Employment Solicitor

About the Role

A prestigious boutique law firm in London is seeking an experienced Employment Solicitor with over six years post-qualification experience (PQE). The role involves providing comprehensive legal counsel on complex employment issues for senior executives and corporate clientele, encompassing both contentious and non-contentious matters.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver expert advice on a wide range of employment law issues, representing senior executives and corporate organizations.
• Manage and take charge of complex cases such as employment tribunal litigation, strategic human resources counseling, executive contract negotiations, organizational restructures, redundancies, and employment elements within corporate transactions.
• Support mergers and acquisitions processes, including conducting due diligence related to employment matters.
• Advise on corporate employment policies and provide strategic employment law guidance.
• Oversee, mentor, and assign responsibilities to junior lawyers within the team.
• Engage in business development activities and networking to support growth of the Employment Department.

Candidate Profile

• Qualified Solicitor with a minimum of 6 years post-qualification experience specializing in employment law.
• Demonstrated expertise in handling both contentious and non-contentious employment law issues, ideally advising both employers and senior employees.
• Strong academic background and high-quality legal training.
• Exemplary technical knowledge, drafting capabilities, and communication skills.
• Experience managing complex employment cases independently.
• A client portfolio is beneficial, as is a proactive approach to business networking and development.
• Ambitious, commercially aware, and skilled at building and maintaining client relationships.
• Competent in guiding and supporting junior legal staff.

Firm Overview

This respected boutique firm is recognized in Chambers and Legal 500 for its work with high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients. The Employment team delivers specialized employment law services within a collaborative and supportive setting, offering opportunities to handle high-profile work and build individual client profiles.

Compensation and Benefits

• Competitive salary in the range of GBP 95,000 to 120,000, dependent on experience.
• Comprehensive benefits including life insurance (4x salary), permanent health insurance, private medical insurance, healthcare cash plan, health assessments, dental scheme, employee assistance programme, pension scheme, discretionary bonus, and introduction bonus scheme.
• Additional perks include interest-free season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, holiday purchase scheme, wellbeing programs, and 28 days of annual leave.

Diversity and Inclusion

The firm values diversity and inclusion highly and encourages applications from candidates of all backgrounds irrespective of ethnicity, religion, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic.