Employment Senior Associate Lawyer 5PQE+ - London (Central), United Kingdom - Chase Portland UK

Description

Our client is a full-service law firm growing its market-leading Employment team with an international focus.

The successfully candidate will typically spend around 80-85% on contentious and advisory work and 15-20% on transactional support.

Typical breakdown of work includes the following:

Disputes and investigations

• Tribunal litigation (e.g. unfair dismissal, whistleblowing, discrimination).
• High Court litigation (e.g. team moves and bonus claims).
• Workplace investigations.
• Strike ballots and union activities.

Contentious advice

• Senior exits and settlement agreements.
• Restrictive covenant breaches, planning team moves.
• Other contentious advice (e.g. grievances, disciplinaries).

Other advisory

• Change projects (e.g. redundancy and TUPE processes, both UK focussed and international).
• Contracts, bonus schemes and handbooks.
• Business immigration.
• Other ad hoc advice (e.g. gender pay gap reporting, holiday pay, furlough).

The successful candidate will:

• have an outstanding academic record.
• be a qualified solicitor in a Common Law jurisdiction with at least 5 years' PQE.
• be competent in advising on all aspects of Employment law.

Please contact Toby Nash at Chase Portland for further information.