Employment Managing Associate/Legal Director

Purpose of the Role

We are seeking a Managing Associate or Legal Director with a combination of contentious and non-contentious employment law experience, to join our team in London. You will have in the region of 7+ years post-qualifying experience.
Addleshaw Goddard have implemented a flexible, hybrid working model that combines both office-based and remote work arrangements (3 days per week in the office minimum). This approach allows for a balanced and adaptable work environment. We anticipate that this arrangement will remain in place for the foreseeable future. Occasional travel between our various UK offices may be required to facilitate effective collaboration and teamwork.

The Employment Team

Our Employment & Immigration Group is a leading legal practice that specialises in providing comprehensive advice on employment law and global mobility to financial institutions, FTSE 100 companies, and prominent UK and international businesses.

We continuously adapt and refine our services to meet the evolving demands of the dynamic and challenging business environments in which our clients operate. Our client-centric approach is built on the pillars of expertise, commercial acumen, strong relationships, and innovative solutions. We firmly believe that these qualities are essential for fostering successful partnerships between clients and advisors.

With a friendly and approachable team, our primary focus is on establishing long-term client relationships by prioritising exceptional client care and working collaboratively in partnership with our clients.

What to Expect in This Role

We are looking for a senior lawyer to join our Employment Team in our London office. The role will involve the full range of employment law and HR support work (contentious and non-contentious) for a wide range of clients across all business sectors but with financial services as a particular focus.
You will have the opportunity to develop close client relationships and undertake a major role in client work. From the outset you will be exposed to the highest quality work, for some of the UK's biggest name clients.

• Working with a collaborative and friendly team in a highly supportive firm
• Genuine career progression opportunities
• Working with some of the UK's largest employers, across the UK and internationally
Opportunity to undertake business development, and to build your own client connections.

Your Areas of Knowledge and Expertise

• A minimum of 7 years post qualification experience working in a similar practice
• The ability to gain the confidence of senior client contacts by providing technically excellent and commercially pragmatic advice
• Excellent drafting and communication skills
• Leadership skills
• A commercial and common sense approach
• A track record of winning work
• The ability to work to deadlines within a challenging environment and to work as part of and to lead a team, be confident, personable and self-motivated
The willingness to fit in with our team and the open and inclusive culture within Addleshaw Goddard

Our Firm

Addleshaw Goddard is a place where you are valued, encouraged, and challenged to fulfil your potential in a supportive and collegiate environment. Our culture of improvement, growth and collaboration delivers results, drives innovation, and rewards ambition.

We not only provide technical excellence and experience but, crucially, demonstrate real insight into our clients and what really matters to them and as such we are natural choice for FTSE100 clients and their equivalents in other markets.

Our success has been built by people from the widest range of backgrounds, locations, and perspectives. We have a number of employee networks that provide space to discuss the differences that make us who we are and celebrate this at AG.

Our Approach: Imagine The Best You Can Be

Everything we've accomplished can be traced back to our people and the way we work. Our reputation is something we are proud of, and constantly invest in.

Here, you'll do high calibre work, with high-character colleagues who care for one another and our clients.

Are you up for the challenge?