Legal Counsel Employment Law

Nebius is leading a new era in cloud infrastructure for the global AI economy. We are building a full-stack AI cloud platform that supports developers and enterprises from data and model training through to production deployment, without the cost and complexity of building large in-house AI/ML infrastructure.

Built by engineers, for engineers. From large-scale GPU orchestration to inference optimization, we own the hard problems across compute, storage, networking and applied AI.

Listed on Nasdaq (NBIS) and headquartered in Amsterdam, we have a global footprint with R&D hubs across Europe, the UK, North America and Israel. Our team of 1,500+ includes hundreds of engineers with deep expertise across hardware, software and AI R&D.

Nebius is seeking a pragmatic and highly structured Legal Counsel, Employment Law, to act as the primary legal partner to the HR team. The role will lead advice on employment and labour law (mostly Dutch) across the full employee lifecycle, including employment terms, compensation and benefits, performance and conduct matters, sickness and absence, investigations, reorganisations, terminations, settlement arrangements and employee disputes.

The role will also support Nebius's international growth by coordinating employment-law work in a wide range of new jurisdictions. This includes ensuring that compliant employment agreements, policies, templates and processes are established and maintained for each relevant country, in close partnership with HR, Compensation & Benefits, Compliance, the wider Legal team and external counsel.

Operating with a high degree of autonomy, the successful candidate will provide practical, business-oriented advice, manage sensitive matters with sound judgement and discretion, and build scalable ways of working in a fast-moving environment where structures, processes and priorities continue to evolve.

• Act as the primary legal contact for the HR team (and other HQ units), providing timely, practical, decisive and commercially balanced advice on employment and labour law and employee-relations matters, and escalating material risks appropriately.

• Advise across the full employee lifecycle, including recruitment terms, onboarding, employment status, performance, conduct, sickness and absence, investigations, disciplinary measures, terminations and post-termination obligations.

• Manage employee (Labor) disputes and contentious matters from early assessment through resolution, including settlement negotiations, termination agreements, litigation or administrative proceedings, and coordination (consulting) with external counsel.

• Advise on compensation and benefits matters, including salary and bonus arrangements, incentive and equity plans, allowances, pensions and changes to terms and conditions, in partnership with HR and Compensation & Benefits.

• Draft, review, negotiate and maintain Dutch employment agreements, offer letters, policies, handbooks, settlement agreements, secondment and mobility documentation, and related templates.

• Work directly with the Dutch Works Council (ondernemingsraad), advising on information, consultation and consent processes, preparing supporting documentation, assisting with meetings and ensuring timely follow-up and implementation.

• Advise on reorganisations, restructurings, redundancies, business transfers and other workforce changes, including employee consultation, communications and implementation planning.

• Lead employment-law workstreams for entry into