Legal Counsel - Employment

At Verda, we're building a full-stack AI cloud, covering everything from data centers and hardware to our own cloud platform that

the world's leading AI teams use to do serious AI work.

We strive to make a positive mark on the world through the infrastructure we build and give leading teams a service they can truly

depend on. Headquartered in Helsinki, we operate globally with offices in London and San Francisco.

• A real chance to make an impact and work alongside world class engineers, researchers, and partners across the global AI

ecosystem.

We’re looking for a Legal Counsel, Employment to lead employment, labour, and health and safety legal matters at Verda as we

scale. Verda operates data centre sites across multiple countries, and this role goes well beyond office-based employment law:

you’ll advise on the workforce, contractor, and safety questions that arise from building and running industrial sites in a

global, multi-jurisdictional context.

This is a hands-on role in a scale-up environment. You’ll work closely with People, Operations, Site Delivery, and Compliance

teams to provide pragmatic legal guidance across the full employment lifecycle, and you’ll help shape our employment and health

and safety frameworks as we expand into new jurisdictions, including those with demanding labour and safety regimes.

• Act as the primary legal advisor on employment and labour law matters across all Verda jurisdictions, including Finland, US,

UK, Germany, and other operating countries

• Advise on health and safety legal obligations for data centre sites, including construction and commissioning phases, site

operations, and incident and accident response

• Draft, review, and support negotiation of employment agreements, contractor and staffing arrangements, secondment agreements,

and site-related workforce contracts

• Advise on workforce structuring for new sites, including hiring models, use of contractors and subcontractors, posted workers,

and cross-border mobility

• Support employee relations matters, including performance management, disciplinary and grievance processes, terminations, and

restructurings

• Advise on works councils, trade unions, collective bargaining, and employee consultation obligations in the relevant

jurisdictions

• Support the People team in developing and maintaining employment and health and safety policies, handbooks, and procedures, and

ensuring they meet local legal requirements

• Monitor and interpret employment, labour, and occupational health and safety regulatory developments across Finland, the EU,

the UK, and other relevant jurisdictions

• Advise on employee data protection and privacy matters, including monitoring, background checks, and HR data processing under

GDPR

• Manage employment-related disputes, investigations, and regulatory inquiries, including coordination with authorities and

external counsel

• Deliver training to managers and site leadership on employment law, health and safety responsibilities, and compliant people

practices in collaboration with the People Function and Operations

• Coordinate and manage external employment and health and safety counsel across jurisdictions, ensuring consistent and

cost-effective advice

• 5+ years of employment and labour law experience (law firm or in-house), including advising employers in industrial,

construction, energy, or infrastructure environments

• Demonstrable experience with occupational health and safety law, including regulatory obligations for construction sites and

industrial facilities, incident handling, and dealings with safety authorities

• Proven experience advising on employment matters across multiple jurisdictions, with hands-on exposure to complex regimes such

as Germany (e.g., works councils, co-determination, collective agreements)

• Strong communication skills in English (written and verbal), with the ability to translate legal complexity into actionable

guidance for managers and site teams

• High level of ownership, ethical judgement, and professionalism, with the confidence to handle sensitive people matters and

investigations

• Familiarity with EU and UK health and safety frameworks, including the EU Framework Directive, CDM Regulations, and national

equivalents

We're building fast and this role needs the right person behind it. There's no artificial deadline, but when we find who we're

looking for, we move. If this sounds like your next move, apply now.