Senior Associate (6 month FTC)

Travers Smith; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Travers Smith seeks an Associate/Senior Associate in their Employment team, a market leader with a focus on innovative solutions for employers. This role offers significant client responsibility in a collaborative setting, dealing with both contentious and advisory work in employment law, preparing candidates for a successful legal career.

Qualifications

• Experience advising on all aspects of Employment law.
• Experience in both advisory and strategic capacity.
• Commitment to firm’s culture.

Responsibilities

• Provide contentious and advisory work, typically 80% disputes and 20% transactional support.
• Handle cases including unfair dismissal and tribunal litigation.
• Engage in corporate and commercial transactional support.

Skills

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Proactivity

Team player

Education

Qualified Solicitor in a Common Law jurisdiction

Outstanding academic record

Job description

Practice Area/Department Employment PQE Level 3-6 PQE Description

Travers Smith is a leading full-service law firm, with a wealth of experience in its areas of specialisation. The firm has a market-leading reputation for its international expertise in Asset Management, M&A and Dispute Resolution & Investigations. Clients include asset managers across the alternative asset classes (private equity, venture, credit, infrastructure and real estate), publicly listed and private companies, financial institutions, and other business enterprises involved in large and complex UK and cross-border matters, transactions and disputes. Our purpose is to provide the highest quality of service to our clients whilst enabling our people to achieve professional fulfilment in a supportive, inclusive and enjoyable working environment.

Department

Travers Smith's Employment team is a growing, market-leading team with an international focus. The team of over 20 lawyer partners with our broad range of employer clients to provide them with innovative and brave solutions focussed advice which helps them develop and protect their businesses. We strive to work efficiently and remain highly profitable, but in a collaborative, positive and supportive environment so that our lawyers can develop their careers and fulfil their potential at Travers Smith.

Role

As an Associate/Senior Associate at Travers Smith, you will be given a significant amount of client contact and responsibility whilst working in a collaborative environment to provide advice and assistance to high quality clients.

Key Responsibilities

Whilst workloads will vary, an Employment Associate will typically spend around 80% of their time on contentious and advisory work and 20% of their time on transactional support. Typical work includes the following:

Contentious Advice

Senior exits and settlement agreements

Restrictive covenants breaches, planning team moves

Other contentious advice (e.g. grievances and disciplinaries)

Other Advisory

Change projects (e.g. redundancy and TUPE processes)

Contracts, bonus schemes and handbooks

Business immigration

Other ad hoc advice (e.g. gender pay gap reporting, holiday pay, furlough)

Disputes

Tribunal litigation (e.g. unfair dismissal, whistleblowing and discrimination)

High court litigation (e.g. team moves and bonus claims)

Investigations

Strike ballots and union activities

Training and Horizon Scanning

Cross Departmental and/or Transactional Support

Corporate: Deals, investee company exits and IPO's

Commercial: Outsourcings, GDPR

Real Estate: TUPE issues

High court litigation (e.g. team moves and bonus claims)

With an ability to demonstrate versatility and work in an advisory and strategic capacity, this role offers the opportunity to work with the firm's diverse range of clients.

Personal Specification - Experience, Knowledge & Skills

An outstanding academic record;

Qualified Solicitor in a Common Law jurisdiction;

Competent in advising on all aspects of Employment law;

Experience of working in both an advisory and strategic capacity;

Evidence of strong verbal and written communication skills;

An ability to demonstrate proactivity in a proficient manner;

A team player who thrives working within a collegiate environment; and

A willingness to show commitment and engagement to the firm's culture.

We are excited to be moving from our London headquarters in Snow Hill, to a brand-new building in the City - Stonecutter Court. The move is expected to take place in early 2026.

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