Heriot Brown In-House Legal Recruitment
Employment lawyer @ Global FMCG business
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Legal Counsel – Employment
Location: London
Contract: Permanent
PQE: NQ-4 years
We are working with a leading international consumer goods business seeking an Employment Legal Counsel to join its collaborative and highly regarded legal team.
Working closely with the senior employment lawyer and key stakeholders across the organisation, you will provide practical employment law advice to HR, Employee Relations, and business leaders. The position offers broad exposure to contentious and non-contentious matters, alongside major projects and legislative developments.
The role
- Advise on day-to-day employment law and employee relations matters
- Support complex disciplinaries, grievances, absence management, and restructuring programmes
- Manage Employment Tribunal claims, including coordinating with external counsel
- Advise on collective consultation and TUPE matters
- Draft and review HR policies, employment contracts, and settlement agreements
- Support internal investigations and Code of Conduct matters
- Advise on flexible working requests and employment-related data subject access requests
- Support projects arising from legislative and regulatory change
- Contribute to international and cross-border employment initiatives
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About you
- England and Wales-qualified solicitor with approximately NQ–4 years’ PQE
- Strong grounding in employment law, gained in private practice or in-house
- Experience of Employment Tribunal matters
- Knowledge of collective consultation and TUPE
- Comfortable working closely with HR and Employee Relations stakeholders
- Clear and confident communicator with strong drafting skills
- Able to provide pragmatic, commercially focused advice
- Collaborative, organised, and capable of managing competing priorities
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Experience of labour relations, unionised environments, European Works Councils, or cross-border European matters would be advantageous but is not essential.
For further information or a confidential discussion, please feel free to reach out to Martin Evensen martin@heriotbrown.com
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