Employment Senior Associate

4 months ago


Leeds, United Kingdom Walker Morris LLP Full time

You’ll join a genuinely friendly and supportive team, you’ll be encouraged to develop your career at Walker Morris, and you’ll gain valuable management experience.

The team are Tier 1 ranked in both Chambers and Legal 500 and will provide you access to quality work for both national and international clients. You’ll be exposed to a variety of work including complex employment, HR and business immigration matters for private and listed companies operating in a broad range of sectors, including manufacturing, food and drink, technology, sport, retail, healthcare and education. For example, the team has recently been involved in:

Advising Hovis on diversity initiatives, recruitment, and disputes, including industrial action and union negotiation. Advising British Steel on a significant strike which affected their operations and the impact on the workforce following the proposed closure of a blast furnace. Advising Watford FC on the appointment of head coach, Slaven Bilić, successfully obtaining an FA governing body endorsement for him.

We act for a variety of national and international clients, including:

Starbucks Lucozade Ribena Suntory Burnley Football Club Hallmark Cards Plc Chipotle Mexican Grill

Click here to find out more about the Employment team at Walker Morris.

Ideally, you’ll be at least 5 years PQE and looking to progress your career in a leading full-service firm based outside of London where the decisions about your future are made by those you see and work with – day in, day out.

Our Award-Winning Sustainable Careers initiative encourages you to develop your career within the Firm.

We welcome applications from those looking for flexible working arrangements, including part-time hours.

Why join Walker Morris:

When you’re looking for a job, we know it’s about more than just the role. That’s why we provide the support you need to develop and grow your career. Walker Morris is a top 100 law firm where you don’t have to fit a mould, so you can bring your full self to work and our commitment to a meaningful work life balance means you can take your full-self home again too

What we offer:

Hybrid working – we understand work-life balance is important, we are open to discussing your hybrid working preferences. Annual Leave – minimum of 25 days per year, increasing to 31 days with length of service. Also – buy/sell holidays up to 5 days per year. Bonus Scheme – our annual bonus scheme recognises outstanding contributions to the firm and our ambitions. All solicitors are eligible, subject to meeting the criteria of the scheme with opportunity to earn up 35% bonus. Paid Sabbatical Scheme – accrue up to 2 weeks’ sabbatical over a 2-year period, or 4 weeks’ sabbatical over 3 years. Pension – saving for retirement? Let us do the hard work for you. We auto-enrol all eligible colleagues into a workplace pension and we contribute a minimum of 5% of annual salary. Life Assurance – 4x your annual salary in the event of a death in service.

At Walker Morris we are working to be an inclusive employer, and we encourage people from all backgrounds, ways of thinking and working to apply. We welcome applications from Disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic as well as LGBTQ+ and non-binary candidates.



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