Employment Associate in London

Job Description

We are instructed on an excellent opportunity to join our client's market-leading Employment team in London, to work on high-value disputes, executive exits, workplace investigations and major corporate transactions. This is a role for an ambitious Lawyer who wants direct client exposure, genuine responsibility and involvement in some of the most sophisticated Employment matters in the market.

You will be:

• Managing Employment Tribunal claims from strategy through to resolution, with advocacy opportunities where appropriate.
• Advising HR Directors, General Counsel and senior business leaders on complex employment and employee relations issues.
• Negotiating executive appointments and exits, restrictive covenants, team moves and business protection matters.
• Supporting domestic and cross-border transactions, providing practical employment law advice to keep deals on track.
• Building strong client relationships and become a trusted adviser on business-critical workforce issues.

About you:

• 2-4 years' PQE in Employment law from a recognised law firm.
• Strong experience across contentious and non-contentious Employment matters.
• Proven ability to manage complex work and deliver commercially-focussed advice.
• Excellent technical skills, commercial judgement and confidence working with senior stakeholders.
• Strong communication and client relationship skills, with an entrepreneurial approach to business development.

Why this firm?:

• High-quality, complex work for leading clients.
• Direct access to senior decision-makers.
• Exposure to international and cross-border matters.
• Early responsibility and excellent career progression.
• Supportive and collaborative team environment.

If you are looking for a role which offers challenge, variety and the opportunity to make a real impact, we would be keen to hear from you.

For a confidential chat about this, or other roles which we are handling, please contact Laura Klass.

Please note that where a level of preferred experience or qualification is indicated, this is a guideline only and does not preclude applications from candidates with more or less experience.

Our consultants will review your application and assess your suitability. We endeavour to respond to all applications within 72 hours, however due to the volume of applications we receive we may not be able to respond to every candidate individually and would advise that if you do not hear from us you should assume you are not successful in your application.

Jameson Legal acts as an employment business for temporary recruitment and as an employment agency for fixed term contract and permanent recruitment.