Employment Solicitor

Location
England, West Yorkshire, Leeds
Salary
£40000 - £60000 per annum
Posted
03 Dec 2020
Closes
04 Jan 2021
Ref
BBBH25085
Job Title
Lawyer
Category
Legal
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
This award-winning Employment team are legal pioneers across the West Yorkshire region and nationally. The department house Legal 500 recommended lawyers, meaning you will be surrounded by heavy hitting professionals, putting you in an excellent position to launch your career.

The Firm

The practice is highly ranked in the Legal 500, making them stand out for their notable strength, experience, and presence in several industry sectors. They house many Partners and several that are ex City lawyers.

The Partners work synonymously and collaboratively together to really drive the practice forward by combining their critical legal expertise with commercial nous and strategic thinking. They pride themselves on being entrepreneurial, dedicated and versatile.

The high retention of staff has allowed the firm to grow substantially and organically, and this is echoed by the abundance of opportunity to progress within the firm. There is a strong management team with several partners being personally recognised in the Legal 500 for their work at the firm.

The practice has a strong leadership team. They have an increasing number of home-grown partners, which demonstrates well, their level of career development and investment. They have a first-rate reputation for delivering industry leading development by outside organisations that come into the firm to conduct training on a wide range of subject matters.

The firm have an exciting client base, advising major household names and thus giving them a high-profile reputation while maintaining their identity as approachable, sociable, yet a professional firm.

The Role

The firm are looking for an Employment Solicitor to join their growing Leeds office.

You will work on a varied and interesting caseload covering both contentious and non-contentious matters, including contract and policy drafting, discrimination issues, managing discipline and performance, and redundancy and restructurings.

You will find real variety to the work that you do, this will make for an interesting role. You will deal with clients of all sizes, ranging from OMB, SME to National clients. The firm deal across many industry sectors, this will include but not be limited to; FMCG, Finance, Banking, Retail, IT, Travel and farming / agriculture.

You will be provided with the tools to develop your technical knowledge and contribute to the profitability of the Employment team in a friendly and supportive environment.

This opportunity comes with excellent prospects for progression as it is an emergent role to support the firm's growing Employment caseload; senior positions at the firm are well within reach for the right candidate.

Requirements
  • You will be an Employment Solicitor with at least 3 years PQE
  • You should have a strong background in this area of law
  • You will have strong business development capabilities
  • Excellent communication skills
  • You will be a team player with excellent attention to detail
  • Salary is competitive and negotiable depending on your level of experience, on offer is an excellent benefits package and bonus scheme

This will be a fantastic hands-on, Employment Solicitor role where you will get experience ahead of your years in this entrepreneurial and dynamic firm in Leeds.

Apply now for immediate consideration or feel free to give me a call for a confidential conversation.

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