Employment Solicitor – Associate to Legal Director (Leeds) - #2194217

Employment Solicitor – Associate to Legal Director

Leeds | Tier 1 Legal 500 Employment Practice | Excellent Career Opportunity

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an Employment Solicitor to join a highly regarded Tier 1 Legal 500-ranked Employment practice in Leeds.

Recognised for the quality of its employment law offering, this is an opportunity to join an established and ambitious team advising an impressive client base on a broad range of complex, high-quality employment matters.

The firm is keen to speak with Employment Solicitors across a range of levels, from Associate through to Senior Associate and Legal Director, who are looking for a new challenge and the opportunity to develop their careers within a leading employment practice.

Whether you are an Associate looking to gain exposure to more complex work and accelerate your development, an established Senior Associate seeking further progression, or a Legal Director looking for a fresh challenge, this opportunity offers considerable scope.

The Opportunity

You will become an integral part of a highly regarded Employment team, undertaking a busy and varied workload of contentious and non-contentious employment matters. You will advise a diverse range of employer clients, with a particular emphasis on an established financial services client base.

The role offers exposure to an interesting mix of work, including complex employment litigation, strategic HR advisory matters and large-scale organisational projects, both within the UK and internationally.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing a varied caseload of employment matters, advising employers across a range of sectors, including financial services.
• Working on complex employment litigation, including discrimination, whistleblowing and breach of contract claims in both the Employment Tribunal and High Court.
• Advising on non-contentious employment projects, including business restructures, redundancy programmes and TUPE matters, involving both UK and multi-jurisdictional considerations.
• Providing day-to-day employment law and HR advice to clients, responding to a broad range of queries by telephone and email.
• Supporting, supervising and helping develop more junior members of the team, including trainees and paralegals, as appropriate to your level of experience.
• Contributing to the continued development of the practice through client relationship management, networking and business development initiatives.
• Assisting with client seminars, delivering training and identifying opportunities to develop relationships with existing and prospective clients.
• Participating in wider departmental and firm initiatives, including knowledge sharing and internal training.

The Ideal Candidate

The firm is keen to hear from Employment Solicitors with experience gained within a reputable private practice team.

You will ideally have:

• Experience advising employer clients on a broad range of contentious and non-contentious employment matters.
• Experience handling employment tribunal litigation, including discrimination and whistleblowing claims.
• Exposure to complex employment advisory work, including restructures, redundancy and TUPE.
• An interest in developing relationships with clients, with exposure to financial services clients particularly advantageous.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to build effective working relationships with colleagues and clients.
• An interest in contributing to business development and the wider growth of the practice.

For more senior appointments, experience supervising junior colleagues, managing client relationships and contributing to business development will be particularly advantageous.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

Joining a Tier 1 Legal 500 Employment practice offers the opportunity to work alongside recognised employment law specialists, handle high-quality work and further establish your position within the Leeds employment market.

The breadth of the work, particularly the exposure to financial services clients, complex litigation and multi-jurisdictional employment projects, provides an excellent platform for continued career development.

Whether you are an Associate looking to take the next step in your career or an established senior lawyer seeking a fresh challenge, this is an opportunity to join a leading employment team with an excellent reputation, an impressive client base and plenty of scope for professional development.

For a confidential discussion, please get in touch.