Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Company Description Teamed is a modern global employment platform built for ambitious companies. We act as Employer of Record for employees across 180+ countries — handling payroll, compliance, benefits, and entity management so our clients can hire the best talent anywhere. Role Description This is a high-impact opportunity to join Teamed’s legal function at a pivotal moment. Reporting directly to the Chief Legal Officer, you will take end-to-end ownership of a broad portfolio of legal matters — from the employment law questions to commercial contracts, data privacy, entity management and cross-border regulatory questions. You will not just advise — you will build. Playbooks, templates, policies and scalable processes that allow Teamed to grow compliantly without slowing down. What You Will Do • Serve as a trusted first-responder on employment and labour law matters, including hiring, terminations, benefits, misclassification and local compliance across multiple jurisdictions., • Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, including MSAs, SLAs, DPAs, partnership and vendor agreements., • Navigate through relevant data privacy legislation and AI Act requirements; collaborate with the product team to ensure privacy-by-design., • Advise on entity incorporation, management and ongoing compliance across jurisdictions., • Monitor legislative changes in key markets and translate them into actionable guidance., • Help develop and maintain a legal knowledge base: templates, country guides, policies, playbooks, training materials and other resources., • Manage relationships with external counsel to ensure quality output at controlled cost., • Support CLO on corporate transactions, investor-related activities, and strategic initiatives., • Build strong relationships with other teams so that legal is an enabler, not a bottleneck. What We Are Looking For • UK or EU-qualified lawyer with 5+ years PQE and proven in-house experience., • Deep grounding in employment and labour law across multiple jurisdictions (MUST HAVE)., • Solid working knowledge of GDPR and international data protection frameworks is a plus., • Experience with advising EOR, HR technology or payroll businesses is a plus., • Comfortable operating in fast-moving environments with high autonomy: ready to build structure, rather than wait for it., • Strong commercial instincts: able to identify legal risks, weigh them against business reality and give a clear recommendation., • Exceptional communication skills and passion for legal design: able to make complex legal concepts easily understood., • Fluent in English; additional European languages are a plus.
