LC Legal
Employment Solicitor, 4+ years’ PQE
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Employment Solicitor, 4+ years’ PQE
Experienced Employment Solicitor – Leeds
Role Overview
LC Legal, in partnership with a national law firm (consistently ranked in Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners—with multiple top-tier practice rankings)—is seeking an experienced Employment Solicitor to join their market-leading Employment Rights, Pensions and Immigration team.
The firm is known for its commercially successful, well-managed approach, fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and pragmatic culture with a strong emphasis on work-life balance, long-term career development, and exceptional client service. The team serves diverse sectors, including local/central government, health and care, insurance/financial services, commercial, higher education, and housing, across England and Wales.
With continued growth, the firm offers:
- Strong career progression opportunities
- Hybrid working
- A competitive remuneration and benefits package
The Opportunity
Key Responsibilities
- Manage a varied caseload spanning both contentious and non-contentious employment law matters
- Advise clients on:
- Improving employment practices
- Managing workforce issues (e.g., restructures, redundancies)
- Defending employment claims while mitigating risk
- Build and nurture relationships with:
- External clients
- Internal multidisciplinary teams (including regulatory and commercial colleagues)
- Handle a broad mix of work, including:
- Advisory
- Transactional
- Contentious litigation (high-profile and complex cases)
- Work on novel, evolving employment law challenges across dynamic markets
- Provide supervision and mentorship to junior team members
- Contribute to training, client onboarding, and relationship management
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About You
Essential Criteria
- 4+ years’ Post-Qualification Experience (PQE) with broad employment law expertise
- Ability to support sophisticated clients across relevant sectors (see list above)
- Experience in restructures and redundancies, including:
- Designing termination processes
- Drafting redundancy consultation procedures
- Settling disputes
- Strong background in Employee Relations, including:
- Settlement negotiations
- Managing grievances, disciplinary hearings, and dismissal defence
- Litigation expertise:
- Managing complex, high-profile cases (both contentious and advisory)
- Leading cases as part of a team
- TUPE expertise*, including:
- Drafting and negotiating transfer-related warranties/indemnities
- Advising on workforce policies in transactions (e.g., due diligence, employee consultation)
- Transactional due diligence and advisory support:
- Assisting corporate/commercial teams in commercial deals
- Real-time consultation (when necessary)
- Ability to draft and review employment policies, including health & safety, off-payroll matters, contractual clauses, and dispute avoidance frameworks
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Desirable Qualities
- A collaborative approach with an interest in:
- Mentoring junior colleagues
- Team development initiatives
- Commercially aware, with a passion for:
- Building and maintaining strong client relationships across sectors
- Potential to take on additional non-legal pro-bono or outreach initiatives (depending on team needs)
Note: ** *TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings) **stands for the UK’s statutory protection for employees during business transfers.
About LC Legal LC Legal is an employment agency and business specialising in legal recruitment. Due to high application volumes, we aim to personally review submissions, but where a response is delayed any contact after 72 hours can be assumed as unsuccessful. We encourage applications from all backgrounds.
Please apply with your:
- Current CV
- Cover letter (addressed to: Emma Kettle, Partner, Employment Practice), outlining your suitability for this role.
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