Employment Associate

This market leading Employment, Pensions and Immigration team are seeking experienced employment lawyers in both London and Leeds.  We advise employers across the UK and our clients are some of the UK’s largest and best known employers. We believe that the quality of our clients and strength of our relationships with our clients speaks volumes about the quality of the service we provide.

The successful candidates will be based at our Leeds and London offices, which currently consist of six Partners, two Legal Directors, two Principal Associates, four Associates and two Trainees.  Our teams are highly ranked in the Legal Directories and have ambitions to grow further.

This is a great opportunity to play an integral role in growing the London and Leeds teams, working alongside Partners to drive the practice forward, with significant scope for career development.  You will manage a mixed caseload of employment work and will be responsible for:

• Advising clients in a range of sectors on the full range of employment law issues, including redundancy, disciplinary matters, grievances, whistleblowing, discrimination and detriment claims.
• Responsibility for defending Employment Tribunal claims
• Corporate / transactional support
• Advising in relation to change projects, changing terms and conditions and consultation requirements
• Industrial relations advice
• Assisting other members of the team with their caseloads as appropriate
• Drafting, tribunal responses, bundles, witness statements and reports
• Drafting articles and legal updates
• Assisting with business development initiatives including training and networking
• Working in accordance with client and internal SLAs
• Contributing to set team financial and utilisation targets

This list is not intended to be exhaustive and you will have other duties and responsibilities that fall within the remit of the role.

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