Employment Associate/Senior Associate | 3+ PQE | London
A highly regarded London employment team is seeking an experienced Associate to join its growing practice. The team acts for a broad range of market-leading organisations across the financial services, healthcare and wider commercial sectors and is recognised as a top-tier practice by both leading legal directories.
The practice has an established reputation in the London market, advising major financial institutions, household-name corporates and prominent organisations across the public and independent healthcare sectors.
Key Responsibilities
- Advising a diverse portfolio of employers on a broad range of employment matters, with a particular focus on financial services clients.
- Handling complex contentious matters, including discrimination, whistleblowing and breach of contract claims before the Employment Tribunal and High Court.
- Supporting non-contentious projects such as restructurings, redundancies and TUPE exercises, including multi-jurisdictional matters.
- Providing day-to-day employment advice to clients by telephone and email.
- Supporting and supervising junior lawyers, trainees and paralegals and contributing to their development.
- Playing an active role in business development, including networking, client seminars and training sessions.
- Contributing to wider team initiatives such as knowledge sharing and internal training.
Skills & Experience
- Associate would be ideally 3+ years' PQE, with Senior Associate ideally being 5+ years' PQE.
- Experience advising commercial or multinational clients would be advantageous.
- Strong experience handling employment litigation and Employment Tribunal claims.
- Commercially minded, with the ability to provide pragmatic and solutions-focused advice.
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with confidence dealing directly with clients and senior stakeholders.
- Collaborative, adaptable and proactive approach.
The Opportunity
This is an opportunity to join a well-established and highly ranked employment practice with a strong client base and an expanding workload. The successful candidate will gain exposure to a broad range of high-quality contentious and non-contentious employment matters, while working alongside experienced practitioners within a supportive and commercially focused team.
How to Apply
If you are an employment lawyer with the relevant experience and are interested in exploring the opportunity further, please get in touch via enquiries@cursitor.co.uk to discuss the role in confidence. Applications can be made by submitting a CV, with further details available upon request.