In-house Employment Solicitor

The In House Employment Solicitor should be:

• A solicitor with 6+ years PQE gained In-house or private practice
• Experienced in UK employment law with the ability to advise on international employment matters.
• Experienced in either a strong in house environment or a leading private practice employment team.
• Commercially minded with the ability to balance legal risk against wider business objectives.
• Comfortable advising senior HR, Legal and business stakeholders on complex and sensitive matters.
• Experienced in organisational change, restructurings, workforce transformation and employee relations.
• Ideally experienced in supporting M&A transactions and employment due diligence.
• Experienced in employment disputes, investigations and litigation.
• Comfortable working across multiple jurisdictions and coordinating international legal advice.
• A confident communicator with the credibility to influence senior stakeholders.
• Able to operate autonomously while collaborating effectively across a complex global organisation.
• Pragmatic, solutions focused and capable of bringing clarity to sensitive or highly complex issues.

• Salary ranging from £95,000 to £108,000
• Bonus
• Generous pension scheme.
• Comprehensive holiday allowance.
• Car scheme benefits.

If you're interested in this role, apply now.

Summary

• Lead employment law strategy for a global FTSE 100 business
• Work directly with senior HR and Legal leadership

About Our Client

Our client is a FTSE 100 global business based in Birmingham with a growing In-house legal function. Following a significant transformation of its portfolio, the business has entered an exciting new phase focused on becoming a more streamlined, high performance engineering group and they are looking to hire a Employment Solicitor to work closely with the GC.

Job Description

The In House Employment Solicitor will be:

• Acting as the Group's employment and labour law specialist, providing strategic, commercially focused and risk based advice.
• Advising Group HR, Legal and senior business stakeholders on complex employment matters and organisational change.
• Providing advice on reorganisations, workforce transformation, consultation processes and executive employment matters.
• Leading employment law workstreams on complex cross border projects across the Group.
• Supporting material employment disputes, litigation, investigations and sensitive employee matters.
• Advising on employment issues arising from acquisitions, disposals, carve outs, restructurings and other strategic transactions.
• Supporting employment due diligence, employee consultation, transaction documentation and post completion integration.
• Developing practical employment policies, guidance and templates while promoting consistent approaches to employment risk.
• Monitoring legal and regulatory developments across key jurisdictions and advising senior stakeholders on their impact.
• Working with HR, Reward, Data Protection, Ethics and Compliance and Governance teams on matters including executive reward, DSARs, equal pay transparency and employment related disclosures.
• Managing external legal advisers and controlling the external legal budget, using internal resources wherever appropriate.
• Delivering training and capability building initiatives to strengthen employment law knowledge across HR and Legal teams.

The Successful Applicant

The In House Employment Solicitor should be:

• A solicitor with 6+ years PQE gained In-house or private practice
• Experienced in UK employment law with the ability to advise on international employment matters.
• Experienced in either a strong in house environment or a leading private practice employment team.
• Commercially minded with the ability to balance legal risk against wider business objectives.
• Comfortable advising senior HR, Legal and business stakeholders on complex and sensitive matters.
• Experienced in organisational change, restructurings, workforce transformation and employee relations.
• Ideally experienced in supporting M&A transactions and employment due diligence.
• Experienced in employment disputes, investigations and litigation.
• Comfortable working across multiple jurisdictions and coordinating international legal advice.
• A confident communicator with the credibility to influence senior stakeholders.
• Able to operate autonomously while collaborating effectively across a complex global organisation.
• Pragmatic, solutions focused and capable of bringing clarity to sensitive or highly complex issues.

What's on Offer

• Salary ranging from £95,000 to £108,000
• Bonus
• Generous pension scheme.
• Comprehensive holiday allowance.
• Car scheme benefits.

If you're interested in this role,