Senior Associate - Employment

Senior Associate - Employment

Department: Employment, Pensions and Immigration - London

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: London

Description The London Employment team comprises 35 fee earners, and acts for a range of market leading clients across the financial services, healthcare and commercial sectors. The team has a strong and growing reputation in the London market and is recognised as Band/Tier 1 in both the latest Chambers UK Legal 500 rankings.

This team have an impressive roster of blue chip clients including some of the largest Tech, Financial Services, and Healthcare (public and private) firms in the world. The firm and the team genuinely values work/life balance and offers the opportunity to work on interesting, complex matters in a calm and collegiate environment. The role also offers real opportunity for advancement.

Key Responsibilities

• Undertake a busy and varied workload of employment matters advising all types of employers, with an emphasis on our financial services sector clients
• Work on complex discrimination, whistleblowing and breach of contract litigation (Employment Tribunal and High Court) under appropriate supervision
• Assist on non-contentious projects including restructures (redundancy and TUPE) in the UK and across multiple jurisdictions
• General employment advisory work by telephone and email
• Take an active role in supervising the work of and assisting in the development of trainees and paralegals
• Take part in and initiate marketing, networking and other business development activities in order to maintain and develop work from existing clients and potential clients. This includes assisting with client seminars and delivering training
• Contribute to non fee-earning activity as appropriate e.g. knowledge sharing, internal training

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• We would expect the post holder to be a Senior Associate - ideally 5+ PQE.
• Ideally experience of advising clients in the financial services sector and multi-national commercial clients
• Must have experience of working on tribunal claims and other contentious matters
• Independent thinker with a focus on generating commercial solutions to problems on behalf of clients
• Confident communicator with an ability to develop relationships with clients and influence at all levels
• Enthusiastic team player with a flexible approach