Employment Partner

Sellick Partnership (Legal) Limited; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Sellick Partnership (Legal) Limited in Liverpool seeks an Employment Partner to lead a specialist team, advising a diverse client base while growing the practice and mentoring junior lawyers. You will manage a sophisticated portfolio of Employment work, develop client and referrer relationships, contribute to business development, and oversee both contentious and non-contentious matters.

This role offers a strategic leadership opportunity for an experienced Employment lawyer ready for the next

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in Employment Law, including complex disputes and advisory work.
• Proven track record advising employers and senior employees alike.
• Experience supervising and mentoring junior lawyers within a team.
• Strong business development focus with ability to grow client relationships.

Responsibilities

• Manage a sophisticated portfolio of Employment work for diverse clients.
• Build and maintain strong client and referrer relationships.
• Lead, mentor and develop junior lawyers within the team.
• Contribute to business development and growth of the Liverpool office.
• Advise on both contentious and non-contentious Employment matters.

Skills

Employment law

Client relationships

Business development

Mentoring juniors

Senior stakeholder communication

Leadership at partner level

Commercial mindset

Strategic client management

Job description

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an Employment Partner to join a highly regarded and specialist Employment team in Liverpool.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Employment lawyer to take a leading role within a high-quality team, advising a diverse client base while helping to grow the practice and develop junior talent.

The Opportunity

You’ll manage a sophisticated portfolio of Employment work while building strong relationships with clients and professional referrers.

Your workload is likely to include:

• Employment Tribunal claims
• Complex and high-value employment disputes
• Senior executive matters
• Settlement agreements
• Disciplinary and grievance matters
• Redundancy and restructuring
• TUPE
• Employment contracts and policies
• Managing your own portfolio of clients
• Supervising, mentoring and developing junior lawyers
• Building and maintaining strong client and referrer relationships
• Contributing to business development and the continued growth of the Manchester office

About You

• Extensive experience in Employment Law
• Strong track record advising both employers and/or senior employees
• Technically confident across contentious and non-contentious Employment matters
• Experience supervising and mentoring junior lawyers
• Commercially minded with a strong business development focus
• Confident building long-term client and professional relationships
• Excellent communication skills and sound judgement
• Already operating at Partner level, or a Legal Director/Senior Associate ready for the next step

Sellick Partnership is proud to be an inclusive and accessible recruitment business and we support applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances. Please note, our advertisements use years' experience, hourly rates, and salary levels purely as a guide and we assess applications based on the experience and skills evidenced on the CV. For information on how your personal details may be used by Sellick Partnership, please review our data processing notice on our website.