Build and Lead an Employment Law Practice
Shape the next stage of an established Employment Law offering with the backing of a multidisciplinary professional services group. This is an opportunity to influence strategy, grow market presence and develop the practice through your own relationships and a strong internal referral network.
Package / Benefits
- Senior-level package aligned with the scope of the appointment
- Hybrid working with greater flexibility around where and when you work
- Strong professional development and long-term career support
- Access to a multidisciplinary professional services group and international network
Why This Business
This established legal practice combines specialist legal expertise with the reach of a wider professional services group.
For an Employment Partner, the model creates a compelling commercial platform. You'll work alongside specialists spanning HR consultancy, employment tax, global mobility, share schemes, business immigration, data protection, employee benefits and payroll, alongside corporate finance and wider advisory teams.
That breadth creates genuine scope to build relationships, generate cross-referrals and strengthen the Employment proposition across both the legal practice and wider international network.
What You'll Be Doing
- Shape the Employment Law strategy, service proposition, profitability, market positioning and growth.
- Lead key client relationships across strategic employment matters, complex disputes, workforce change, senior exits and transactions.
- Drive new business, cross-referrals and market profile across the wider professional services and international network.
- Develop the team while advancing technical quality, legal technology and AI-enabled service delivery.
What You'll Bring
- Significant post-qualification experience advising on employment law in England and Wales across contentious and non-contentious matters.
- A demonstrable track record of business development, winning work and growing valuable client relationships.
- Credibility advising employers, boards, founders, owner-managed businesses and senior executives on commercially sensitive matters.
- Proven leadership capability, including developing lawyers and managing the commercial and financial performance of legal work.
Who This Suits
You're an established Employment Partner who combines technical credibility with commercial judgement and wants greater influence over how a practice develops.
You'll be motivated by the opportunity to shape strategy, grow market presence and build client relationships while leveraging a multidisciplinary platform with significant scope for collaboration and referrals.
Apply now for a confidential conversation with Walker Lovell.