The Employee Relations team provides the firm with commercial and innovative employment law and employee relations advice whilst also effectively managing risk for the firm and supporting delivery against the firm’s strategic people priorities.
This role directly supports the firm’s offices in the UK, US & EMEA, with support for global strategic projects, initiatives and policies as required.
Key responsibilities include:

Acting as a trusted legal adviser, working collaboratively with partners, senior Business Services leaders and the People function to provide strategic advice and solutions, enabling the firm to navigate sensitive and business critical employment issues that include (without limitation):

• partner-related misconduct
• employee grievances and disciplinaries
• investigations
• restructures, redundancies and outsourcings
• terminations and negotiated exits
• office openings / closures
• strategic people project

Leading on employment litigation and any related settlement negotiations, managing risk and minimising costs for the firm. Managing external counsel where required, ensuring cost-effective and high-quality support.
Shaping legal strategy and contributing to broader business planning and risk management.
Monitoring and advising on changes to employment legislation and case law developments, working with senior management and relevant internal stakeholders to ensure proactive compliance across the firm.
Collaborating with the firm’s General Counsel & Risk team in relation to the firm’s regulatory reporting obligations and any employment-related regulatory investigations.
Development and implementation of people policies, partnering with relevant internal stakeholders to determine strategy and approach to policies, guidelines and processes, and reviewing these in line with ongoing changes in legislation and market trends.
Development and delivery of employment and policy related training for the People function and wider firm, and reporting to senior management on regional and global employee relations issues / trends.
Managing the Employee Relations team (currently one Senior ER Adviser / Employment Lawyer) and overseeing their work including in relation to the case management of ER matters, directly advising where there is particular complexity and/or legal risk.
In collaboration with the Data Privacy team, advising on employment-related data privacy matters and supervising the Senior Employee Relations Adviser on the firm’s response to data subject access requests and other GDPR matters.

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Qualified lawyer with 10+ years PQE; preference for prior in-house experience
• Experience advising senior stakeholders in a complex, regulated environment
• Strong commercial acumen, with a solution-oriented approach to legal advice
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, ability to build trust, influence and challenge
• Good attention to detail

Please refer the Job description for details