Senior Counsel - Employment, Exec Comp and Litigation, EMEA

Alvarez & Marsal; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Alvarez & Marsal in London seeks a Senior Counsel - Employment, Exec Comp and Litigation for the EMEA region. The role focuses on senior employee contracts, executive compensation, restrictive covenants, and team-move disputes, with oversight of general litigation across multiple jurisdictions.

You will partner with business units and the EMEA People Organisation to provide strategic advice. Fluent business English is essential, and experience across jurisdictions is highly valued in this

Qualifications

• 7+ years post-qualification experience in corporate in-house employment matters and private practice.
• Strong employment and executive contract drafting skills.
• Experience handling restrictive covenants, team moves and employment litigation.
• Fluent in business English; other languages are a bonus.
• Experience across multiple jurisdictions is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Serve as point of contact for legal issues and disputes arising from partner hires and team moves.
• Advise business units, EMEA MD Partnership Office and EMEA People Organisation on senior employee matters.
• Work on senior employee contracts and executive compensation matters.
• Provide practical training for risk avoidance and best practices.
• Manage disputes and litigation across EMEA with GC Office and external counsel.
• Manage litigation documents and external counsel relationships.
• Escalate key matters to the leadership of the firm's General Counsel Office.

Skills

Employment drafting

Executive contract drafting

Restrictive covenants

Team moves

Civil litigation

Employment litigation

Business English

Job description

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is a global consulting firm with entrepreneurial, action and results-oriented professionals. We take a hands-on approach to solving our clients' problems and assisting them in reaching their potential. Our culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who positively impact our clients and shape our industry. The collaborative environment and engaging work-guided by A&M's core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity-are why our people love working at A&M.

The Team

An opportunity exists for a Senior Counsel - Employment, Exec Comp and Litigation, EMEA, based in London responsible for all Employment matters, including senior employee contract negotiations, executive compensation, restrictive covenant and team move disputes and oversight of general commercial litigation across the EMEA region. As the business continues to grow, this is viewed as a critical and unique role in a fast-paced environment. This is a challenging and exciting opportunity to succeed and make an immediate impact with leadership of the firm in a varied employment and litigation focused role with responsibilities across multiple jurisdictions.

How you will contribute

• Act as a point of contact in the legal team for legal issues and disputes arising from partner hire and team moves.
• Act as a business partner to the sponsoring Business Units, EMEA MD Partnership Office and EMEA People Organisation by advising on senior employee matters.
• Work closely on senior employee contract and executive compensation matters.
• Provide practical training for risk avoidance and best practices.
• Manage disputes and litigation across EMEA working in conjunction with the rest of the General Counsel's Office and external counsel (as applicable).
• Manage litigation and document requests
• Manage the relationship with external legal advisers
• Report and escalation key matters to the leadership of the firm's General Counsel Office

Qualifications

• 7 plus years, post qualification experience, ideally combining time spent working within a corporate, in-house Legal team on Employment related matters and within leading private practice law firms.
• Refined employment and executive contract drafting skills to support complex compensation arrangements
• Experience of handling restrictive covenant and team move disputes and general civil or employment litigation.
• This role with will require a multi-cultural perspective - fluency in spoken and written business English is essential. The ability to practice in other relevant languages would be a material bonus.
• An understanding of the complex legal challenges inherent to professional services firms is desirable
• Experience of working across multiple jurisdictions is desirable.

Personal attributes

• Strong team skills and team player (including in interactions with the firm's other regional lawyers).
• Strong facilitation skills, forging consensus around credible, commercial, executable solutions.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills, confident and engaging presenter.
• Objective, fact based approach to problem solving.
• Able to be flexible in dealing with a wide variety of issues across multiple jurisdictions.
• Hands-on and non-hierarchical operator who relates well at all levels and cultures. Thrives in a fast-paced, challenging, and uncertain environment with a high tolerance for ambiguity.
• The maturity, integrity, conviction and drive to create impact and build relationships whilst defending the firm's policies.
• Strong organizational and project management skills
• Takes ownership of issues, is highly responsive and driven to take action quickly

Your journey at A&M

We recognise that our people are the driving force behind our success, which is why we prioritise an employee experience that fosters each person's unique professional and personal development. Our robust performance development process promotes continuous learning, rewards your contributions, and fosters a culture of meritocracy. With top-notch training and on-the-job learning opportunities, you can acquire new skills and advance your career.

We prioritise your well-being, providing benefits and resources to support you on your personal journey. Our people consistently highlight the growth opportunities, our unique, entrepreneurial culture, and the fun we have together as their favorite aspects of working at A&M. The possibilities are endless for high-performing and passionate professionals.