and work collaboratively with legal and business cross-functional partners
  • Work effectively with colleagues and stakeholders across multiple time zones

Skills

Required:Employment law expertise across APACClear written and verbal communicationCross-functional collaboration

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation and benefits
  • optional equity donation matching
  • generous vacation and parental leave
  • flexible working hours
  • lovely office space
Last updated Sep 30, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Anthropic

building reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems

Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

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