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An excellent opportunity has arisen for a talented Senior Employment Solicitor to join my clients highly renowned team in their Reading, Berkshire offices on a hybrid basis.

My client's Employment team are ranked Tier 1 by the Legal 500. Their partners are recognised as experts in their field.

Role & Responsibilities:

• HR Support for employer clients on a day-to-day basis.
• Guiding clients through disciplinary and other internal proceedings.
• TUPE issues in transactional work (including due diligence) and on outsourcing.
• Employment termination, including compromise and other settlement agreements, as well as taxation implications and avoidance.
• Litigation unfair and wrongful dismissal claims & sex, race and disability discrimination claims.
• Training seminars and workshop programmes for employer clients.
• There will be an opportunity to gain experience of immigration and data protection issues.
• Advocacy before the employment tribunals and courts.

Skills, Attributes & Experience:

• Have a broad understanding of the legal principles involved and experience in all aspects of employment law.
• Be experienced in Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal litigation.
• Be experienced in providing employment law support to corporate transactions including the conduct of due diligence exercises, the application of TUPE, and advising on warranties and indemnities in sale documentation.
• You must possess excellent drafting skills, legal analysis, verbal & written communication skills and employment law knowledge.
• An ability and willingness to complete marketing and business development activities is essential.
• You must also be able to apply the law with a degree of commerciality and be prepared to give your viewpoint to clients.
• Experience of training seminars and workshop programmes for employers will be an advantage
• An ability to work relatively unsupervised on important, high profile cases and for clients.
• Be able to assist with or be responsible for leading and managing teams/group and supervision and development of junior members of staff.
• To maintain and develop relationships with clients.
• To promote the team’s services and identify opportunities to sell these and training products.
• To keep up to date with current literature, publications and circulars and bring to the attention of other members of your team relevant news and developments.
• Ensure file management, and administration are kept up to date.
• To work effectively on your own and in a team.
• To work in excess of normal working hours where it proves necessary, in the interests of the Firm or those of our clients.

Benefits:

• Flexible/Hybrid working
• Bring your dog to work
• Eligible to purchase an additional five days holiday
• Social committee events

Should you have any questions or wish to apply please do not hesitate to contact Clear Legal and Financial Recruitment.

Please Note: Due to the number of applications we receive we may be unable to respond to every application directly. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days, please assume your application has been unsuccessful