Employment Solicitor

Opportunity for an Employment Solicitor (Senior Associate) to join a Top 100 law firm with offices in Hertfordshire and London.

The firm

Our client is a Top 100, Legal 500 ranked law firm with an outstanding reputation for advising major UK organisations on complex, business-critical employment matters.

With a substantial national platform and a strong sector-led approach, the firm acts for an impressive client base spanning education, charities, and pharma, among other sectors. The firm is consistently recognised for the quality of its legal work and its collaborative culture.

The team

The successful Employment Solicitor will join a well-established Employment team based in Hertfordshire, forming part of a much larger national Employment practice. Because of the team's scale, there's genuine flexibility to shape a caseload around the work you're most passionate about, with the firm happy to lean into an individual's main areas of interest through referring work across offices.

The team advises a predominantly respondent client base, alongside some senior exec level claimant work.

The role

The firm is seeking an Employment Solicitor (Senior Associate level) to join its Hertfordshire team, with a particular focus on respondent employment work.

Working closely with other experienced Employment Solicitors, the successful candidate will advise employers on a broad mix of contentious and non-contentious matters. This will include:

• Advising a range of businesses across various sectors such as Education and Charity
• Handling discrimination, whistleblowing and other sensitive employment claims
• Advising on restrictive covenants and post-termination issues
• Advising clients on strategic employment and workforce matters
• Employment Tribunal litigation
• Advising Senior Executives (claimant side)

Required

• UK qualified Employment Solicitor with 4 years' PQE plus, ideally at Senior Associate level (Associates with strong respondent experience also encouraged to apply)
• Strong employment law experience gained within a leading law firm or recognised employment practice
• Experience handling Employment Tribunal litigation, including hearing attendance
• Strong technical knowledge across employment law, with excellent drafting and client-facing skills

Reasons to apply

• Genuine flexibility to shape your caseload around your areas of interest
• A close-knit, well-resourced office with a collaborative culture
• Hybrid working, 2-3 days a week expected in the office
• Open to part-time applicants, with office presence adjusted accordingly
• Transparent bonus scheme
• Up to 28 days annual leave, plus a wellbeing day
• Numerous other perks, including social events

To apply for this Employment Solicitor vacancy, contact Lauren Steff for a confidential discussion.