Executive Legal Counsel – Employment AP
Description
Locations: London | Gurgaon
Who We Are
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What You'll Do
As Executive Legal Counsel (Senior Director), you will serve as the senior-most Employment Legal leader dedicated to BCG’s Asia Pacific (AP) Region, providing strategic leadership across AP and personally leading the region's most complex, sensitive and high-impact employment matters, including those involving senior leadership and partner populations. You will also play a leading role in major strategic and cross-regional employment initiatives affecting AP, working closely with senior Legal, People and business leaders across the firm.
You will be a trusted advisor to senior regional and global business, HR and Legal leaders, embedded in decision-making on complex, high-impact people matters affecting AP. The role requires not only deep employment-law expertise, but exceptional judgment, a global perspective informed by the nuances of AP employment law, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders and navigate sensitive issues across different cultures and jurisdictions. As advances in artificial intelligence reshape how organizations recruit, develop, manage and support their workforce, you will help BCG navigate an evolving employment landscape with sound legal judgment, balancing innovation with legal compliance, responsible governance and the firm's values.
Operating across AP's diverse legal regimes, cultures and business environments, you will bring together local expertise and regional and global perspectives to navigate the region's most challenging employment matters and drive practical solutions. You will provide strategic leadership and guidance to the AP Employment Legal team, enabling its lawyers to continue owning their existing matters and stakeholder relationships while ensuring that the region's most complex and consequential issues receive the senior-level attention they require. You will also connect AP with the broader global Employment Legal agenda, ensuring regional considerations inform global approaches and global initiatives are implemented effectively across AP.
Your responsibilities will include:
Lead Employment Legal across AP, providing strategic oversight of the region's employment legal matters and personally driving its most complex, sensitive and consequential issues, including those involving senior leadership and partner populations.
Lead and develop BCG's Employment Legal team across AP, providing strategic direction, oversight and support, building team capabilities, establishing clear accountability and fostering a cohesive regional approach aligned with BCG's global Employment Legal priorities.
Partner closely with senior AP and global business and HR leaders to shape significant people-related decisions, bringing practical legal judgment and strategic counsel that balances legal risk, business priorities and an exceptional employee experience.
Serve as a key Employment Legal partner to AP regional and system leadership, as well as relevant global leaders, ensuring early engagement on significant people, organizational and workforce issues and building strong cross-functional partnerships with HR, Finance and other teams.
Advise on emerging workforce issues and technologies, including AI-enabled employment practices, partnering with global Legal, HR and business teams to ensure AP legal and regulatory considerations are reflected in BCG’s approach
Drive the development and evolution of employment policies and practices across AP to ensure they remain aligned with changing regulatory requirements, evolving workforce expectations and advances in technology.
Lead Employment Legal's involvement in significant strategic business and People initiatives affecting AP, including reorganizations, workforce transformations, acquisitions, divestitures and expansion into new markets, working closely with the AP Employment Legal team to incorporate critical local requirements and drive effective implementation.
Lead the resolution of complex cross-border employment issues affecting AP, developing coordinated global and regional approaches where appropriate while recognizing when local legal, regulatory, cultural or employee-relations considerations require differentiated solutions.
Enhance how employment legal services are delivered by identifying opportunities to leverage legal technology, AI-enabled tools and data responsibly, while ensuring accuracy, confidentiality, consistency and legal defensibility.
What You'll Bring
Significant experience in employment law (typically 12–15+ years), with a combination of in-house and leading law firm experience preferred.
Deep employment-law expertise in one or more major AP jurisdictions, together with significant experience navigating complex employment matters across multiple AP markets, including issues with cross-border or global implications. Experience with Japan, Korea, China and broader North East Asia employment matters would be particularly valuable.
Exceptional legal judgment and demonstrated ability to lead complex, sensitive and high-profile employment matters, navigating significant business, reputational and stakeholder considerations to achieve practical outcomes.
Strong understanding of how AI and emerging workplace technologies are reshaping employment law, workforce governance and regulatory expectations.
Proven ability to influence senior executives and build trusted relationships across a sophisticated, global organization.
Experience leading and developing high-performing legal teams within complex, global organizations, fostering collaboration, inclusion and professional development across jurisdictions and cultures, while empowering experienced lawyers to exercise appropriate autonomy and ownership of their substantive responsibilities.
Proven ability to operate effectively across jurisdictions and cultures, bringing together local and regional experts and senior stakeholders to develop coordinated, practical solutions to complex employment matters affecting AP.
Ability to translate complex legal and regulatory issues into clear, practical advice that enables informed business decisions.
Who You'll Work With
You will work closely with AP's most senior regional and system business leaders, HR leadership, and colleagues across Legal, Risk, Compliance and other functions, serving as a trusted legal partner on the region's most sensitive and consequential people matters.
You will also be a key member of BCG's global Employment CoE leadership team, collaborating closely with your counterparts around the globe. You will lead and develop the AP Employment Legal team, drawing on its deep local expertise while ensuring strong coordination across regions and alignment with BCG's broader global People agenda.
Additional info
At BCG, our people and relationships are at the heart of everything we do. We believe that in-person collaboration plays an important role in our culture, mentorship, and professional development.
For this role, you will generally be expected to work from a BCG office or in person with clients on a regular basis (typically around 50% of working time), depending on business needs and in line with local policies and practices.
We aim to provide a dynamic and collaborative environment that fosters connection and teamwork.
Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.
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