Associate - Employment Law

Clyde & Co; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Clyde & Co is seeking an Associate level Employment lawyer to focus on both contentious and non-contentious matters. The ideal candidate will have a strong employment background from a large-scale international or regional top-tier firm.

The role covers advising on workforce conduct, compliance with local laws, restructurings, drafting employment documentation, and supporting corporate transactions with employment issues. Immigration advice is also part of the remit.

Qualifications

• Extensive employment-related experience, including contentious and non-contentious matters.
• Experience at a large-scale international or regional top-tier law firm.
• Ability to interact confidently with clients and develop business proactively.
• Degree certificate from a reputed institution with strong academic performance.
• Mature, flexible, team player with self-motivation and pro-active attitude.
• Genuine commitment to building a career with Clyde & Co in Australia.

Responsibilities

• Advise on workforce conduct issues and internal investigations.
• Advise clients on compliance with local laws and regulations; liaise with regional firms.
• Advise global, multinational and local clients on employment matters including governance and incentives.
• Advise on large-scale restructurings and employee communications.
• Draft and amend employment contracts, handbooks, and related documents.
• Support corporate matters with employment due diligence and transfer of employees.
• Advise on immigration matters.

Education

Law degree

Job description

About The Role

Clyde & Co are looking for an Associate level Employment lawyer to focus on contentious and non-contentious matters. The ideal candidate will have a strong employment background, gained within a large-scale international or regional top tier firm.

Key Responsibilities

• Advising on workforce conduct issues and other internal issues including carrying out fact finding and internal investigations on behalf of clients including implementing recommendations
• Advising clients on compliance with local laws and regulations. Instructing and liaising with correspondent law firms across the region
• Acting for and advising global, multinational, and local clients on a range of issues, including start up employment infrastructure, corporate governance and senior executive incentive schemes
• Advising clients on large scale restructuring exercises including employee communications and drafting documents
• Advising clients on structuring issues
• Providing advice and support to clients on a full range of employment issues, including recruitment and sponsorship procedures, remuneration and benefits packages, grievance and disciplinary procedures and issues arising on the termination of employment
• Supporting the corporate department with employment issues arising out of transactions, such as undertaking employment due diligence, drafting warranties and indemnities in agreements and the transfer of employees
• Drafting and amending employment contracts, employee handbooks, policies and procedures and other employment related documentation
• Advising clients across a range of sectors including energy, transport, mining & resources, construction & engineering, insurance and reinsurance, financial services, telecommunications and information technology on employment specific issues arising in these sectors
• Defending clients on large scale and complex employment disputes in the local courts and in the financial centres
• Advising clients on settlement of disputes and drafting settlement agreements
• Advising clients on immigration matters.

Candidate Requirements

• Have worked extensively on employment-related matters. Australia wide experience would be an advantage
• Have experience of working at a large-scale international or regional top tier law firm
• Demonstrate an ability to interact confidently with clients and develop business pro-actively
• Have attained a degree certificate(s) from a reputed institution, maintaining strong academic performance
• Have a mature and flexible personality and is able to work well within a team
• Be self-motivated and possesses a very pro-active attitude towards completing jobs and developing business
• Have a genuine commitment to building a career with Clyde & Co in Australia.

The Firm

When you work at Clyde & Co, you join a team of 500 partners, 2,400 lawyers, 3,200 legal professionals and 5,500 people in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide. Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for both our clients and our firm. We work as one, excel with clients, celebrate difference and act boldly. We are committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves. We are devoted to providing an environment in which everyone can realise their potential, using its legal and professional skills to support its communities. We do this through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment, including through our commitment to the SBTi Net-Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets.

Our Commitment

Clyde & Co is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our values encourage us to support fairness, celebrate diversity and prohibit all forms of discrimination in the workplace to allow everyone to excel at work. Therefore, we welcome and encourage all applications from suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background or identity. Learn more about our interview process.

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This is the job description as constituted at present; however, Clyde & Co reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.