JMC Legal Recruitment
Employment Associate
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Employment Associate | 1+ Years PQE | Legal 500 Ranked | Manchester
An outstanding opportunity to join one of the UK's leading Employment teams, working alongside nationally recognised partners on complex employer side matters within a genuinely supportive and progressive culture.
The Firm
An award-winning national firm recognised by The Times Best Law Firms and consistently ranked across the Legal 500 and Chambers, with an impressive client base spanning multinational corporations, major financial institutions, high growth businesses, and public sector organisations. Despite its national profile and premium client base, the firm has maintained a collaborative, people-first culture, placing significant investment into technology, innovation, and employee development, with lawyers trusted with genuine responsibility early in their careers alongside real flexibility and excellent work-life balance.
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The Employment team is one of the firm's flagship departments, recognised as a Band 1 practice by Chambers and ranked amongst the strongest nationally.
The Role
You will work alongside nationally recognised Employment partners advising an outstanding client base ranging from high growth businesses and household name retailers through to multinational organisations and public sector bodies.
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Your caseload will span a varied mix of contentious and non-contentious matters including employment tribunal litigation, disciplinary and grievance matters, restructures and redundancies, TUPE, restrictive covenants, settlement agreements, executive exits, and the employment aspects of corporate transactions.
The team is known for giving junior lawyers genuine responsibility from an early stage, with direct client contact, excellent mentoring from senior lawyers, and real opportunity to develop both your technical expertise and business development skills.
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Employment Associate with 1+ years PQE
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