Elevate Legal Talent
Employment Lawyer (Interim)
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Employment Lawyer (Contract)
London (Hybrid) | ASAP Start | 3–6 Month Contract
We're looking to connect with experienced Interim Employment Lawyers for an upcoming contract opportunity with a global organisation.
This role will suit lawyers with strong in-house employment law experience, supporting HR and business stakeholders across multiple jurisdictions.
These roles typically involve advising on complex, cross-border employment law matters across EMEA jurisdictions within a fast-paced in-house environment.
Key Experience
- Qualified Solicitor (England & Wales) or equivalent.
- Proven in-house employment law experience.
- Strong knowledge of UK employment law.
- Experience advising across EMEA and/or Europe is highly desirable.
- Comfortable supporting a broad range of contentious and non-contentious employment matters.
- Experience partnering with HR, People teams and senior business stakeholders.
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, international environment.
- Available to start ASAP or at short notice.
Typical Responsibilities
- Providing strategic employment law advice across the UK and EMEA/European jurisdictions.
- Advising on a broad range of contentious and non-contentious employment matters.
- Supporting employee relations issues, disciplinary and grievance matters, and internal investigations.
- Advising on HR policies, restructures, reorganisations, redundancies, and other workforce change projects.
- Managing or supporting employment litigation and external counsel where required.
- Partnering closely with HR, People teams, Legal and senior business stakeholders to provide pragmatic, commercial advice.
- Reviewing and advising on cross-border employment issues and local law considerations.
- Supporting business initiatives, projects, and organisational change from an employment law perspective.
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About Elevate
Elevate is a global provider of consulting, technology, and services for law departments and law firms. Headquartered in Los Angeles, our team of 1,600+ legal professionals, lawyers, consultants, project managers, and engineers operates across the United States, Europe, the UK, Asia, Hong Kong, and Australia.
Legal Talent is our flexible resourcing division, redefining careers in the legal industry. We connect exceptional legal professionals with the evolving needs of our customers through a curated, world-class global talent community and advanced, technology-enabled search capabilities. We are proud to have been ranked Band 1 in Chambers’ Global Flexible Legal Resourcing category.
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