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Senior Employment Counsel circa. 5-10PQE
Leading Digital Financial Services Organisation | UK (Hybrid)
An award-winning and rapidly growing digital financial services business is seeking a Senior Employment Counsel to join its established legal team. This is a high-profile role offering significant exposure across the organisation, working directly with senior stakeholders and reporting into the Head of Employment Legal.
With a substantial UK presence and international growth ambitions, this is an exciting opportunity to join a forward-thinking organisation at a pivotal stage of its journey.
The Opportunity
As a trusted adviser to the People function and wider business, you will provide strategic and commercial employment law support across a broad range of contentious and non-contentious matters. You will also play a key role in supporting international expansion projects and managing an employment lawyer within the team.
Key Responsibilities Include:
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- Advising on all areas of employment law throughout the employee lifecycle, including recruitment, performance management, grievances, disciplinaries, dismissals, and settlement agreements.
- Supporting the People team and wider business on employment-related regulatory matters, including conduct and senior management frameworks within a regulated environment.
- Advising on executive employment arrangements and senior hires.
- Providing employment law support on corporate transactions and organisational change projects, including TUPE matters.
- Partnering with reward and remuneration teams on compensation structures, deferred remuneration, malus and clawback provisions, and remuneration policies.
- Managing employment aspects of international projects, working closely with external counsel where required.
- Delivering training and guidance to HR and business stakeholders.
- Managing multiple concurrent projects and helping drive key business initiatives.
- Supporting regulatory enquiries and employment-related investigations.
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About You
The successful candidate will bring:
- Approximately 5-10 years' PQE gained in private practice and/or in-house.
- Strong technical expertise across a broad range of employment law matters.
- Experience within banking, financial services, or another regulated sector.
- Knowledge of employment-related regulatory issues, including areas such as senior management accountability regimes, conduct requirements, remuneration regulation, and regulatory enquiries.
Why Apply?
This role offers a rare combination of high-quality employment law work, strategic business partnering, and genuine visibility across a growing, technology-driven financial services organisation. You'll have the opportunity to influence key business decisions, manage and develop junior talent, and contribute to the continued evolution of a market-leading business.
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