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SalaryEmployment Senior Associate or Legal Director Respondent work - mixture of litigated and advisory work / 5+ PQE
Employment Senior Associate / Legal Director - Leeds
Experienced employment solicitor - The hiring managers are looking for candidates with strong employment experience from reputable law firms as well as with solid experience in respondent work. This talented team of employment lawyers is based across Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool. The Leeds offering is undergoing considerable investment at the moment and represents a great opportunity to take your career forward.
Summary
- Job title:Senior Associate / Legal Director
- Location: Leeds
- Salary: £Excellent
- Work pattern: hybrid
- Reports to: Partner / Head of Department
- Previous Experience: 5 PQE+ Background from respected employment team ideally with respondent experience.
Range of work including transactional employment work as well as contentious
Applicants should have strong transactional experience as well as exposure to contentious work. The team are looking for creative 'commercial' lawyers capable of working constructively with the HR departments and in-house legal teams of a variety of clients across various sectors. They are also keen to attract candidates who are experienced in working with corporate and commercial teams on everything from reorganisations and mergers and acquisitions to TUPE and redundancy initiatives.
Ideal candidates will have upwards of 5 PQE and will be confident operators used to dealing with a good mix of SME and larger corporates including listed companies advising them on a range of contentious and non-contentious matters.
What to expect
- Complex, high-level employee relations cases ranging from unfair dismissal cases in relation to instances of alleged discrimination to allegations of harassment and bullying;
- Advising on trade union negotiations at a major public sector institution;
- Advising well-known media brand in relation to their new inclusivity and diversity policy;
- Advising on complex TUPE consultation following multi-million-pound corporate acquisition
A friendly, supportive team
The roles offer hybrid working so you can benefit from all the advantages of working flexibly. The firm has worked hard to develop a style of working which is as inclusive as possible.
The firm as a whole is friendly with a positive culture, offering the successful candidates a real chance to flourish. This is a fantastic place for an experienced employment solicitor to really spread their wings and develop further.
