A UK Top 50 national law firm, are looking for a driven and commercially focused Employment Associate/ Legal Director, to join their market leading Employment team. The department not only boast an excellent reputation as a national team, but also can celebrate its many individuals who are ranked in both Chambers UK and the Legal 500.

This opportunity would see you honing your skills as a sector specialist, working with household names and becoming a core part of a collaborative and cutting-edge team.

This is a full time, permanent role based in the firm’s state-of-the-art Bristol office (currently remote with a blended approach moving forward post-COVID).

This is what you’ll be doing

• Manage your own high quality and varied caseload, of both non-contentious and contentious matters, predominately acting for respondents (please get in touch to discuss the clients the firm work with)

• Work closely with Partners and other team members, both in Bristol and across the nation

• Build excellent relationships with employers, to help them manage issues in the workplace including disciplinaries, grievances, restructuring and redundancies

• Effectively handle employment tribunal claims

• Provide complex advice and employment law support in corporate deals and contracts

• Enforcement of post-termination restrictive covenants

• Consistently deliver profitable results for both the firm and your clients, whilst always striving to remain innovative in a busy and dynamic sector

The experience you’ll bring to the team

• Qualified Solicitor, with a minimum of 4 years PQE, dealing with employment law matters

• Experience of advising large private and public sector employers

• Solid academics

• Excellent relationship building skills, with high profile clients

• Exceptional team player

• A true enthusiasm for employment law

And this is what you’ll get in return

• Competitive salary + generous bonus scheme, with an annual pay review

• Private Medical Insurance and Dental cover

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays (rising to 30 days based on length of service)

• Pension Scheme

• Life Assurance

• Cycle to work scheme

• Shopping vouchers

• Please get in touch for the full list of flexible benefits!

Are you up to the challenge?

If you believe that you have the skills and experience for the role – then please get in touch. We also offer a referral scheme for any candidates whose details are passed to us that we successfully place. If you have any further questions then please contact Rebecca Bond at Yolk Recruitment on 02921 673 719.

*Please note, whilst we do our best to contact all candidates, due to the high number of applications we receive we cannot guarantee this for every role. If you have not heard anything from us within 7 days of applying – then unfortunately you have been unsuccessful. Please keep an eye on our website for more opportunities. *

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