Senior Employment Lawyer

Fry & Brown; Slough; Sur place; GBP 90 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Fry & Brown seeks a senior employment lawyer to support the business on contentious and non-contentious employment matters, reporting directly to the Group Head of Employment Legal. This is a high-visibility role with influence across the group, including line management of an employment lawyer within the team.

The role involves advising on all aspects of employment law (SMCR and FCA issues), TUPE matters, international projects across EMEA, and training the workforce.

Qualifications

• 6–10 years PQE gained at a law firm and/or in-house.
• Very strong technical employment law experience.
• Experience within financial services.
• Experience handling regulatory issues in SMCR, conduct, remuneration matters and regulatory inquiries.

Responsabilités

• Advise the People team and wider business on all aspects of employment law, including SMCR and FCA Code of Conduct issues.
• Manage legal support across the full employee lifecycle — hiring, executive service agreements, dismissals, grievances, disciplinaries and settlement agreements.
• Support the corporate and commercial legal functions on TUPE matters.
• Advise on regulatory issues associated with financial services and banking.
• Manage international employment projects across EMEA and globally, working with external counsel.
• Advise the Reward team on compensation arrangements, including malus, clawback and deferred compensation.
• Deliver employment law training across the business.

Connaissances

Employment law

Regulatory compliance

Cross-border/EMEA work

People management

Formation

Law degree / qualified solicitor or barrister

Description du poste

A well-known and fast-growing digital bank is looking to appoint a senior employment lawyer to support the business on all contentious and non-contentious employment matters, reporting directly to the Group Head of Employment Legal.

This is a high-visibility role with significant influence across the group, including line management of an employment lawyer within the team.

What's involved:

• Advising the People team and wider business on all aspects of employment law, including SMCR and FCA Code of Conduct issues
• Managing legal support across the full employee lifecycle — hiring, executive service agreements, dismissals, grievances, disciplinaries and settlement agreements
• Supporting the corporate and commercial legal functions on TUPE matters
• Advising on regulatory issues associated with financial services and banking
• Managing international employment projects across EMEA and globally, working with external counsel
• Advising the Reward team on compensation arrangements, including malus, clawback and deferred compensation
• Delivering employment law training across the business

About you:

• Excellent legal training with 6–10 years' PQE gained at a law firm and/or in-house
• Very strong technical employment law experience
• Experience within financial services
• Experience handling regulatory issues in the context of SMCR, conduct, remuneration matters and regulatory inquiries
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment

Ref: 3662386