Associate - Employment

Baker McKenzie Global Services Ltd ,
London, Greater London
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Job Type: Full-time

Overview

The Role We are looking for an exceptional Associate at mid or senior level (2 - 10 PQE) to join our market leading Employment Practice. Our Employment team work with our clients on the full range of domestic and international employment issues. We work with a broad range of blue chip and global clients across a range of sectors, including TMT, financial services, healthcare, and consumer products, publishing and retail. This is an exciting opportunity to join an expanding and leading London team working on high quality, varied and interesting work. This will include global projects and transactions, high profile domestic instructions, complex litigation and strategic HR advisory work. If you have excellent academics and broad employment experience from a recognised Employment practice, we would be delighted to hear from you. The Team We are known for being commercial advisers with the experience and knowledge to deliver cost-effective, decisive and pragmatic advice. Our consistent first tier ranking in the legal directories reflects our determination to deliver the best possible results and outcomes for our clients. We achieve this by investing in development of our team of outstanding individuals, maintaining our leading edge expertise and working in close partnership with our clients. We believe our broad client base enables us to bring a different perspective and give more rounded advice to employers across different sectors. Our London team consists of more than 45 dedicated employment lawyers. We also work closely with our dedicated group of Employee Benefits lawyers and Immigration specialists and our Pensions Department. Working with both HR and in-house legal teams on day to day employment queries forms a significant part of our practice. Our lawyers also have recognised leading edge technical capabilities in areas such as discrimination, collective rights and workplace change (including TUPE, mergers and acquisitions, carve outs, restructurings, outsourcing, collective consultation, trade union issues and EWCs), litigation in the employment tribunals and appellate courts, High Court litigation and data privacy. Key Skills and Experience Required We look for excellent academics coupled with evidence of good quality training and strong employment experience gained from a leading employment practice. The successful applicants will need a good commercial mind-set, be a strong team player and have the ability to build excellent relationships with clients. Experience in at least two of the following areas is essential : Transactions Advising on when TUPE applies and relevant consequences Advising on TUPE information and consultation requirements Advising on related issues, for example, protection against dismissal, changing terms and conditions, the election of worker representatives and protective awards. Drafting and negotiating relevant provisions General transactional support including for complex carve outs and reorganisations Redundancy Advising on when a redundancy situation arises and procedural requirements, including pooling, selection criteria and consultation requirements in the context of individual and collective processes. General advisory Advising on a range of day to day queries from clients, including: disciplinary and grievance procedures, sickness absence, performance management, whistleblowing issues, contract and policy reviews and Data Protection. This role will also include advising on terminations and the potential for a settlement agreement, drafting and negotiating settlement agreements. Multi-jurisdictional projects Global or multi-jurisdictional projects such as implementing global or regional HR projects and transactions. Litigation Managing Employment Tribunal claims, including, preparing ET3 forms, preparing witness statements, considering merits and settlement. Advice on restrictive covenants High Court litigation e.g. injunctions

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