Job Description
Our client’s Employment team is a growing, market-leading team, with an international focus. The group is now looking to add two associates at the 3-6 PQE level. Associates will be given a significant amount of client contact and responsibility, whilst working in a collaborative environment, in order to provide advice and assistance to high quality clients.
Whilst workloads will vary, an associate will typically spend around 80-85% of their time on contentious and advisory work and 15-20% on transactional support. Typical work includes the following;
Disputes and investigations
- Tribunal litigation (e.g. unfair dismissal, whistleblowing, discrimination).
- High Court litigation (e.g. team moves and bonus claims).
- Workplace investigations.
- Working with our dispute resolution team on other investigations.
- Strike ballots and union activities.
Contentious advice
- Senior exits and settlement agreements.
- Restrictive covenant breaches, planning team moves.
- Other contentious advice (e.g. grievances, disciplinaries).
Other advisory
- Change projects (e.g. redundancy and TUPE processes, both UK focussed and international)
- Contracts, bonus schemes and handbooks
- Business immigration
- Other ad hoc advice (e.g. gender pay gap reporting, holiday pay, furlough)
Training and horizon scanning
- Cross-departmental and/or transactional support
- Corporate: deals, investee company executive exits, IPOs.
- Commercial: on outsourcings, GDPR.
- Real estate: TUPE issues.
With an ability to demonstrate versatility and work in an advisory and strategic capacity, this role offers the opportunity to work with the firm’s diverse range of clients.
In addition to a strong academic record, candidates will be England & Wales qualified.
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