Employment Partner

Location
England, West Midlands, Birmingham
Salary
£70000 - £140000 per annum
Posted
13 Sep 2020
Closes
09 Oct 2020
Ref
BBBH23620
Contact
James Wootton
Job Title
Solicitor
Practice Area
Employment
PQE Level
10+, 5-7, 8-10
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

This dynamic firm have increased their headcount of Partners with key hires from national and heavyweight regional firms and continue to make significant inroads into the market. They continue to grow, and as such require Partners to join the firm and thrive in the environment and platform that they offer.

The Firm

With offices in London and Birmingham, this growing firm hosts an impressive number of Partners from International Law firms and City backgrounds. They have an impressive number of repeat clients both domestic and internationally based, and provide consistent quality focused legal provisions.

Over recent years the firm has experienced substantial growth and continually posts year on year profits. They are dedicated to the growth of the Birmingham office and continually invest in their presence in the Midlands. They are innovative and adaptable and cash rich and can weather any economic storm due the level of strategic insight the Partners have. The Partners come from high calibre backgrounds and are true entrepreneurs that live and breathe their core values of innovation, adaptability and dedication.

They are the preferred legal partner to businesses across the world and have done this through consistent delivery and favourable outcomes to their clients. The firm are friendly and professional in their approach whilst maintaining a result driven and highly successful working environment.

This law firm have increased their headcount of Partners with key hires from national and heavyweight regional firms and continue to make significant inroads into the market. They continue to grow, and as such require Partners to join the firm and thrive in the environment and platform that they offer.

The Role

The firm are seeking to hire an Employment Partner into their modern Birmingham office.

The team is dynamic and punches well above their weight. You work with the other partners to drive the department forwards. They support their clients that cover domestic and international matters.

The firm's highly rated employment team handles a wide range of excellent quality contentious and non-contentious work including advisory work on HR issues, disputes related work in the tribunal and courts, drafting employment documentation, employee relations and transaction/outsourcing work. The team's workload is increasingly top end, complex, premium work and accordingly we are working to strengthen our capacity at that level.

There are excellent prospects here for progression with the continued growth of this department and the firm.

Requirements

  • You will be an Employment Lawyer with at least 6 years PQE (there are no upper limits regarding the amount of PQE and applications are invited from the most experienced candidates)
  • You will have good commercial awareness and strong drafting skills
  • Experience of managing more junior colleagues is to advantage, but not essential
  • A meticulous eye for detail is essential
  • Salary is competitive and dependent on your background and level of experience, plus an excellent benefits package



If this role could be of interest then please contact the Midlands team for further information.