Employment Associate (2–5 PQE)
London | Hybrid | Permanent
Global Law Firm
The Opportunity
We are working with the London employment team of a leading international law firm on the hire of an Employment Associate at 2–5 PQE. This is a genuine growth hire into a practice that is expanding, and it offers the kind of variety that is hard to find at this level.
Why this role
Quality of work normally reserved for more senior lawyers, an international platform few firms can match, a collaborative team culture across offices, hybrid working, and a clear runway for progression within a growing practice.
The Practice
The firm’s employment and labour group is one of the largest in the world, with lawyers positioned across a substantial international office network. That footprint means the London team regularly runs coordinated, multi-country workforce projects for household-name multinationals, something very few firms in the market can genuinely offer. The UK practice operates as a single team across several offices, and the client base spans household names in consumer, travel, financial services, technology, drinks and property sectors.
The team handles standalone employment mandates as its core focus, while also supporting the firm’s corporate, restructuring, technology and real estate practices, so the exposure is unusually broad. You would also work alongside dedicated pensions and immigration specialists.
The Work
You can expect a genuine mix from day one, including:
- Advisory work on day-to-day employment matters for an established client base, including grievances, disciplinaries and employee relations issues.
- Defending employment tribunal litigation.
- TUPE, outsourcing, restructuring and redundancy advice.
- Corporate support work, including drafting employment sections of due diligence reports and negotiating warranties and indemnities on transactions.
- International projects, supporting multi-jurisdictional deals and global HR initiatives alongside colleagues across the wider network.
- Workplace investigations.
- Client training, seminars and thought leadership, with real encouragement to build your own profile and contribute to business development.
About You
You will be a qualified solicitor with around 2–5 years’ PQE in employment law, with solid grounding in contentious and non-contentious work. Experience of TUPE, corporate support and drafting policies, handbooks and contracts is expected, and any exposure to multi-country projects would be a bonus rather than a requirement. Above all, the team is looking for someone excited to grow with a practice that is investing in its future, and who wants to develop their own expertise and profile rather than simply service work.
For a confidential conversation about this role, contact Lindsey at Conekt Legal on 07852 332587 or lindsey@conetklegal.com. All applications and enquiries are handled in strict confidence.
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