Employment Law Senior Associate
SOUTHAMPTON – £70,000 - £80,000
Employment Law Senior Associate , SouthamptonNow here's an outstanding career opportunity for someone well connected to come into a Top 200 law firm.
You'll bring your expertise, your ambition - and if you have one, your client following.
Going in to oversee a small but perfectly formed team, you could even go in at partner level here.
You'll step into a pivotal role within their highly respected Employment team. This opportunity arises due to a planned partner retirement—creating space for an ambitious and commercially minded leader to help shape the next phase of the teams' growth.
The firm offers market leading advice a broad spectrum of employers—from global brands and multinationals to scale-ups and SMEs—the work spans the full employment landscape: contentious, non-contentious, and strategic advisory.
What They Are Looking For
The Firm
You'll bring your expertise, your ambition - and if you have one, your client following.
Going in to oversee a small but perfectly formed team, you could even go in at partner level here.
You'll step into a pivotal role within their highly respected Employment team. This opportunity arises due to a planned partner retirement—creating space for an ambitious and commercially minded leader to help shape the next phase of the teams' growth.
The firm offers market leading advice a broad spectrum of employers—from global brands and multinationals to scale-ups and SMEs—the work spans the full employment landscape: contentious, non-contentious, and strategic advisory.
What They Are Looking For
- A strong client following or the ability to quickly generate work through established relationships
- Outstanding contentious, non-contentious, and advisory employment expertise
- A proven network across the local, regional or national market
- Excellent business development skills and a commercial mindset
- The drive to lead, grow and elevate our employment offering
The Firm
They have grown significantly in recent years, attracting brilliant partners and senior lawyers from leading firm.
Here you'll find :
- An amazing culture where people are approachable at every level
- Regular firmwide socials and a genuinely supportive environment
- Strong support staff and resources to help you deliver at your best
- A clear path for career progression and professional development
- The autonomy to shape and grow the team, with real influence over strategy
If you're ready to bring your clients, your expertise, and your ambition to a firm that will back you all the way, we'd love to speak with you.
Dante Friend is a Senior Recruitment Consultant at Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment, with over 4 years at the company. Having joined in 2011, he now oversees Hampshire, Dorset, and the southwest. Dante provides a highly professional service, recruiting for all levels of firms, from city and large regional to Legal 500 and high street. If Dante weren’t in recruitment, he would be pursuing a career in journalism. One of his goals this year is to buy a Porsche.
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Job Spec:
- Area of Law: Employment Law
- Type: Solicitor / FILEX
- Salary: £70,000 - £80,000
- Term: Permanent
- Location: SOUTHAMPTON
- Reference: 1303370
