Employment Lawyers 4-6pqe Permanent and FTC

THE FIRM

A well regarded City law firm whose clients include individuals, families, businesses, financial services, educational and not-for-profit organisations

THE ROLES

The Employment team has two roles for employment lawyers with 4-6pqe.

One will be a 12 month FTC, the other a permanent role.

You will provide advice on the full range of employment issues advising (i) employers from the financial services, sports, corporate, media, retail, education, visitor attractions and charity sectors and (ii) individual senior executives.

The team also provides safeguarding and education advice to its schools, charity and sports sector clients in particular.

ABOUT YOU

You will provide employment advice to employer clients covering general advisory work as well as employment tribunal and high court litigation, particularly team moves and employee competition disputes.

In addition, you will provide advice to senior executives and be involved in the safeguarding work the team does within the education and sports sectors in particular.

The team is looking for someone who can, albeit with supervision, run with matters with a good degree of autonomy.

The employment team also undertakes marketing and business development activity so the successful applicant must be enthusiastic about writing articles, delivering presentations and attending networking events.

Responsibilities
Advising employers on drafting of contracts, policies and procedures;
Advising employers on day to day issues, such a disciplinary and grievances and smaller redundancy procedures;
Advising, within a team, on bigger projects, such as larger collective redundancy consultations;
Advising on Employment Tribunal litigation and being responsible for the day to day running of Employment Tribunal claims;
Working with partners on high court employee competition disputes;
Advising senior executives, including partners, on entry into new jobs, on issues during employment and on their leaving employment (for example, on negotiating terms or advising on the enforceability of restrictive covenants);
Providing support to the team's commercial and corporate teams (for example, in relation to employment due diligence or the TUPE provisions within sale or outsourcing agreements);

Flexible working is available and the firm is able to consider candidates working a 0 FTE.

Lipson Lloyd Jones Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.