People Business Partner

About Us Legora is on a mission: to redefine how legal work gets done. Our AI-native workspace empowers legal professionals not just to work faster – but to ask better questions, unlock new insights. Every day, we push the boundaries of legal tech to make complex processes smarter, faster, and more human. Today we are trusted by global firms like Cleary Gottlieb, Goodwin, Bird & Bird and Linklaters in over 40 countries. When you join Legora, you become part of a team that believes "good enough" isn’t good enough and that the way to win is together, by empowering lawyers to do their best work with technology that truly understands them.

Role Overview As our People Business Partner, you will operate as a senior partner to leadership, safeguarding performance standards, accountability, and employment governance at Legora. You are not only the escalation point when situations become complex or high-risk: you step in early to ensure expectations are clear, decisions are consistent, and leadership accountability remains strong as we grow. We are intentionally separating Talent Acceleration from Risk & Governance to ensure scale does not compromise fairness or decision quality.

What you will be doing:

• Own complex employee relations matters end-to-end, including performance improvement processes, investigations, disciplinary actions, terminations, and sensitive absence cases, ensuring fair, consistent, and defensible outcomes.
• Partner with leaders on performance standards, calibration, and organisational decisions, safeguarding consistency, accountability, and documentation quality across teams.
• Advise and guide leadership through organisational changes, restructurings, and other structural shifts, ensuring legal compliance, risk mitigation, and disciplined execution.
• Intervene early in performance or conduct concerns, strengthening manager capability and ensuring issues are addressed before formal escalation becomes necessary.
• Advise on labour law and employment risk across jurisdictions, enabling commercially sound and compliant decision-making.
• Strengthen scalable governance by refining ER processes, documentation standards, and structural safeguards that support disciplined growth.
• Design and strengthen scalable ER and governance processes that allow us to operate at speed without compromising integrity.
• Proactively identify systemic risks and recurring themes, recommending structural improvements where clarity, consistency, or accountability can be strengthened.

Who you are You bring 4+ years of experience in HRBP, Employee Relations, or labour law, ideally in a fast-paced and/or high-growth environment. You have supported leaders in high-performance settings where expectations are clear and decisions carry weight. Your primary scope will be the UK with exposure to additional European markets. You are comfortable navigating employment law across jurisdictions and partnering with Legal where required. You have hands-on experience managing complex and sensitive matters independently, including performance processes, investigations, terminations, and restructurings. You remain calm under pressure, make sound judgement calls in ambiguous situations, and are comfortable challenging senior stakeholders when standards or accountability slip.

What’s in it for you This is a high-trust role with real impact on how Legora manages risk, fairness, and accountability as we scale. You will work closely with founders and senior leadership on complex people matters and play a central role in strengthening the operational backbone of the company. Alongside that comes a competitive salary, a transparent and highly competitive equity package, and a centrally located London office designed for focused work and close collaboration.

Legora is an Equal Opportunity Employer At Legora, we believe great teams are built on diversity of thought and experience. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive, high-performance culture where everyone can do their best work.