Employment Senior Associate

"The
team is amazing; they are good to work with." – Chambers & Partners

We are
looking for a Senior Associate to join our highly regarded Employment team in
Bristol, where we are ranked in the top tier by The Legal
500 and Chambers & Partners and have been for more than 20 years.

You would be joining one of the leading and  largest Employment teams in the UK, with the
opportunity to provide advice on aspects of contentious and non-contentious
employment law both nationwide and internationally. Our collegiate and
supportive culture makes it a rewarding place to work and you will also have
the opportunity to work with colleagues in our international offices with
opportunities to progress your career.

The
practice

The team provides a full
service to clients in the UK and internationally across advisory, employment
litigation and corporate transaction services. The team also works closely with
our Incentives, Business Immigration, Pensions and Health & Safety
practices.

Exceptional Technological Support

The team works closely with our dedicated and industry recognised Osborne
Clarke Solutions team to be at the cutting edge of harnessing legal tech and
AI.

International

We have extensive experience in international employment law matters (being
able to call on employment lawyers in 26 international locations), allowing us
to represent truly international clients. Our team also has experience of managing
cross-border employment projects and our lawyers have the opportunity to take
part in our international secondment programme..

Complex Work

The team is also well known for their work on complex issues such as restructuring,
restrictive covenant work, reputational risk management and data privacy. We
operate across a variety of sectors and are regarded as one of the 'go-to'
firms across the financial services, telecoms, technology, recruitment, retail
and media & advertising sectors.

We work for a fantastic range of leading clients such as Vodafone, Diageo
Ralph Lauren, Hargreaves Lansdowne,  PwC,
Deckers, Motorola, Mamas & Papas and Air Canada..

The team is truly "full service" and has strength and depth in
many areas including: Employment Tribunals (one of the team is an Employment
Judge); TUPE (we represent one of the World's largest professional service
firms on TUPE matters); industrial relations (our team has recently been
involved with the Central Arbitration Committee and regularly advises on trade
union and industrial action issues).

Find
more about our Employment practice using this link:

The
team

The
Bristol team is made up of 4 Partners, 2 Legal Directors, 2 Associate
Directors, 2 Senior Associates, 5 Associates, 1 Trainee Solicitor and 1
Solicitor Apprentice. We also have two dedicated and
senior knowledge lawyers who support the team.

Technical skills and experience

Due to
the technical nature of the practice, we are looking for evidence of experience
of working on a range of Employment matters. As a guide, due to the nature of
the work and the structure of the team, we are looking to appoint a Senior
Associate in this area, although we will consider candidates with more or less
experience.

Your
career development

Like
all our lawyers, you will benefit from our multi-award winning career
development programme. At each stage of your career this provides you with:

•
clear expectations of your role and what it takes to progress;

• high quality clients and work, with early responsibility and client exposure;

• thorough assessment and individual feedback from a range of experienced
colleagues;

• robust technical training with early skills based development, increasingly
tailored to you; and

• reward for your contribution, progression and potential, rather than PQE or
tenure.

At
Osborne Clarke we are happy to consider requests to work flexibly.

Salary
and benefits

We
offer competitive salaries and generous benefits.

Our recruitment process

We welcome direct applications for our opportunities - if you would like any further information about this role or the firm, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact, in complete confidence, Angharad Jenkins on [email protected]

Please note we review and progress applications on a rolling basis. At Osborne Clarke we do not make any recruitment decisions using automated decision-making.

We are committed to providing an environment where you can perform to the best of your abilities at every stage of your recruitment experience and beyond. If you require any adjustments to be made during the application stage, interview process, or when working with us, please let us know in confidence.

Osborne Clarke is an international legal practice with over 330 Partners and more than 1,260 talented lawyers in 26 locations*. Our sector-based approach enables us to help our clients tackle the issues they are facing today, and prepare for the ones that they will face tomorrow. Advising them both comprehensively and commercially. We love working closely with our clients on new deals, products and solutions which will transform their businesses, markets and even sectors. And our unique approachable culture is not an added extra, it's fundamental to our success.

At Osborne Clarke we value difference and encourage applicants from all backgrounds. We want everyone to feel that OC is a place where you can be yourself and belong, and our range of interest groups and diversity networks - not to mention our great teams - are a part of making that a reality. We value the health and wellbeing of our people and our wide range of initiatives and benefits support this.

*Services in India are provided by a relationship firm