Employment Senior Technical Solicitor / CILEX

Overview

In this Hybrid Senior Employment role, you will lead complex employment cases for a diverse client base, delivering strategic and technical guidance within a respected team. You’ll handle claimant and respondent work, including litigation, and support the group’s development through collaborative leadership. You will work closely with insurers, businesses and institutions, balancing deadlines with practical solutions. This is an opportunity to shape case strategy, influence outcomes, and drive high-quality client service.

Responsibilities

• Handle broad range of employment matters for diverse clients (insurers, businesses, consumers, institutions)
• Manage claimant and respondent work and complex litigation
• Provide strategic, practical and technical guidance to colleagues
• Support development of the employment group and maintain high standards of conduct
• Liaise with claims handlers, meet deadlines and manage competing priorities
• Build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Operate in a collaborative, proactive and solutions-driven manner
• Leverage commercial awareness to advise clients effectively

Key requirements

• Extensive experience in employment law
• Experience handling all aspects of litigation
• Experience working with insurer clients and liaising with claims handlers
• Ability to manage deadlines and competing priorities
• Commercially aware and client-focused
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• Collaborative mindset and proactive problem-solving

• collaborative
• strong communication
• client-focused
• employment law expertise
• litigation management
• insurer liaison

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