Employment Senior Associate

Role profile

"The team is amazing; they are good to work with." - Chambers & Partners

We are looking for a Senior Associate to join our highly regarded Employment team in London.

You would be joining one of the leading and largest Employment teams in the UK, with the opportunity to provide advice on aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment law both nationwide and internationally. Our collegiate and supportive culture makes it a rewarding place to work and you will also have the opportunity to work with colleagues in our international offices with opportunities to progress your career.

The practice

The team provides a full service to clients in the UK and internationally across advisory, employment litigation and corporate transaction services. The team also works closely with our Incentives, Business Immigration, Pensions and Health & Safety practices.

Exceptional Technological Support

The team works closely with our dedicated and industry recognised Osborne Clarke Solutions team to be at the cutting edge of harnessing legal tech and AI.

International

We have extensive experience in international employment law matters (being able to call on employment lawyers in 26 international locations), allowing us to represent truly international clients. Our team also has experience of managing cross-border employment projects and our lawyers have the opportunity to take part in our international secondment programme

Complex Work

The team is also well known for their work on complex issues such as restructuring, restrictive covenant work, reputational risk management and data privacy. We operate across a variety of sectors and are regarded as one of the 'go-to' firms across the financial services, telecoms, technology, recruitment, retail and media & advertising sectors.

We work for a fantastic range of leading clients such as Vodafone, Diageo Ralph Lauren, Hargreaves Lansdowne, PwC, Deckers, Motorola, Mamas & Papas and Air Canada

The team is truly "full service" and has strength and depth in many areas including: Employment Tribunals (one of the team is an Employment Judge); TUPE (we represent one of the World's largest professional service firms on TUPE matters); industrial relations (our team has recently been involved with the Central Arbitration Committee and regularly advises on trade union and industrial action issues).

Find more about our Employment practice using this link:

The team

The London team is led by partner Olivia Sinfield. They work closely across offices with colleagues in Reading and Bristol, and overall the department is made up of 6 further Partners, 3 Legal Directors, 10 Associate Directors, 6 Senior Associates, 9 Associates, 3 Trainee Solicitors, 3 Solicitor Apprentices, 4 Paralegals and 1 Paralegal Manager.

Technical skills and experience

Due to the technical nature of the practice, we are looking for evidence of experience of working on a range of Employment matters. As a guide, due to the nature of the work and the structure of the team, we are looking to appoint a Senior Associate in this area, although we will consider candidates with more or less experience.

Your career development

• clear expectations of your role and what it takes to progress
• high quality clients and work, with early responsibility and client exposure
• thorough assessment and individual feedback from a range of experienced colleagues
• robust technical training with early skills based development, increasingly tailored to you
• reward for your contribution, progression and potential, rather than PQE or tenure

At Osborne Clarke we are happy to consider requests to work flexibly.

Salary and benefits

We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits.

About Us

Osborne Clarke is an international legal practice with over 330 Partners and more than 1,260 talented lawyers in 26 locations . Our sector-based approach enables us to help our clients tackle the issues they are facing today, and prepare for the ones that they will face tomorrow. Advising them both comprehensively and commercially. We love working closely with our clients on new deals, products and solutions which will transform their businesses, markets and even sectors. And our unique approachable culture is not an added extra, it's fundamental to our success.

AtOsborne Clarkewe value difference and encourage applicants from all backgrounds. We want everyone to feel that OC is a place where you can be yourself and belong, and our range of interest groups and diversity networks - not to mention our great teams - are a part of making that a reality. We value the health and wellbeing of our people and our wide range of initiatives and benefits support this.

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