In-house Employment Solicitor

Michael Page Legal; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 95,000 - 108,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Generous pension scheme

Comprehensive holiday allowance

Car scheme

Job summary

Michael Page Legal is recruiting an Employment Solicitor in Birmingham for a FTSE 100 company. You will provide strategic, risk-based advice on UK and international employment matters and collaborate with senior HR, Legal and business stakeholders.

The ideal candidate has around 6+ years PQE, strong in-house or private practice background, and experience with reorganisations, cross-border projects and due diligence. You will manage external advisers and help shape employment policy.

Qualifications

• 6+ years PQE in employment law, with in-house or private practice background.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and ability to advise on international matters.
• Comfortable advising senior HR, Legal and business stakeholders on complex issues.

Responsibilities

• Act as the Group's employment and labour law specialist and provide strategic, risk-based advice.
• Advise Group HR, Legal and senior stakeholders on complex employment matters and organisational change.
• Advise on reorganisations, workforce transformation, and executive employment matters.
• Lead employment law workstreams on cross-border projects across the Group.
• Support disputes, litigation, investigations, and sensitive employee matters.
• Advise on issues from acquisitions, disposals, restructurings and strategic transactions.
• Support employment due diligence and post-completion integration.
• Develop practical employment policies and templates for consistent risk management.
• Monitor regulatory developments across jurisdictions and advise on impact.
• Collaborate with HR, Reward, Data Protection, Ethics and Governance on related matters.
• Manage external advisers and the external budget; optimize internal resources.
• Deliver training to strengthen employment law knowledge across teams.

Skills

6+ years PQE

In-house experience

UK Employment Law

International employment

Stakeholder engagement

Commercial mindset

Job description

An opportunity for an Employment Solicitor in Birmingham to join a FTSE 100 company in a highly influential employment law position. You will provide advice on complex employment matters across the UK and internationally, partnering with senior HR, Legal and business stakeholders.

This is an ideal opportunity for a solicitor with around 6 years PQE or more.

Client Details

Our client is a FTSE 100 global business based in Birmingham with a growing In-house legal function. Following a significant transformation of its portfolio, the business has entered an exciting new phase focused on becoming a more streamlined, high performance engineering group and they are looking to hire a Employment Solicitor to work closely with the GC.

Description

The In House Employment Solicitor will be:

• Acting as the Group's employment and labour law specialist, providing strategic, commercially focused and risk based advice.
• Advising Group HR, Legal and senior business stakeholders on complex employment matters and organisational change.
• Providing advice on reorganisations, workforce transformation, consultation processes and executive employment matters.
• Leading employment law workstreams on complex cross border projects across the Group.
• Supporting material employment disputes, litigation, investigations and sensitive employee matters.
• Advising on employment issues arising from acquisitions, disposals, carve outs, restructurings and other strategic transactions.
• Supporting employment due diligence, employee consultation, transaction documentation and post completion integration.
• Developing practical employment policies, guidance and templates while promoting consistent approaches to employment risk.
• Monitoring legal and regulatory developments across key jurisdictions and advising senior stakeholders on their impact.
• Working with HR, Reward, Data Protection, Ethics and Compliance and Governance teams on matters including executive reward, DSARs, equal pay transparency and employment related disclosures.
• Managing external legal advisers and controlling the external legal budget, using internal resources wherever appropriate.
• Delivering training and capability building initiatives to strengthen employment law knowledge across HR and Legal teams.

Profile

The In House Employment Solicitor should be:

• A solicitor with 6+ years PQE gained In-house or private practice
• Experienced in UK employment law with the ability to advise on international employment matters.
• Experienced in either a strong in house environment or a leading private practice employment team.
• Commercially minded with the ability to balance legal risk against wider business objectives.
• Comfortable advising senior HR, Legal and business stakeholders on complex and sensitive matters.
• Experienced in organisational change, restructurings, workforce transformation and employee relations.
• Ideally experienced in supporting M&A transactions and employment due diligence.
• Experienced in employment disputes, investigations and litigation.
• Comfortable working across multiple jurisdictions and coordinating international legal advice.
• A confident communicator with the credibility to influence senior stakeholders.
• Able to operate autonomously while collaborating effectively across a complex global organisation.
• Pragmatic, solutions focused and capable of bringing clarity to sensitive or highly complex issues.

Job Offer

• Salary ranging from £95,000 to £108,000
• Bonus
• Generous pension scheme.
• Comprehensive holiday allowance.
• Car scheme benefits.