Senior Associate

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The firm

Boodle Hatfield has been providing practical advice to businesses and individuals for over 300 years. Our clients come from a wide range of sectors, both in the UK and internationally, and include some of the most well-established owner-managed businesses and property companies as well as fast-growing entrepreneurial enterprises and ultra-high net worth families. Our chief priority is helping our clients achieve their commercial objectives, whatever form their business takes.

Our approach is to become the long-term trusted adviser to leading wealth creators and owners as well as their commercial and investment enterprises. Having a holistic view of our clients' structures and affairs means we can leverage this to provide the most appropriate and commercial advice to them. This approach has enabled us, throughout our 300-year history, to help our clients successfully navigate the continually changing and sometimes challenging markets in which they operate.

With a history like ours, we know we are built to last. But this isn`t the time to rest on our laurels but instead a chance to reflect and build on our heritage. We are merely today`s custodians of the Boodle Hatfield name, and we want to create a legacy that our successors will be just as proud of.

The department

We have a reputation for offering highly skilled and extensive advice/experience to senior executives, investment professionals and businesses on all aspects of employment law - both contentious and non-contentious. This advice and support regularly span across European and international jurisdictions.

Our strategic, pragmatic and solutions focused style enables us to support our clients in complex, high-profile, and high stakes employment matters, with a personal and hands-on approach.

The Employment offering sits within the Corporate team within Boodle Hatfield and we also work closely with the Litigation department on relevant matters, as well as the other practice areas at the firm. Looking ahead, there is a keen focus on growth and bringing in new talent to further enhance the capacity of the Employment function.

Summary of role

It is an exceptionally exciting opportunity for an established and ambitious employment lawyer to play a key part in growing our Employment team. The successful candidate will work closely with an already prominent and successful Partner in the employment field.

We work with clients from a range of sectors including financial services, technology, family offices and family businesses, private households and sport. We regularly represent senior executives, directors, founders, entrepreneurs, investment professionals and athletes. We also provide day-to-day advice to all types of employers, including those without their own specialist HR teams, on a wide spectrum of employment law issues.

Skills and experience

Responsibilities

You will manage a wide range of employment transactions whilst working with a variety of clients, as noted above. You will also heavily support the Partner in raising the profile of the employment practice (both internally and externally) and will support on business development initiatives.

You will advise on a mix of complex contentious and non-contentious employment work whilst working directly with clients. You will be required identify and advise on specialist relevant legal solutions relevant to particular client needs.

Particular responsibilities for this role will include but are not limited to:

• Lead and manage a complex caseload.
• Draft, review, and negotiate relevant documentation, including employment contracts and settlement agreements.
• Providing commercial, pragmatic and risk-based employment advice to a range of clients on a wide variety of employment law matters, including working with overseas lawyers and counsel in litigation matters;
• Advising on issues including but not limited to:
  • employment contracts, grievances, dismissals, subject access requests, business transfers and outsourcings, employment disputes in the High Court and tribunals, TUPE, redundancy situations and hiring and firing.
• Stay up to date with the latest developments in employment law and sharing knowledge across the firm.

Experience and Skills Required

• A minimum of 6 years PQE
• Proven experience in managing a caseload of complex employment matters - extremely competent handling a mix of contentious & non-contentious employment work
• Confidence in giving risk based pragmatic advice, listening to clients and having a commercial approach to client service
• Ability to manage multiple files and meet deadlines whilst maintaining exceptional client delivery service
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with both team members and clients;
• Excellent client handling skills
• Self-starter with plenty of drive and initiative
• Willingness to undertake business development
• Experience in mentoring or supervising junior colleagues is desirable - mentoring and supervising juniors to provide guidance on case strategy
• Works in a highly organised manner

Equal opportunities

Boodle Hatfield is committed to providing equal opportunities in employment through its inclusive and supportive environment. This means that everyone who either applies to or works for the Firm is treated equally, whatever their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are fully committed to a working environment in which all people can excel.