Employment Lawyer
Skills
Collective ConsultationEmployment LitigationEuropeThe Middle EastAnd AfricaEuropean Employment LawInternal Investigations
What the job involves
The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.
Requirements
- Qualified Solicitor (England and Wales) or equivalent EMEA qualification
- Significant in-house employment law experience
- Strong knowledge of UK employment law
- Experience advising across EMEA and/or Europe
- Experience supporting Works Councils collective consultations employee representative bodies or trade unions is highly desirable
- Experience advising on cross-border employment matters within a multinational organisation
- Commercial pragmatic approach with ability to balance legal risk and business objectives
Nice to have
- Commercial
- Pragmatic
- Collaborative
- Fast-paced mindset
- International exposure
Day to day
- Advise HR and senior stakeholders on a wide range of employment law matters across EMEA, delivering clear and commercially focused guidance.
- Support employee relations issues, disciplinary and grievance cases, workplace investigations and employment disputes with sound legal judgment.
- Handle restructures, redundancies, reorganisations and workforce change projects, while coordinating litigation and external counsel across multiple jurisdictions.