What are the responsibilities and job description for the Employment and Litigation Counsel position at Varo Bank?
This range is provided by Varo Bank. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.
Base pay range
170,000.00 / yr - $230,000.00 / yr
About the Legal Team
Varo’s Legal team is responsible for all things “legal” at Varo. This means that we support the business by identifying and highlighting any legal risks, interpreting law and providing compliance recommendations, conducting contract reviews and negotiations, supporting licensing, managing Varo IP assets, conducting product reviews, drafting product disclosures, supporting corporate financing rounds, managing shareholder communications, engaging directly with regulatory bodies, and more. We also manage our team of outside counsels, maintain a repository of all legal documents, and are responsible for Varo’s Privacy and other policies.
About the role
Varo is seeking an exceptional attorney to support our Human Resources and business partners on employment law matters in Varo’s locations, providing pragmatic, risk-weighted advice on a broad range of employment, benefits and related compliance matters. This role will also support non-employment litigation and oversee third-party claims affecting Varo’s business. This role involves leading and handling cutting-edge and complex legal projects and matters.
What you'll be doing
- Advise and support Varo Human Resources and business partners on employment-law related matters, including hiring, performance management, terminations, discrimination, harassment, accommodations, leaves of absence, wage and hour issues, incentive compensation, benefits (including plan design, implementation, administration and communications), employee investigations, restructuring initiatives and corporate development (M&A) activity.
- Maintain subject matter expertise and actively monitor new laws, regulations and decisions affecting the substantive legal areas above and provide strategic advice to the Legal team.
- Draft and negotiate offer letters and employment-related agreements, including severance, separation, restrictive covenant, retention and other employment-related agreements; draft employee-facing policies, handbooks and other resources.
- Assist in designing and leading training events on employment law and benefits matters.
- Manage arbitrations, pre-filing demands, including investigating claims, communicating with opposing counsel and negotiating resolution.
- Draft and / or review pre-litigation and litigation documents, including correspondence with opposing counsel, pleadings and mediation / arbitration statements.
- Manage outside counsel handling both employment and non-employment litigation, including management of budgets, directing litigation strategy, and reviewing pleadings and other documents.
- Support employment-related aspects of mergers, acquisitions, strategic investments and divestitures, including due diligence and related integration efforts.
- Advise and counsel on both day-to-day issues as well as strategic and systemic initiatives.
- Respond to attorney demand letters and agency matters, including government-initiated inquiries and audits.
You'll bring the following required skills and experiences
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Legal
Industries
Banking
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Salary : $170,000 - $230,000
