Senior Associate

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We are looking for a Senior Associate to join our highly regarded Employment team in Bristol, where we are ranked in the top tier by The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners and have been for more than 20 years.

You would be joining one of the leading and largest Employment teams in the UK, with the opportunity to provide advice on aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment law both nationwide and internationally. Our collegiate and supportive culture makes it a rewarding place to work and you will also have the opportunity to work with colleagues in our international offices with opportunities to progress your career.

The team provides a full service to clients in the UK and internationally across advisory, employment litigation and corporate transaction services. The team also works closely with our Incentives, Business Immigration, Pensions and Health & Safety practices.

The team works closely with our dedicated and industry recognised Osborne Clarke Solutions team to be at the cutting edge of harnessing legal tech and AI.

We have extensive experience in international employment law matters (being able to call on employment lawyers in 26 international locations), allowing us to represent truly international clients. Our team also has experience of managing cross-border employment projects and our lawyers have the opportunity to take part in our international secondment programme.

The team is also well known for their work on complex issues such as restructuring, restrictive covenant work, reputational risk management and data privacy. We operate across a variety of sectors and are regarded as one of the go-to firms across the financial services, telecoms, technology, recruitment, retail and media & advertising sectors. We work for a fantastic range of leading clients such as Vodafone, Diageo, Ralph Lauren, Hargreaves Lansdowne, PwC, Deckers, Motorola, Mamas & Papas and Air Canada.

The team is truly full service and has strength and depth in many areas including:
Employment Tribunals (one of the team is an Employment Judge); TUPE (we represent one of the World's largest professional service firms on TUPE matters); industrial relations (our team has recently been involved with the Central Arbitration Committee and regularly advises on trade union and industrial action issues).

Find More About Our Employment Practice:

The Bristol team is made up of 4 Partners, 2 Legal Directors, 2 Associate Directors, 2 Senior Associates, 5 Associates, 1 Trainee Solicitor and 1 Solicitor Apprentice. We also have two dedicated and senior knowledge lawyers who support the team.

Due to the technical nature of the practice, we are looking for evidence of experience of working on a range of Employment matters. As a guide, due to the nature of the work and the structure of the team, we are looking to appoint a Senior Associate in this area, although we will consider candidates with more or less experience.

• clear expectations of your role and what it takes to progress;
• high quality clients and work, with early responsibility and client exposure;
• thorough assessment and individual feedback from a range of experienced colleagues;
• robust technical training with early skills based development, increasingly tailored to you; and
• reward for your contribution, progression and potential, rather than PQE or tenure.

At Osborne Clarke we are happy to consider requests to work flexibly.

We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits.

We welcome direct applications for our opportunities - if you would like any further information about this role or the firm, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact, in complete confidence, Angharad Jenkins on angha

Please note we review and progress applications on a rolling basis. At Osborne Clarke we do not make any recruitment decisions using automated decision-making.

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