Overview
You will join a growing employment team to advise a broad client base on contentious and non-contentious matters. In this role you manage a varied caseload, draft and review employment documents, and represent clients in tribunals and negotiations. You’ll support business development, train junior colleagues, and collaborate across the firm to deliver commercially focused advice. This is an opportunity to shape the firm’s employment practice while developing your leadership and client-relations skills.
Pay / Benefits
- Hybrid working model
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Clear career development pathways
- Strong commitment to professional growth
- Inclusive culture aligned with LEGAL values
- Ownership and leadership opportunities
Responsibilities
- Manage own varied caseload with autonomy
- Provide practical, commercially focused employment advice across the full spectrum
- Draft and review contracts, policies, and settlement agreements
- Represent clients in negotiations, Employment Tribunal proceedings and ADR
- Conduct legal research and stay updated on developments in employment law
- Build strong client and referrer relationships and support business development
- Provide TUPE support to Corporate and Commercial Property teams
- Conduct due diligence on corporate transactions and draft warranties and indemnities
- Deliver employment law training to clients and colleagues
- Supervise and develop junior solicitors, trainees and paralegals
- Collaborate across the wider firm to deliver integrated solutions
Key requirements
- Qualified solicitor with England & Wales qualification (or equivalent)
- At least 4 years' PQE
- Experience managing employment matters with autonomy
- Experience conducting Employment Tribunal proceedings
- Excellent drafting, research, negotiation and communication skills
- Meticulous attention to detail and ability to produce high quality work
- Practical, solutions-focused approach with strong organisational skills
- Confidence building trusted relationships with clients and colleagues
- Proactive approach to business development and team growth
- Collaborative working style and ability to support junior colleagues
- Commitment to ongoing professional development and regulatory compliance
- Strong communication
- Relationship building
- Collaborative mindset
- Employment law expertise
- Drafting contracts, policies, and settlement agreements
- Negotiation and advocacy in Employment Tribunal proceedings
Associate / Senior Associate - Employment Solicitor - Bristol employer: Chadwick Nott
As a leading international law firm based in Bristol, we pride ourselves on offering an exceptional work environment that fosters collaboration and innovation. Our Associate Directors in Financial Services Regulation benefit from exposure to high-quality, complex international work, alongside opportunities for career progression within a supportive team. With a commitment to diversity and inclusion, we ensure that all employees are valued and empowered to thrive in their roles.
