Absolute Law Recruitment are partnered with a top Legal 200 Law Firm in London who are seeking a Senior Employment Associate into their team.

You will help grow the existing Employment offering which sits within a Corporate department. The team currently consists of one Partner and one Associate, the individual in this role will work closely with both members of the team together with all practice areas at the firm. 

Responsibilities

You will have the opportunity to work on a wide range of employment transactions whilst working with a variety of clients. The employment team is lead by a Partner and there is another Associate in the team for which you will have responsibility for supporting and developing. You will also be expected to help raise the profile of the employment practice and lead on business development initiatives. You will advise on a mix of contentious and non-contentious employment work at an advanced level and will have direct contact with a variety of clients, as described above.

Particular responsibilities for this role will include but are not limited to:

• Ownership of own files and caseload. You will be given responsibility to run matters autonomously, with supervision and guidance as required;
• Drafting and negotiating documents, including service agreements, settlement agreements and transactional documents;
• Providing commercial, pragmatic and risk-based employment advice to a range of clients on a wide variety of employment law matters, including working with overseas lawyers and counsel in litigation matters; and
• Advising on issues including but not limited to:
• employment contracts, grievances, dismissals, subject access requests, business transfers and outsourcings, employment disputes in the High Court and tribunals, TUPE, redundancy situations and hiring and firing.

Experience and Skills Required

• A minimum of 6 years PQE
• A good team player with a willingness to pick up work and support colleagues during busy periods
• Extremely competent handling a mix of contentious & non-contentious Employment work
• Ability to manage multiple files and meet deadlines whilst maintaining exceptional attention to detail
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with both team members and clients;
• Confidence in giving risk based pragmatic advice, listening to clients and having a commercial approach to client service
• Self-starter with plenty of drive and initiative
• Willingness to undertake business development
• Works in a highly organised manner

The salary on offer will be reflective of PQE experience.

If you would like to discuss further, please contact us directly.