Employment Associate

Overview

In this role you join a renowned Glasgow employment practice within a major firm. You’ll work alongside experienced colleagues across the UK and internationally, handling a mix of contentious and advisory matters for high-profile clients. You will support strategic employment projects, cross-border matters, and executive issues, while developing your own client relationships and profile. The environment emphasizes collaboration, development, and a global platform without losing a tight Scottish team culture.

Pay / Benefits

• generous salary
• excellent benefits
• strong training and career development
• flexible working opportunities
• global platform with international colleagues
• friendly, collaborative environment

Responsibilities

• Advise FTSE and international clients on complex employment matters
• Manage broad contentious and advisory employment work, including Tribunal claims
• Contribute to restructuring, redundancy, discrimination, whistleblowing, and boardroom issues
• Handle cross-border and global mobility projects and information/consultation exercises
• Engage in international reward projects and cross-jurisdiction collaboration with the firm’s network
• Develop direct client relationships and contribute to team growth
• Share knowledge and participate in training and development within the team

Key requirements

• 1+ PQE in Employment Solicitor
• Strong commercial employment experience
• Experience across contentious and advisory matters
• Willingness to develop client relationships and contribute to growth
• Cross-border experience is advantageous but not essential
• Commercially minded, pragmatic, and confident advising clients
• Strong communication and collaborative skills across teams and jurisdictions

• strong communication
• team collaboration
• client-focused mindset
• employment law (advisory and contentious)
• cross-border/international employment matters
• boardroom advice and executive issues

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