Taylor Root
Senior Employment Lawyer
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Senior Employment Lawyer
Employment Lawyer (Senior Associate / Associate Director)
Location: Birmingham Working arrangement: Hybrid
A unique opportunity to help build and scale a legal function within a high-growth professional services business.
A leading UK-based Tax, Audit & Consulting firm, operating at significant international scale following a recent global merger, is continuing to invest heavily in its Legal Services offering. As part of this growth, the business is seeking to appoint an experienced Employment Lawyer to join its expanding team.
The Opportunity
This is a rare chance to join a developing legal function and play a key role in establishing and growing the Employment offering in Birmingham.
Responsibilities
You will:
- Help build and shape a regional employment law practice
- Work alongside a large, established advisory team (employment tax, HR, consulting, mobility)
- Deliver integrated, multi-disciplinary solutions to clients
- Be supported with real investment to develop your profile and client base
- Have a clear pathway to senior leadership / partnership
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This role offers far more than traditional private practice—it sits within a collaborative, advisory-led environment where legal services are part of a broader commercial solution.
The Role
You will advise on a wide range of employer-side matters, including:
- Strategic, advisory-led employment law support for businesses
- Helping clients anticipate and mitigate future risk (not just react to issues)
- Employment aspects of corporate transactions and restructuring
- Advising on employee incentives and share schemes
- Supporting on employment tribunal matters where required
- Compliance issues, including NMW and workforce risk
- Delivering commercial, pragmatic solutions aligned to business objectives
Work is largely proactive and solutions-driven, often originating from wider advisory relationships.
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Requirements
- 7–12 PQE Employment Lawyer (or equivalent)
- Experience gained in a strong regional, national, or international firm
- Comfortable working autonomously and taking initiative
- Commercially minded, with a solutions-focused approach
- Interest in business development and practice growth (no following fee-based target)
- Collaborative, with the ability to work across multi-disciplinary teams
Benefits
- Opportunity to build something from the ground up in Birmingham
- Backed by a well-established, well-resourced professional services platform
- Access to a large internal referral network
- No rigid billing culture (approximately 1300 billable hours as a guide)
- Strong focus on rewarding contribution, growth and ROI
- Clear opportunity to progress into senior leadership
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