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Employment Lawyer - Senior Associate
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Senior Associate – Employment | London | 5–7 PQE
A leading international law firm is seeking to appoint a Senior Associate to join its highly regarded Employment team in London.
This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious employment lawyer with substantial transactional experience who is looking to work on sophisticated, high-value matters with a significant international and cross-border element.
The role
The successful candidate will have a broad and varied workload, with the opportunity to advise on complex transactional, contentious and advisory matters.
A particular focus of the role will be advising on the employment aspects of high-value corporate transactions, including M&A, private equity investments, restructurings and group reorganisations.
You will work closely with corporate, private equity, real estate and regulatory colleagues, as well as US and other international counsel.
The wider practice also handles complex and sensitive contentious matters, including employment tribunal claims, High Court litigation, pre-action negotiations and matters involving senior executives. There will therefore be scope to develop a genuinely broad employment practice.
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The successful candidate will:
- Lead on the employment aspects of complex domestic and cross-border transactions.
- Advise predominantly employer clients, alongside some senior executive work, on contentious and advisory matters.
- Work closely with colleagues across the wider firm and international counsel on multi-jurisdictional matters.
- Handle complex and high-value employment disputes, including High Court litigation and Employment Tribunal claims.
- Develop and maintain strong client relationships, providing pragmatic and commercially focused advice.
- Contribute to business development, networking and thought leadership initiatives.
- Supervise and support junior members of the team.
- Play an active role in the continued growth and development of the employment practice.
The ideal candidate
Applications are sought from employment lawyers with approximately 5–7 years' PQE who can demonstrate:
- Substantial experience of complex transactional employment work.
- A broad employment practice encompassing contentious and advisory matters.
- Experience of working on cross-border or international matters, ideally involving US-headquartered clients or US/UK transactions.
- Strong technical, drafting and analytical skills.
- Excellent client management and communication skills.
- A commercial, pragmatic and solutions-focused approach.
- The ability to work confidently and autonomously on fast-paced, high-value matters.
- Experience supervising and developing junior lawyers.
- Experience of High Court litigation and an active interest in business development would be advantageous.
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The opportunity
This is an opportunity to join a collaborative, entrepreneurial and inclusive environment, working with a high-quality client base on complex and intellectually challenging matters.
The role would particularly suit a Senior Associate who is seeking high-quality transactional exposure within a broad employment practice and wants to play a meaningful role in the continued growth of the team.
Candidates must be admitted as a solicitor or barrister in England and Wales, or be qualified overseas with relevant experience in the London market.
If you are a 5–7 PQE employment lawyer with strong transactional experience and are interested in exploring this opportunity, please get in touch for a confidential discussion.
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