At a Glance
- Tasks: Advise on employment matters and support HR in a dynamic financial services environment.
- Company: Leading international financial services business with a collaborative legal team.
- Benefits: High-quality work, international exposure, and career growth opportunities.
- Other info: Opportunity to work closely with senior stakeholders and manage diverse legal challenges.
- Why this job: Be a trusted adviser and make an impact in a fast-paced, regulated industry.
- Qualifications: Qualified solicitor with 6+ years' PQE and strong employment law experience.
The predicted salary is between 80000 - 100000 £ per year.
An excellent opportunity has arisen for an Employment Lawyer to join the legal team of a leading international financial services business.
This is a truly exciting role where you will be working on cutting edge, high profile employment matters within a dynamic business.
Working closely with HR and senior stakeholders across the organisation, you will advise on a broad range of contentious and non-contentious employment matters across multiple jurisdictions.
This is a varied hands on role offering exposure to strategic business initiatives, employee relations issues and regulatory considerations within a fast-paced, highly regulated environment.
Key responsibilities include
- Advising on employment contracts, policies and procedures across the group.
- Supporting employee transfers arising from corporate transactions and organisational change projects.
- Providing guidance on post-termination restrictions and employee mobility matters.
- Advising on disciplinary, grievance, whistleblowing, discrimination and unfair dismissal issues.
- Managing external counsel and coordinating employment law advice across different jurisdictions.
- Supporting remuneration and incentive arrangements alongside HR and Reward teams.
- Assisting with internal investigations involving misconduct and whistleblowing allegations.
- Partnering with business leaders and key stakeholders to provide pragmatic, commercially focused legal advice.
Applicants should be qualified solicitors with at least 6 years' PQE and strong employment law experience, gained either in-house or in a leading law firm.
Some exposure to the financial services sector will benefit your application.
You will possess excellent communication skills, strong commercial awareness and the ability to manage a varied workload while building effective relationships across the business.
This role offers high-quality work, international exposure and the opportunity to become a trusted adviser within a growing and dynamic organisation.
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