Employment Associate

Hogan Lovells; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A global law firm is seeking an Employment Associate with a background in contentious, advisory, and transactional work. The ideal candidate will have 3-4 years post-qualification experience and a minimum 2.1 law degree. Responsibilities include managing cases, project management, and staying updated on legal developments. This position offers the opportunity for agile working arrangements, combining office work and home flexibility in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• 3-4 years post-qualification experience (or equivalent experience).
• Strong academic background with excellent drafting skills.

Responsibilities

• Understand legal principles in employment law.
• Manage projects ensuring timely and high-quality delivery.
• Stay updated on legal developments.

Skills

Contentious work

Advisory work

Transactional work

Excellent written communication

Building relationships

Education

Minimum 2.1 law degree

Job description

Job Title

Employment Associate

Department

Employment

Location

London

Working Hours

35 hours per week, 9:30am to 5:30pm but additional hours may be required. We are happy to consider agile and flexible working patterns. Our approach to hybrid working allows for up to 40% of time working from home and 60% working in the office, please contact a member of the recruitment team to discuss further.

Firm Description

Hogan Lovells is one of the leading global law firms. Our distinctive market position is founded on our exceptional breadth of our practice, on deep industry knowledge, and on our 'one team' global approach. Formed through the combination of two top international law firms, Hogan Lovells has over 40 offices in the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

With a presence in the world's major financial and commercial markets, we are well placed to provide excellent business-oriented advice to our clients locally and internationally. Our people are the key to our success, which is why we seek to recruit and retain the most talented individuals in all regions of our global practice.

Department Description

The Hogan Lovells employment team has a longstanding reputation as one of the best in the business. It acts for a high quality client base of financials and blue chip corporates, advising them on some of their most challenging employment law issues. The group’s work is a mix of litigation, cross border project work, employment advisory and a limited amount of transactional support work.

Recent Representative Experience

• Advising a global consumer products conglomerate on the potential restructuring at one of the company's heavily unionised manufacturing sites. Our work has involved planning for engaging in consultation with the GMB and Unite unions, advising on appropriate pools for selection, selection criteria and the redundancy terms that might be offered to affected employees.
• Acting for a global pharmaceutical business on its defence of proceedings brought to enforce threatened injunctions to enforce post-termination restrictions contained in both an individual’s employment contract and a separate shareholder agreement. This included acting for the client in both High Court and Court of Appeal proceedings.
• Advising a global transportation company on proposed EU legislation to create a presumption of employment in favour of those working in platform businesses, and a range of other rights for platform workers.
• Acting for a global bank in defending multiple claims of race discrimination, harassment, victimisation, and whistleblowing detriment.
• Advising a leading engineering institution in respect of multiple investigations into potential misconduct and wrongdoing at board level. This included conducting interviews, gathering evidence, reaching findings and advising the institution on next steps. We have also advised on the institution’s options and the necessary legal processes for handling disciplinary action and potential terminations of employment and directorships.
• Advising Shaftesbury plc, which owns some of the most iconic areas of London, on its merger with another listed real estate business. Our work involved advising on the departure of three executive directors and on the structuring of the retention terms to be offered to key employees to incentivise them through the merger process.

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

• Understanding of legal principles of own practice area, along with a working knowledge of other practice areas.
• Has project management responsibility, ensuring timely delivery to high quality standards.
• Stays aware of legal developments affecting any specialist areas and regularly attends appropriate training sessions.

Client Focus

• Has good working relationships with clients.
• Has a good understanding of client, the sector and the associated risks and opportunities.
• Actively works to develop and strengthen new client relationships.

Team Work and Interpersonal Skills

• Acts as a source of advice to others, sharing knowledge and expertise.
• Has strong relationships and profile amongst senior colleagues.
• Ability to work effectively with others.

Firm Mindedness

• Understands the industry and market in which the practice stream and clients operate.
• Contributes to the management of the group/practice area by understanding the areas of specialism, the firm’s capabilities and business plan.
• Takes an active role in managing the firm's reputation both in and out of work.
• Understands the responsibility to give back to our communities.
• Understands the value of a diverse workforce.

Skills & Experience

We have an opening for a first rate Employment lawyer. Experience, which should include a mix of contentious, advisory and transactional work, gained within a top tier firm is preferred. It is essential that the candidate has a strong academic background (minimum 2.1 degree) with excellent written communication and drafting skills. The successful candidate will also have outstanding technical skills, together with the ability to build relationships with clients and colleagues and work well in a team. The ideal candidate will have 3-4 years post qualification experience (or equivalent experience).

Agile Working Statement

Our goal is to embed flexibility across our business by giving everyone the opportunity to work in an agile way, whether as a regular pattern or on an ad hoc basis, and we will be happy to discuss this further.

Equal Opportunities Employment Statement

It is the policy of Hogan Lovells to provide equal opportunities for all employees in relation to recruitment, training and promotion. Decisions in these areas will be made only by reference to the requirements of the job and shall not be influenced by any consideration of age, disability, ethnic origin, gender identity, religion, sex or sexual orientation.