Employment Senior Associate

JMC Legal Recruitment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

JMC Legal Recruitment is seeking an experienced Employment Solicitor to join a growing commercial firm with an unusually international client base. You will advise major global organisations, financial institutions and multinational businesses while taking on significant client responsibility.

You’ll join a firm where you can build relationships with sophisticated international clients and develop your profile as a senior employment lawyer, handling both contentious and advisory matters with

Qualifications

• Qualified solicitor with approximately 5–7+ years' PQE in employment law.
• Experience handling both contentious and advisory matters.
• Experience in Employment Tribunal litigation preferred.
• Able to manage matters and client relationships autonomously.
• Strong academics and technical ability.

Responsibilities

• Advise employers on contentious and non-contentious employment matters.
• Handle Employment Tribunal litigation and related disputes.
• Draft and negotiate employment contracts, policies, covenants and industrial relations guidance.
• Advise on redundancies, restructurings and TUPE; assist with senior exits and settlements.
• Provide strategic employment advice for financial services clients, including SMCR considerations.

Skills

Employment law

Client relationships

Employment Tribunal litigation

Cross-border handling

Commercial approach

Education

Law degree or equivalent

Job description

If you’re an experienced Employment Solicitor looking to join a practice with an unusually international client base, this is an opportunity to advise major global organisations, financial institutions and multinational businesses while taking on significant client responsibility.

You’ll join a growing commercial firm where you can build relationships with sophisticated international clients, gain greater exposure to cross-border matters and develop your profile as a senior employment lawyer.

The Firm

This is a growing full-service commercial law firm with a particularly strong international client base, advising businesses on their UK operations and investments.

The firm has advised more than 600 international and multinational companies, including over 50 Fortune Global 500 organisations. It has particular strength advising businesses headquartered across the Asia-Pacific region, alongside a broader client base of UK and international companies.

Clients range from growing businesses and overseas companies entering the UK market through to major multinational organisations, with the firm advising across sectors including technology, financial services, logistics, travel, real estate development and manufacturing.

Alongside Employment, the wider firm advises across Corporate, Commercial, Dispute Resolution, Immigration and Property, allowing the team to support clients across the broader legal issues arising from their UK operations.

The Role

You will join an established Employment team where around 90% of the work is respondent-focused, advising employers across both contentious and non-contentious matters.

The work includes Employment Tribunal litigation, discrimination and harassment, whistleblowing, unfair dismissal, disciplinary and grievance matters, redundancies and restructurings, TUPE, senior exits and settlement agreements.

On the advisory side, you will handle restrictive covenants, employment contracts and policies, industrial relations and wider strategic employment issues.

The team also handles more complex disputes involving interim relief and injunctive proceedings, alongside specialist employment advice for financial services businesses, including matters arising from the SMCR and wider regulatory requirements.

With a significant international client base, there is also exposure to overseas businesses establishing and developing their UK operations and cross-border workforce issues. You will take responsibility for your own matters, work directly with clients and advise HR professionals, management teams and senior stakeholders.

The Candidate

• Qualified Solicitor with approximately 5–7+ years' PQE
• Comfortable across contentious and advisory matters
• Experience handling Employment Tribunal litigation ideally
• Able to manage matters and client relationships autonomously
• Commercial, practical approach to employment advice
• Strong academics and technical ability

What’s On Offer

• Competitive salary and wider benefits
• Significant autonomy and ownership of your own matters
• Direct relationships with senior stakeholders at major international businesses
• Opportunity to build your profile advising sophisticated multinational clients
• Greater exposure to cross-border and international employment issues
• Scope to broaden your experience across both complex disputes and strategic advisory work
• Collaboration with Corporate, Commercial and other teams on wider client matters
• Opportunity to develop within a growing international commercial practice

This is a strong opportunity for an experienced Employment Solicitor looking for high-quality employer-side work, significant client responsibility and exposure to an unusually international client base.