Our market leading employment pensions and benefits team is a fast growing practice within one of the worlds foremost law firms. We advise on all aspects of employment, pensions and benefits law. Our work includes advisory work across all areas of human resources law; advising on the employment, pension and benefits implications of termination; and a range of contentious and non-contentious work.
We are currently looking for share scheme lawyers to join us in one of the most dynamic areas of the law, working on transactional work, as well as advisory and dispute related matters. The work is challenging, sophisticated and cutting edge, giving you a real breadth of experience unavailable in other practices.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
We are a leader among international law firms, providing business law advice of the highest quality throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the US.
With over 2,400 lawyers in 26 key business centres around the world, we provide a comprehensive service to national and multinational corporations, financial institutions and governments.
Our international approach is founded on strong local capabilities and experience. We can build teams that are not limited by geographical boundaries or the specialisms of individuals, to deliver the highest standards of service wherever our clients need them.
We're a collegial firm - we work, learn and socialise together as one team. We're also truly international in both outlook and opportunity.
As a Share Schemes Associate your main responsibilities will involve:
- Drafts complex legal documents succinctly
- Negotiates/argues relatively complex issues or points along or alongside partners
- Takes full responsibility for work and delegates, manages and mentors junior associates and trainees
- Participate at seminars/training to clients and other associates and work with our Business Development Manager to generate ideas/plans
- Establish profile and relationships with partners and clients by displaying a good understanding of the client's current business and future objectives and is able to provide commercially oriented advice
- Has structured and timely approach to financial management including regular review of work in progress, billing and unpaid bills.
As a Share Schemes Associate your skills and qualifications will ideally include:
- High quality lawyer with strong technical and commercial background.
- Intellectually strong with top class academics
- Between two to four years experience at a leading law firm
- Have a tenacious and enthusiastic approach to surpass the expectations or our clients
- Confident and self motivated
- Strong technical and commercial abilities
- Able to work effectively as part of a team and supervise more junior lawyers.
- Highly effective communicator (both orally and in writing)
- Able to take on a high degree of responsibility and manage a challenging workload.
We are an equal opportunities employer and consider job applicants on their merits. Therefore we welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background. For more detail see the Careers Page on www.freshfields.com.
