Location: Cardiff Salary: Up to £80k
Role Overview
The Senior Employment Solicitor will handle a broad range of employment law matters, with a particular focus on:
- Running and managing Employment Tribunal matters
- Advising on and drafting settlement agreements
- Leading on TUPE processes (in both business transfers and outsourcing scenarios)
- Drafting and negotiating employment contracts, service agreements, and HR policies
- Providing advice to our existing in‑house counsel clients alongside the commercial and IP team
- Supporting the corporate team on employment aspects of M&A transactions
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys autonomy, client contact, and the opportunity to help build and develop a growing practice.
Key Responsibilities
Employment Documentation & Advisory Work
- Manage any of Employment Tribunal matters from start to finish
- Draft, negotiate, and advise on individual and group settlement agreements, support employer clients with structured exit processes
- Ensure compliance with statutory requirements and best practice
- Advise on TUPE transfers, including due diligence, employee liability information, and consultation obligations and draft and review TUPE‑related contractual provisions.
- Support clients through reorganisations, restructures, and redundancy processes
- Draft employment contracts, service agreements, handbooks, and HR policies
- Provide day‑to‑day advisory support to employer clients on disciplinary, grievance, performance, and absence management
Corporate and Commercial Support
- Work closely with the corporate team on employment aspects of acquisitions and disposals
- Conduct employment due diligence and prepare reports
- Work together with the commercial and IP team to carry out reverse DD exercises
Business Development
- Build strong client relationships and contribute to the growth of the employment practice
- Stay ahead of development employment legislation changes and provide advisory notes to Group clients.
- Participate in networking, seminars, and thought leadership
- Mentor junior team members and support their development
Skills & Experience Required
Essential
- Qualified Solicitor with 5+ years PQE in employment law
- Strong experience running Employment Tribunal cases independently
- Demonstrable experience with TUPE processes
- Confident drafting and advising on settlement agreements
- Excellent drafting skills for contracts, policies, and advisory notes
- Ability to manage client relationships and provide commercially focused advice
- Strong organisational skills and ability to manage competing deadlines
Desirable
- Experience supporting corporate transactions
- Interest in business development and practice growth
- Experience supervising junior lawyers or paralegals
What We Offer
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Hybrid working options
- Opportunity to work within a unique multi-disciplinary advisory group
- Clear progression pathways and opportunities to shape the employment practice
- A collaborative, ambitious, and supportive team culture
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and our employees are people with different strengths, experiences and backgrounds, who share a passion for improving people's lives. Diversity not only includes race and gender identity, but also age, disability status, sexual orientation, religion and many other parts of one's identity. All of our employee's points of view are key to our success, and inclusion is everyone's responsibility.
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