Employment Associate (4-6PQE)
Posted 18 days 4 hours ago by Mayer-Brown-LLP
We are looking for an Associate / Senior Associate to join the Employment & Benefits group in our London office. The Employment team in London consists of 2 Partners, 1 Counsel and 5 Associates (plus trainees/paralegals). (This excludes our Pension and Benefits team.) The team has been consistently ranked as one of the leading teams in the UK and advises on a broad range of contentious and non-contentious matters (roughly 50/50 split), primarily for employers.
If you enjoy working with team members whose defining characteristics are exceptional client service, initiative, professionalism, responsiveness, and adaptability, you may be the person we are seeking to join our Employment practice in our London office as an Associate / Senior Associate.
- Tribunal and High Court litigation (including team moves and covenant breach cases)
- Day to day advice/counselling
- Corporate transactions
- Recruitment and termination of executives
- International projects
- Employment investigations
- Restructuring programmes
- Business transfers and outsourcings
A qualified Solicitor (England & Wales) with 3-6 years post qualification experience.
Experience, skills and personal attributes:
Key requirements:
- Ability to manage/lead matters with limited supervision.
- Hardworking and committed to developing the employment team within Mayer Brown both nationally and internationally
- Experience advising corporate clients on the full spectrum of employment law matters
- Experience providing strategic legal advice on restructures, collective redundancies, workforce reorganisations, and TUPE transfers in corporate transactions.
- Experience supporting M&A deals by conducting employment due diligence, preparing warranties/indemnities, and advising on post completion integration from an employment law perspective.
- Excellent knowledge and understanding of handling and resolving technical legal issues
- Ability to represent the firm at business development events;
- Ability to manage matters to agreed standards and within budget;
- Work efficiently as a team member
- Collaborate cross practice (Corporate, Litigation, Data Privacy etc) to provide holistic, cross practice advice.
We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments that individuals may require throughout the recruitment process and once they have joined the Firm.