Senior Associate - Employment and Pensions

This position is ideal for someone who thrives in a collaborative environment, enjoys working across different teams and practice areas, and is looking to take the next step in their career with a firm that offers both challenge and opportunity at an international scale.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience advising on the full spectrum of employment law matters, both contentious and non-contentious.
• Strong track record managing Employment Tribunal litigation from inception to conclusion, including complex multi-day hearings.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver pragmatic, business-focused advice to clients across a range of sectors, often under tight deadlines.
• Experience supporting corporate teams on employment aspects of M&A, TUPE transfers, outsourcing, and restructures.
• Confident in managing client relationships and acting as a trusted advisor on strategic employment issues, including senior exits and workforce change.
• Skilled in drafting and negotiating employment documentation, including contracts, policies, and settlement agreements.
• Familiarity with regulatory and compliance issues relevant to employment in regulated sectors (e.g., insurance, healthcare, or energy).
• Comfortable supervising junior team members, contributing to their development, and reviewing their work for quality and accuracy.
• Commercial mindset with a willingness to engage in business development activities and contribute to the growth of the practice.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a clear, concise, and client-friendly style.

The Firm

When you work at Clyde & Co, you join a team of 500 partners, 2,400 lawyers, 3,200 legal professionals, and 5,500 people in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide. Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavors, and strengthen our delivery, for both our clients and our firm. We work as one, excel with clients, celebrate difference, and act boldly. We are committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves. We are devoted to providing an environment in which everyone can realize their potential, using its legal and professional skills to support its communities. We do this through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimizing the impact it has on the environment, including through our commitment to the SBTi Net-Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets.

Our Commitment

Clyde & Co is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our values encourage us to support fairness, celebrate diversity, and prohibit all forms of discrimination in the workplace to allow everyone to excel at work. Therefore, we welcome and encourage all applications from suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background or identity. Learn more about our interview process.

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This is the job description as constituted at present; however, Clyde & Co reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.