Job IntroductionThe Bristol Employment team acts for a range of market leading clients across the financial services, healthcare and commercial sectors. The team has a strong and growing reputation and is recognised as Band/Tier 1 in both the latest Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 UK rankings.
The team has a strong reputation in the South West England market, acting for a stable of significant financial services clients and household name corporates as well as being a market leader in the public and independent health sectors.
Undertake a busy and varied workload of employment matters advising all types of employers, with an emphasis on our financial services sector clientsWork on complex discrimination, whistleblowing and breach of contract litigation (Employment Tribunal and High Court) under appropriate supervisionAssist on non-contentious projects including restructures (redundancy and TUPE) in the UK and across multiple jurisdictionsGeneral employment advisory work by telephone and emailTake an active role in supervising the work of and assisting in the development of trainees and paralegalsTake part in and initiate marketing, networking and other business development activities in order to maintain and develop work from existing clients and potential clients. This includes assisting with client seminars and delivering trainingContribute to non fee-earning activity as appropriate e.g. knowledge sharing, internal trainingThe Ideal CandidateWe would expect the post holder to be a qualified Solicitor - ideally 2-6+yr PQE.Ideally experience of advising clients in the financial services sector and multi-national commercial clientsMust have experience of working on tribunal claims and other contentious mattersIndependent thinker with a focus on generating commercial solutions to problems on behalf of clientsConfident communicator with an ability to develop relationships with clients and influence at all levelsEnthusiastic team player with a flexible approachAbout the CompanyAbout DAC Beachcroft We're a leading international legal business with over 3,000 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We're market leaders in insurance, health and real estate but with a full-service offering, including growing Financial Services and Tech capabilities. We represent a wide range of clients – from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for nearly all of the top-20 UK and global insurers, we're market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK's top-five housebuilders.
We are a fast-growing international business with offices around the globe. In addition to our 11 UK offices, we also have offices in Dublin, Madrid, Paris, Milan, Rome, Singapore, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Miami, plus a broad network of affiliations across the globe.
Working with us Our vision is to be leading business advisers, recognised for our insight and our outstanding commitment to clients, and for being the place where talented people want to work. Combine this with our supportive culture and hybrid working model, and you have: a Life that Works.
Our flexible approach means that we help our colleagues to be their best at work, while recognising that they have all sorts of different interests and commitments outside work.
We pride ourselves on our supportive, approachable culture. We are trusted, appreciated as individuals and embraced as part of a team. At DACB, we don't just accept your differences, we celebrate and advocate for them. From bespoke solutions for our clients, to treating you as an individual. Our strength comes from your diverse ideas and bringing the 'whole you' to work. So if you're good at what you do, come as you are!
Note for Recruitment Agencies – the DAC Beachcroft recruitment team is responsible for managing all current vacancies through direct hiring and referrals wherever possible. We do work with recruitment agencies and where we require external support we will formally release those vacancies to the agencies on our Preferred Supplier List deemed best placed to assist us. Speculative CVs sent by any agency to any DAC Beachcroft employee without a specific request by the resourcing team will not be accepted and with no introduction fee applicable. Our resourcing team can be contacted at ******
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