Employment Lawyer - Exceptional career opportunity

EMPLOYMENT LAWYER (5-8 years PQE) – BELFAST CITY

About the Firm

Cpl is delighted to be working in partnership with a global top 100 law firm to appoint an experienced Employment Lawyer to join their dynamic, Belfast based Employment & Reward Group team.

This is a truly career changing opportunity to join a market leader currently operating out of 25 locations across Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East. You will join a firm with a long-standing reputation for delivering the highest quality legal advice with a deep understanding of the sectors and geographies in which their clients operate.

Your new role

• The successful candidate will join this Firms Employment & Reward Group which is independently recognised as one of the best resourced and experienced teams of employment specialists of any law firm, offering both local and national coverage from their UK offices and an international offering through our employment specialists in Europe, the Gulf, Asia Pacific and Australia.
• The successful candidate will have the opportunity to act as a trusted advisor to a number of leading FTSE blue chip organisations (both in the UK and internationally) assisting them not only with technical legal issues but also to act as true business partners, understanding the particular challenges and opportunities within their respective sectors and businesses.
• The Employment & Reward Group are increasingly engaging with clients on strategic projects such as global change management exercises, reward philosophy projects and gender pay gap audits.

As the Employment & Reward Team's strategy is to continue to grow so this is an excellent opportunity for a lawyer who is looking for a platform for future career progression.

The Candidate required

• The successful candidate will ideally have 5-8 years employment law experience in a commercial practice
• Strong technical and market knowledge and with specific experience of dealing with strategic employment law advice, complex employment tribunal claims, cross-border issues, restructuring and redundancy, complex grievances at a senior level including discrimination and whistle blowing complaints and senior executive/board room issues.
• In addition, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to help our clients deliver solutions within the M&A and outsourcing space, so an appetite for this type of work would be beneficial.

What’s on offer?

• An attractive salary and benefits package
• Flexible Hybrid working options
• The opportunity to join a market leading, dynamic and growing global team who work together to produce outstanding results for their clients.
• First-class training and career development programme

To apply send your CV today via the link or contact Emma Braniff at Cpl for further details.