Employment Senior Associate/Legal Director

Bevan Brittan is a leading commercial law firm, with recognised expertise in housing, local government, and health and social care, and specialist sectors including construction, energy and resource management, higher education and financial services. The role is with the Employment, Pensions and Immigration team, which operates on a truly national basis and acts for employers on improving employment practices, managing workforce issues, defending employment claims and mitigating risks. The Senior Associate or Legal Director will be assigned to one of the regional locations of Birmingham, Bristol or Leeds, with a primary focus on the higher/further education, regulatory bodies and financial services sectors, although there will be opportunities to work in other areas. The firm operates a very flexible hybrid working model.

Responsibilities

Manage your own caseload across both contentious and non-contentious work areas; Work with and support relevant partner leads and colleagues across all four of our offices; Provide management and supervisory support to junior colleagues; Support on BD, training and client relationship management; Supervising and advising on employee relations matters including internal disciplinary/grievance/capability processes; Reviewing policies and procedures and contracts; Advising on equalities obligations; Conduct of and/or support on Employment Tribunals; Advising on TUPE processes including inputting into drafting of commercial agreements; Delivering training on a broad range of employment issues; Supporting business development; Involvement in litigation in the Tribunal, the EAT, the Court of Appeal or the High Court

Requirements

Supervision of junior colleagues; A broad range of contentious and non-contentious employment experience, ideally gained across one or more of our key markets, including financial services, general commercial, regulatory bodies and higher/further education; Case management of complex ET claims; Advising on employee relations issues including settlement negotiations; Reviewing/drafting policies; Contractual and policy advice; Senior exits; Advising on restructures/redundancy processes and TUPE issues; Undertaking transactional due diligence, often as part of a wider corporate or commercial transaction; Good client management skills and an interest in business development

Nice to have

Some advocacy experience desirable but not essential

Benefits

A minimum of 25 days holiday (plus the option to buy up to an additional 5 days); Discretionary bonus scheme; Generous pension scheme; Private medical insurance through Vitality; Biennial private health assessment through Nuffield Health; Life assurance; Access to Employee Assistance Programme; Cycle to work scheme; Hybrid working model; Structured career pathway; Tailored training courses; The Mindful Business Charter wellbeing initiatives