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Form of workAn excellent opportunity to join our highly successful, supportive and growing Employment Team in London
About CMSCMS is a Future Facing firm with more than 70 offices in over 40 countries and 5,000+ lawyers worldwide. We combine deep local market understanding with a global perspective, we are passionate about building strong relationships with the clients we support, our people and the communities we work in.
We take a bold, dynamic and agile approach to ensure our clients are able to face the future with confidence. We are driven by technology and readily embrace the possibilities it opens up for developing new and better ways of delivering legal services. Our bold approach to a changing future ensures that we nurture our employees and recruit top talent. We don't just want to face the future we want to shape it.
About the Role
An exciting opportunity to support the development of the London employment team and to contribute to the continued growth of CMS's UK Employment group.
You will be advising commercial clients on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious employment related queries. Our work is fast-paced and offers huge variety, covering the full spectrum of employment law matters.
You will be involved in assisting and advising commercial clients in relation to:
* investigations and complex employment claims;
* mentoring junior members of the team;
* experience of advising clients in the financial services sector;
* day-to-day employment queries, such as disciplinary and grievance matters, maternity/family leave issues and working time questions;
* more strategic projects such as compliance with new legal requirements;
* corporate, commercial and real estate transactions, business transfers and outsourcings;
* employment tribunal, civil court and appeal litigation;
* collective matters such as restructuring, redundancies, integration and TUPE;
* senior executive issues, including negotiating appointments and exits;
* industrial relations and trade union matters.
Our team plays a central role in CMS as a global provider of employment legal advice and regularly advises clients on cross-jurisdictional projects.
Our team plays a central role in the market-leading international CMS Employment Group as a global provider of employment legal advice and regularly advises clients on cross-jurisdictional projects and matters with an international angle.
About You
You will be an experienced employment lawyer looking to be part of a successful, growing, dynamic and highly collaborative team. Your experience should include some transactional work. You will be well-organised, proactive, and have excellent written and oral communication skills. A strong academic record and lots of enthusiasm are a must as we will be keen for you to hit the ground running.
We are currently looking for a Senior Associate 6+PQE.
Equal Opportunities
At CMS, a next-generation mindset is woven into all we do. We're diverse, supportive and inclusive, embracing our corporate social responsibility and creating a culture of sustainability in which every one of our people, whatever their background, can maximise their potential and thrive.
For further information about CMS' diversity initiatives and programmes, please click here to view the diversity pages on our website.
Please apply online or contact a member of the Talent Acquisition team if you have any questions. For information regarding our competitive range of benefits please visit our Rewards & Benefits page on our website.
Please note that CMS have a preferred agency panel in place. Only applications submitted via the portal at the point of instruction will be accepted.
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