Employment Counsel, CN&HK

Employment Counsel, CN&HK ABOUT AIRWALLEX Airwallex is the only unified payments and financial platform for global businesses. Powered by our unique combination of proprietary infrastructure and software, we empower over 200,000 businesses worldwide – including Brex, Rippling, Navan, Qantas, SHEIN and many more – with fully integrated solutions to manage everything from business accounts, payments, spend management and treasury, to embedded finance at a global scale. Proudly founded in Melbourne, we have a team of over 2,000 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 26 offices around the globe. Valued at US$8 billion and backed by world-leading investors including T. Rowe Price, Visa, Mastercard, Robinhood Ventures, Sequoia, Salesforce Ventures, DST Global, and Lone Pine Capital, Airwallex is leading the charge in building the global payments and financial platform of the future. If you’re ready to do the most ambitious work of your career, join us. ATTRIBUTES WE VALUE We hire successful builders with founder-like energy who want real impact, accelerated learning, and true ownership. You bring strong role-related expertise and sharp thinking, and you’re motivated by our mission and operating principles https://www.airwallex.com/us/operating-principles. You move fast with good judgment, dig deep with curiosity, and make decisions from first principles, balancing speed and rigor. You're humble and collaborative; turn zero‑to‑one ideas into real products, and you “get stuff done” end-to-end. You use AI to work smarter and solve problems faster. Here, you’ll tackle complex, high‑visibility problems with exceptional teammates and grow your career as we build the future of global banking. If that sounds like you, let’s build what’s next. About the team Airwallex's Legal, Risk & Compliance (LRC) team plays a critical role in enabling the company to scale responsibly across global markets. Within LRC, the Corporate Legal team provides strategic legal support across a wide range of functions, including employment law, commercial transactions, corporate governance, and data privacy. The Employment Legal sub-team partners closely with People & Talent, business leaders, and external counsel to protect Airwallex's people and culture while ensuring compliance with local employment laws in every market where we operate. What you'll do As Employment Counsel, CN, you will be the primary in-house legal advisor on employment law matters across Mainland China and Hong Kong. You will lead complex workplace investigations, manage labour arbitration and dispute matters, and provide practical day-to-day employment advice to HR and business leaders in a fast-moving fintech environment. You will report to the Associate Director, Employment Legal and work closely with senior stakeholders in the Corporate Legal and LRC leadership teams. This role is based in China (Shanghai/Beijing/Shenzhen). Responsibilities: - Lead internal investigations into workplace misconduct, including designing investigation plans, conducting interviews, evaluating evidence, and preparing clear, defensible findings and recommendations that can withstand labour arbitration or litigation scrutiny. - Manage labour arbitration and employment litigation matters end to end in Mainland China, and coordinate Hong Kong employment disputes, including case strategy, evidence preparation, hearings support, negotiations, settlements, and instruction of external counsel. - Provide day-to-day employment legal advice to HR, People Operations, and business leaders on hiring, probation, performance management, disciplinary actions, terminations, restructurings, compensation and benefits, non-compete and non-solicitation obligations, social insurance, and employee handbook compliance under PRC and Hong Kong employment law. - Draft, review, and update employment policies, employee handbooks, template employment contracts, and separation documents for China and Hong K ... (truncated, view full listing at source)