Senior Associate in Cardiff

About the Employment services

Our experts advise on the full range of employment services

• General employment – day to day queries e. g. disciplinaries and grievances, contracts and policies, flexible working, maternity rights, discrimination and support on larger projects such as restructures and redundancies.
• Employment litigation – defending Employment Tribunal claims made against employers (e. g. unfair dismissal discrimination, whistleblowing, equal pay), bringing high value Employment Tribunal claims on behalf of individuals and supporting with dispute resolution through mediation/ arbitration.
• High Court litigation – restrictive covenant litigation, team moves, obtaining/ resisting/ enforcing injunctions, claims relating to misuse of confidential information.
• Trade Unions/Collective – advising employers on all aspects of industrial action, collective consultation, union recognition and works councils.
• Transactional support – supporting on the employment aspects (including due diligence and TUPE) of M&A, divestments and outsourcings.
• Atypical working – advising on areas such as agency workers, zero hours contracts, employment status, apprenticeships, the gig economy.
• Global mobility – supporting employers with the relocation of employees for long term periods (covering employment, immigration and tax issues).
• Reward - covering employment tax, cash plan and incentives, shares and options and other aspects of employee reward.
• Health & Safety - implementing policies, conducting risk assessments and advising employers on their legal obligations.
• Senior Executives - high value litigation, bonus/ breach of contract claims and advice relating to entering and exiting businesses.
• Irish employment law - all aspects of Irish employment law.
• Northern Irish employment law – all aspects of Northern Irish employment law.
• Hong Kong employment law - all aspects of Hong Kong employment law and local coordination of matters across Asia Pacific.
• International employment support – coordinating and project managing advice from single country matters to global projects.

For larger international clients, we are able to provide platforms to log/track queries.

Responsibilities

We have developed detailed career benchmarks which set out what you will be expected to achieve at each level of your professional development:

• Providing technical legal expertise: you will continually seek to build on your current knowledge and proactively look to improve your advising skills.
• Delivering excellent service: you will analyse legal information to solve problems and formulate arguments or strategy relevant to your clients’ needs.

You’ll also use your initiative to proactively manage work, and provide regular and appropriate updates to your stakeholders.

• Building relationships: you will proactively develop positive working relationships with colleagues, ensuring that you work collaboratively and that you treat all colleagues with respect and professionalism.
• Developing our business: you will have an awareness of the firm’s goals and clients, and have an appropriate level of involvement in building and maintaining relationships with key clients and prospects.

Qualifications

• 5 to 8 years’ post-qualification experience in an Employment team
• Deep technical knowledge of most of the employment areas listed above
• Excellent drafting, analytical and communication skills as well as strong attention to detail.
• Comfortable with taking responsibility for work output, working autonomously and dealing directly with clients
• Experience supervising junior lawyers is helpful
• Examples of marketing and business development initiatives they have been involved with
• Experience of acting for employer clients on both general advisory and employment litigation work is preferred.
• A team player who is keen to support others to learn and who is keen to learn and develop their own skills
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