Employment Sr Associate/Legal Director – Bristol – 7+ Years PQE

Overview

In this role you will operate as a Senior Associate or Legal Director within a leading Employment, Pensions and Immigration team in Bristol. You will advise healthcare clients, manage complex employment litigation, and support partner-led advisory transactions. You will handle TUPE, restructures, and contractual frameworks while building strong client relationships and mentoring junior colleagues. The position sits in a high-performing, collaborative firm with opportunities to shape health sector employment work and broaden market reach. You will contribute to client management, training and business development with a strong impact on the practice’s growth.

Pay / Benefits

• 25 days holiday
• discretionary bonus
• generous pension
• private medical insurance
• biennial private health assessment
• life assurance and EAP

Responsibilities

• Advising healthcare sector clients including NHS organisations and providers
• Managing complex employment litigation in tribunals and higher courts
• Supporting partners on transactions and advisory matters
• Providing employment support on TUPE, restructures, and contractual frameworks
• Building client relationships and contributing to business development
• Supervising junior colleagues and supporting their professional growth
• Delivering training and contributing to client relationship management

Key requirements

• 7+ years PQE in employment law
• Strong litigation and/or advocacy skills
• TUPE and transactional experience including drafting warranties and indemnities
• Experience advising on NHS workforce frameworks (desirable)
• Broad employment law expertise across advisory, transactional, and contentious work
• Excellent drafting, communication, and client management skills
• Ability to supervise and mentor junior colleagues
• Motivation, organisation, and proactive mindset

• client management
• communication
• mentoring/junior staff
• employment law expertise
• litigation/advocacy
• TUPE

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