Senior Associate / Legal Director - Employment | Birmingham
A leading national law firm is seeking a Senior Associate / Legal Director to join its highly regarded Employment team in Birmingham. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced employment lawyer to take on significant client responsibility, work across a broad range of employment matters and play an active role in the continued development of the team. Flexible working is available.
The Role:
- Advise a broad range of clients, including businesses, company owners, HR professionals, in-house legal teams and senior executives.
- Handle a varied caseload covering both contentious and non-contentious employment matters.
- Advise on disciplinary and grievance matters, dismissals, redundancy and restructuring.
- Manage Employment Tribunal claims, including whistleblowing and discrimination matters.
- Support corporate transactions, including advising on TUPE.
- Advise on employment documentation and wider employee relations issues.
- Assist with and lead client investigations.
- Build and maintain strong client relationships and develop relationships across the wider firm.
- Supervise and support junior lawyers, trainees and paralegals.
- Contribute to business development and the growth of the Employment practice.
Candidate Requirements:
- Qualified solicitor or equivalent with significant employment law experience.
- Demonstrable experience across contentious, non-contentious and transactional employment matters.
- Confident managing your own caseload and providing commercially focused advice.
- Strong technical knowledge and excellent drafting skills.
- Excellent communication and organisational skills.
- Commercially minded with a strong understanding of client needs and expectations.
- Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a collaborative team.
- Experience supervising and supporting junior colleagues.
Why Join:
This is an excellent opportunity to join a highly regarded Employment team where you will have genuine client responsibility and exposure to high-quality work, whilst benefiting from a supportive and collaborative environment.
The role offers excellent opportunities to develop your client relationships, contribute to business development and play a key role in the continued growth of the Employment practice.
The firm offers flexible working, a supportive culture and a strong commitment to career development, inclusion and wellbeing.
This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Associate or Legal Director-level employment lawyer looking for a role offering a broad range of work, significant client exposure and the opportunity to make an impact within a leading national practice.
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Employment Legal Director in Birmingham employer: BCL Legal
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