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Robert Walters
Posted 12 hours ago, valid for 10 days
Location

London, Greater London EC1R 0WX

Salary

£60,000 - £72,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • Join a global team of employment lawyers in a market-leading information services business as a Legal Counsel (Employment) in London, with a hybrid working model.
  • The role involves supporting senior business stakeholders on various employment law matters, including M&A TUPE issues, business restructures, and compliance investigations.
  • Candidates should be E&W qualified Employment Lawyers with at least 6 years of post-qualification experience (PQE), although more senior or junior applicants with relevant experience will be considered.
  • The position offers a dynamic work environment with exposure to a broad range of projects and collaboration with departments like HR and Compliance.
  • Salary details are not specified, but the company promotes a highly flexible culture and provides excellent facilities for career development.

Join an experienced global team of employment lawyers within a market leading information services business. Collaborate with senior leaders across the organisation and consequentially impact the execution of the business' strategy.

Legal Counsel (Employment) - London, hybrid

Your New Company:

A global, industry-leading organisation in the information analytics space, servicing clients in over 170 countries. Listed in multiple jurisdictions, this innovative industry giant has c. 6,000 people in the UK alone and boasts some prominent brands across the data analytics, events and information services space. Enjoying a highly flexible culture and brilliant facilities, employees build long term careers here. The company has its HQ office in Central London.

Your New Role:

A Legal Counsel (Employment) role reporting into the Chief Employment Counsel as part of a global employment law network. Working closely with senior business stakeholders across EMEA, you will support in consequential business-wide projects, new initiatives and broad transactional matters as a trusted advisor. Your role will encompass working on the employment law aspects of M&A related TUPE matters, business restructures, harmonisation of employment terms and compliance investigations, alongside the occasional litigation matter. You will need to be resourceful in understanding and contextualising employment laws in different EMEA jurisdictions.

This is a dynamic role with a broad variety of projects coming your way, which you will collaborate with various business departments on, including Employee Relations, HR, Compliance and Operations. You will be ably supported by senior colleagues and be given leeway to express yourself.

About You:

You will be an E&W qualified Employment Lawyer trained with a respected private practice firm and at least 6 PQE (as a guide only - more senior or junior lawyers with relevant experience will be readily considered). You will have broad exposure to transactional employment law matters and the gravitas to soundly advise senior stakeholders. You must be a team player with strong people skills and the desire to work in a truly global environment. You will need to occasionally work from the London office.

What's next:

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.