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Employment Associate/Senior Associate

Employer
QED Legal
Location
Cardiff
Salary
£50000 - £70000 per annum
Closing date
19 Feb 2025
Reference
BH-48664
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Vacancy Type
Solicitors, Private Practice
Experience Level
Not Disclosed
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Practice Areas
Employment, General Employment

Job Details

Position: Employment Associate/Senior Associate 
Salary: Competitive 
Location: Cardiff/Hybrid 

Overview 
I’m working with a well-respected Legal 500 firm who are looking to add an Associate or Senior Associate to join their Employment team in Cardiff. This role offers an excellent opportunity for career development, with real prospects for advancement. The team advises on all areas of employment law and represents a wide range of national and international clients across the public, private, and third sectors, providing a strong platform to develop technical expertise and business development skills within a supportive and thriving environment. 

The Role 
This position allows for hybrid working as part of a friendly and committed team. You will engage in a mix of contentious and non-contentious work, primarily supporting employer clients. This includes handling disputes, providing general advisory services, corporate support, and occasional client training. Clients span a variety of sectors, including household-name retailers, NHS bodies, government, and third-sector organisations, ensuring a diverse workload and opportunities to work on interesting and impactful matters. 

You will assist Partners in supervising and developing junior team members while benefiting from collaboration with a larger team across the firm’s other offices. 

Who 
You must demonstrate solid technical expertise, intellectual ability, and a passion for employment law. Key skills include strong analytical, research, drafting, and negotiation abilities, along with a relationship-driven approach, excellent communication, and matter management capabilities. A track record in practice development and a proficiency with IT are also essential, alongside self-motivation and the ability to take responsibility for matters. 

Why 
This firm offers solicitors the chance to work on high-quality legal matters within a supportive and collaborative environment. The firm emphasises professional development, providing clear career progression pathways, training programs, and mentorship opportunities. Employees benefit from a strong work-life balance, flexible working arrangements, and a competitive benefits package, including generous holidays, private healthcare, and pension contributions. With a focus on diversity, inclusion, and employee wellbeing, the firm combines a national reputation with regional accessibility, offering a dynamic and rewarding place to advance your legal career. 

To apply for this position, please send an updated CV to mohamed.hamza@qedlegal.com. For a confidential chat regarding this position, or an overview of the Southwest legal market, reach out to 07300 236070. 

Company

As a recruiter you have to network and speak to large amounts of people and lots of law firms to really understand the market and have the connections to match people with opportunity quickly when the time arises. A good recruiter needs to be Quick, Excellent and Dynamic in everything that they do. Allow the team at QED to demonstrate what they can do for your career.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
• Partner moves – both full equity and fixed share equity
• Team moves
• Firm Mergers / Bolt-on’s
• Succession / retirement planning
• In House Counsel
• Patent / Trademark Attorneys
• Other jurisdictions – placing lawyers into and from other countries
• Professional Support Lawyers
• Associate moves – focusing not just on team and culture fit but also client and work quality and room for future advancement.
• Assistant moves – lawyers cannot afford to make mistakes with their career moves. In the crucial early years exposure to the correct mentor and clients is essential.
• Legal professionals – FILEX, MILEX, ILEX, Licenced Conveyancers, paralegals, legal assistants and fee earners
• Support services - practice managers, COLP / COFA – regulatory and compliance, office managers, IT developers, case management specialists, law costs draftsmen and negotiators, legal secretaries, legal cashiers

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