Associate - Employment

DAC Beachcroft; Leeds; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading law firm in Leeds is looking for an Associate - Employment to handle various employment matters, particularly for financial services clients. The role involves litigation, non-contentious projects, and supervising junior staff. The ideal candidate will have over 3 years of PQE and experience with multi-national clients. This opportunity promotes flexible working arrangements, making it a desirable role in the legal industry.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of PQE experience in employment law.
• Ability to advise multinational commercial clients.
• Experience in tribunal claims and other contentious matters.

Responsibilities

• Advise employers on a variety of employment matters.
• Work on complex discrimination and breach of contract litigation.
• Assist on non-contentious projects including restructures.
• Provide employment advisory work via email and telephone.
• Supervise trainees and paralegals in their work.
• Engage in business development and client seminars.

Skills

PQE 3+

Advising multi-national clients

Tribunal claims experience

Independent thinking

Confident communication

Team player

Job description

Associate - Employment

DAC Beachcroft

Department: Employment, Pensions and Immigration - North

Location: Leeds

The Leeds Employment team acts for a range of market‑leading clients across the financial services, healthcare and commercial sectors. The team has a strong and growing reputation and is recognised as Band/Tier 1 in both the latest Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 UK rankings. They act for a stable of significant financial services clients and household‑name corporates, and are a market leader in the public and independent health sectors.

Key Responsibilities

• Undertake a busy and varied workload of employment matters advising all types of employers, with an emphasis on our financial services sector clients
• Work on complex discrimination, whistleblowing and breach of contract litigation (Employment Tribunal and High Court) under appropriate supervision
• Assist on non‑contentious projects including restructures (redundancy and TUPE) in the UK and across multiple jurisdictions
• General employment advisory work by telephone and email
• Take an active role in supervising the work of and assisting in the development of trainees and paralegals
• Take part in and initiate marketing, networking and other business development activities in order to maintain and develop work from existing clients and potential clients. This includes assisting with client seminars and delivering training
• Contribute to non fee‑earning activity as appropriate e.g. knowledge sharing, internal training

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• 3+ PQE
• Experience advising multi‑national commercial clients
• Experience of working on tribunal claims and other contentious matters
• Independent thinker with a focus on generating commercial solutions to problems on behalf of clients
• Confident communicator with an ability to develop relationships with clients and influence at all levels
• Enthusiastic team player with a flexible approach

We are happy to talk flexible working with our Flex Forward scheme. We would encourage you to talk to us about our approach to flexible working during the hiring process if you would like to explore this further.

Seniority Level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function

Human Resources

Industries

Law Practice