Senior legal counsel - Employment
- Employer
- Barclay Simpson
- Location
- London
- Salary
- Up to £100,000 depending on experience
- Closing date
- 15 Apr 2019
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- Vacancy Type
- Solicitors, In-House
- Experience Level
- Mid Level, Senior Level
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Practice Areas
- Banking/Finance, Employment, Financial Services, Employee Benefits, General Employment
- PQE
- 4-6 Years, 7+ Years
Job Details
A global financial services institution is seeking an employment lawyer to join their Employment team based in London.This will be a key role within the team dealing with a full range of employment advice. This role offers autonomy and the opportunity to manage your own workload. It will require you to form strong relationships with the senior people around the business as one of the the go-to people for all employment matters.
You will be involved in matters arising from corporate acquisitions, drafting and reviewing HR related commercial agreements and managing employment related litigation. You will have to maintain a continuous awareness to regulatory changes affecting the employment space and ensure relevant stakeholders are kept abreast of these developments.
As a qualified lawyer with 4-8 years of post-qualification you will have proven employment law experience, either non contentious or contentious. You will be confident enough to build and manage stakeholder relationships have the ability to role your sleeves up and from day one. In-house experience would be useful and although not required, a financial services background is likely to put you in good stead. You will have strong academics and will ideally have trained in a reputable city law firm.
For further information please contact Rebecca Garland via rg@barclaysimpson.com
Company
Barclay Simpson is dedicated to the recruitment of Legal, Compliance, Risk, Internal Audit, Treasury and Information Security professionals. With offices in London, Dubai and Hong Kong we have a truly global reach. Having been established since 1989, our reputation is built on an authoritative knowledge of our market and the objective guidance that we offer. The long-term relationships that we have built with clients and candidates throughout the banking, financial services and commercial markets are testament to this. Our specialist legal division advises lawyers on their careers both within private practice and in-house, covering financial services and the commercial sector. We strive to maximize our candidates’ potential through effective career management and identifying the most fitting roles available.We recruit qualified lawyers at all levels and work with a wide range of clients from large global institutions with extensive legal teams to small privately owned businesses looking to recruit their first in-house legal advisor. Within private practice we place finance, corporate, commercial, regulatory, insurance and projects lawyers into law firms in London and globally. We have a strong knowledge of the market and established relationships with leading US, International and UK law firms.Our in-house divisions in Dubai and Hong Kong recruit UK qualified, international and local lawyers at the mid to senior level into multinationals, regional conglomerates and financial institutions across Asia Pacific, Australasia, the Middle East and North Africa. For a more detailed picture of the current recruitment market or to discuss specific vacancies, please contact Jane Fry, Tracy Brown, Liam Hughes, Rebecca Garland or Callum Stuckey on 0207 936 2601 or email legal@barclaysimpson.com. For further information please visit www.barclaysimpson.com/legal-recruitment
- Website
- http://www.barclaysimpson.com/legal-recruitment
- Telephone
- 0207 936 2601
- Location
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Bridewell Gate
9 Bridewell Place
London
London
EC4V 6AW
United Kingdom
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